Discovery could help direct strategies to increase crop yields or breed plants better adapted to climate change

Genomes2Fields aims to improve the nation’s corn crop by uncovering how genomes—the blueprints for plants—are turned into yield, stress resistance, and all manner of different traits

Achieving gains in agricultural production depends on adequate levels of soil micronutrients like copper, low levels of which can impact yield by reducing fertility and, in extreme cases, lead to total crop failure

Finding out more about the mechanisms behind complex traits like disease resistance has the potential to help plant breeders build the best traits into tomorrow's corn plant, says researcher

Last year, researchers harvested strawberries grown in low tunnels for 19 consecutive weeks from mid-July through the week of Thanksgiving

Microbiome from mother trees protects baby trees from disease

Study is published in the July 7 issue of Science Magazine

World-first QUT research that has produced a golden-orange fleshed banana, rich in pro-vitamin A, has been published in the prestigious Plant Biotechnology Journal

JBEI researchers create open-access web portal to accelerate functional genetic research in plants

Triticale is a winter cover crop that limits the gamble with a trifecta of benefits