An evolutionary function in wild tomato plants could be used by modern plant breeders to create pest-resistant tomatoes

Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features

The findings pave the way for using biotechnology for the genetic manipulation of sugarcane to boost the production of second-generation ethanol

Genome editing techniques, such as CRISPR/Cas, could help to make agriculture more productive and environmentally friendly

Comprehensive review summarizes the challenges, needs, and opportunities for strawberry growers

Researchers have created a shortcut for a glitch that plagues most food crops

Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the OId World 7,000 years ago, study finds

Researchers used data from the U.N.’s Food and Agricultural Organization to look at which crops were grown where on large-scale industrial farmlands 

The mystery involved a spontaneous gene mutation that causes red pigments to show up in various corn plant tissues

With the latest gene-editing techniques, it could be possible, although challenging, to make a tomato produce capsaicinoids