A fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash trees has been developed by researchers leading efforts to conserve the ...

A breakthrough in pine tree breeding will help forests to adapt to climate change and bioenergy use. The technique can create new tree variants in half the time it take for current breeding methods ...

A research team developed and validated a liquid SNP chip named 'HbGBTS80K', which includes 80,080 SNPs evenly distributed across 18 chromosomes. This SNP chip effectively distinguished 404 rubber ...

Genetically engineered (GE) seeds are often sold to farmers and the public on the grounds that they are the wave of the future, taking over where conventional plant breeding left off by improving ...

Trees being destroyed by disease could be saved by breakthrough discovery - Researchers have developed a fast-track method of ...

In a lab at North Carolina State University, researchers are piecing together the future of Christmas trees — quite literally. With a $7.5 million grant from the USDA, they’re embarking on a ...

Of the American households that put up a tree, more than 80 percent put up a fake one, about double the number from 25 years ago, according to Gallup. What’s worse – if you’re a Christmas tree farmer, ...