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A new multi-institutional study will develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening disease.

A large European cohort study finds that a high combination of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and potatoes is associated with a ...

Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

With Terrana Biosciences, Moderna founder Flagship can apply its RNA knowledge to agricultural use cases like pest and ...

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion ...

Late blight is a fungal disease that affects potatoes and tomatoes, and can cause widespread crop destruction. The disease ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to abandon landmark regulations limiting airborne mercury and greenhouse ...

Scientists have gained an atomic-level view of plant cells, getting to know the metacaspase 9 enzyme in the process.

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

This engaging presentation considers how plant virology can inform the most pressing epidemiological concern of our time under the hypothesis that; if plant virology can inform zoonotic virus ...