February 22, 2024

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Production vulnerability to wheat blast disease under climate change (Nature)

January 26, 2024

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CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa - Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats (Nature)

January 24, 2024

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How CRISPR could yield the next blockbuster crop - Scientists are attempting to rapidly domesticate wild plant species by editing specific genes, but they face major technical challenges — and concerns about exploitation of Indigenous knowledge (Nature)

January 12, 2024

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Genomic prediction in multi-environment trials in maize using statistical and machine learning methods (Nature)

January 10, 2024

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How CRISPR could yield the next blockbuster crop (Nature)

January 9, 2024

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Integrative and inclusive genomics to promote the use of underutilised crops (Nature)

December 6, 2023

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Options for regulating new genomic techniques for plants in the European Union (Nature)

November 28, 2023

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Eavesdropping on plant chatter - Amie Fornah Sankoh studies how viruses commandeer plant communication at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Nature)

November 22, 2023

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How to make petunias naturally orange - Biotechnologist Sara Abdou explores the genetics that regulate colour in ornamental flowers.(Nature)

October 18, 2023

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Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci associated with drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) (Nature)

October 17, 2023

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Adapting crop production to climate change and air pollution at different scales (Nature)

September 29, 2023

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Population genomics identifies genetic signatures of carrot domestication and improvement and uncovers the origin of high-carotenoid orange carrots (Nature)

September 21, 2023

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Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it (Nature)

September 20, 2023

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New resistance gene against maize rough dwarf disease identified in cereal crops (Nature)

September 19, 2023

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Blueprint for non-transgenic edited plants (Nature)

September 15, 2023

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A transcription factor ZmGLK36 confers broad resistance to maize rough dwarf disease in cereal crops (Nature)

September 8, 2023

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Structure and function of rice hybrid genomes reveal genetic basis and optimal performance of heterosis (Nature)

September 5, 2023

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Improved pearl millet genomes representing the global heterotic pool offer a framework for molecular breeding applications (Nature)

August 21, 2023

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European Union rethinks genome editing (Nature Plants)

August 18, 2023

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A tool for rapid, automated characterization of population epigenomics in plants (Nature)

July 24, 2023

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Exploring the benefits of inoculated cowpeas under different climatic conditions in Namibia (Nature)

EU proposal on CRISPR-edited crops is welcome — but not enough (Nature)

June 16, 2023

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A complete telomere-to-telomere assembly of the maize genome (Nature)

May 9, 2023

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Regulation of plants developed through new breeding techniques must ensure societal benefits (Nature)

May 8, 2023

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China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management (Nature)

May 4, 2023

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Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward (Nature)

May 2, 2023

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Address the growing urgency of fungal disease in crops - More political and public awareness of the plight of the world’s crops when it comes to fungal disease is crucial to stave off a major threat to global food security (Nature)

April 25, 2023

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Precise integration of large DNA sequences in plant genomes using PrimeRoot editors (Nature Biotechnology)

April 24, 2023

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A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction (Nature)

April 18, 2023

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Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding (Nature)