A recent study has reported a novel breeding strategy to rapidly create climate-smart crops that show higher yield under normal conditions and greatly rescue yield losses under heat stress both in ...

Hyacinths are favorite spring blooming bulbs for their vibrant colors of pure whites, creamy yellows, oranges, soft pinks, lavenders, bold mauves, violets, and blues. The inflorescence is a single, ...

Plant science research has increasingly shifted focus toward understanding the complex mechanisms that enable crops to withstand abiotic stresses such as ...

Early adopters of crossbreeding as a tool to produce the right kind of cow for their block-calving, grazing-based systems, found that longer term breeding strategies could become haphazard. Selecting ...