This new resource will assist future research programs using genetic tools to improve crop resilience and oil production.

Study provides valuable information that can be used to breed spinach with better disease-resistance, higher yield, and better quality

University of Delaware researcher teams with high school student on discovery that injured plants send off chemical warnings

University of Wisconsin–Madison botanist hopes facility will someday soon be a hub for biologists, engineers, and agronomists to collaborate on improving crops—by measuring them

Deep sequencing impacts food and bioenergy crops

Lettuce is a member of the huge Compositae family, which includes the good, the bad, and the ugly of the plant world

Understanding how grape buds respond to subzero temperatures is of paramount concern to vineyard managers in New York and other northerly grape-producing states

Weedy rice, which differs genetically from wild and crop rice, is adapted for undercover life in agricultural fields

Lima beans are Delaware’s most widely planted vegetable crop with approximately 14,000 acres of green baby limas for processing planted in the state each year

Findings point to new biochemical strategies for increasing oil yield from crops grown to produce biofuels and biomaterials