When his children were small, Irwin Goldman wanted to give them a beet to snack on — a beet so pretty and swirled with colors, so juicy and delicious, that they’d crunch on it raw. So Goldman, a ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Hundreds of small leafy plants basking in the filtered light of a greenhouse at New Mexico State University hold the genetic keys to the perfect chile plant. The only problem: There ...

FARGO — Joel Thorsrud was planning to make a gift to North Dakota State University's ag department. When he was given a list of the college's biggest ag needs, seeing a soybean plant breeder at the ...

The use of various mutagens to generate genetic variation in crop plants has a history almost as long as that of conventional breeding. Induction of variability by irradiation of barley seeds with ...

Plant breeding has been peddled as an important weapon in the fight against food insecurity. Tapping into a crop’s genetics lets scientists create new and improved plant versions that are more ...

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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Remind me not to plant camellias. Not that camellias (Camellia japonica) aren’t wonderful plants, with their elegant, sometimes fragrant, blossoms and their glossy, evergreen foliage ...