Deep genome sequencing and comprehensive phenotyping of 294 samples of hexaploid sweet potato identify genomic loci with an increase in the number of copies of alleles that enhance the expression ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Sardarz Khan, a farmer setting up a greenhouse in Rabat village in Khot valley, tells The Express Tribune that it was a marvelous experience for him to grow vegetables around the year.

Many of you may think that an agave-like plant structure can’t work in your design. I suppose that is fair. Before he joined ...

Plantasia, Kew’s summer festival celebrating the positive effects of plants, is underway. Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most ...

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Pineapple contains nutrients and beneficial compounds, such as vitamin C, manganese, and enzymes. Eating pineapple may help boost immunity, lower cancer risk, and improve recovery time after ...

By Jancee Dunn I was on the phone with a friend the other day, and because I can’t sit still, I started to dust the leaves on my sprawling bird of paradise plant. This is nice, I thought ...

Affected populations: Acromegaly is estimated to affect approximately 50 to 70 people out of every million. However, the true figure may be higher, as the symptoms develop slowly and thus may go ...

One million trees worldwide are cut down each year to make toilet paper. Is it more sustainable to grow your own? In Meru, a town in eastern Kenya, a lush, leafy plant sways over the landscape.

But birds do not give birth to live babies, nor do they carry their babies around on their chest. Fact: Without bats there would be no tequila. The agave plant, the basis for tequila, is pollinated by ...

There's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing your beloved aloe vera plant start to brown and wither when you've done everything you can to keep it happy. So why does this healing plant begin ...