A recently-published paper shows a gene found in a model plant called Arabidopsis could confer improved disease resistance in soybeans

Tiny grains, thousands of years old, tell story of prehistoric food globalization

Technological breakthrough will help decode massive bread wheat genome, accelerate wheat breeding

The research group manipulated the plant isoprenoid pathway through the utilization of a variant of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase

Researchers report that artificial selection by crop breeders has constricted the pool of possibilities for North American corn varieties

Scienists combined different types of genetic association analyses to identify 14 genes across the genome that were involved in the synthesis of vitamin E

Discovery could reduce food waste and improve trade

Examining the ancestors of the modern, North American cultivated potato has revealed a set of common genes and important genetic pathways that have helped spuds adapt over thousands of years

Wheat—the leading temperate climate crop—provides 20 percent of the total calories and proteins consumed worldwide

The researchers sequenced two different pumpkin species to better understand their contrasting desirable traits