With global population growth and climate change posing escalating threats to crop production, the current food system is unlikely to be sufficient to meet future demand. Although more than 12,000 ...

Originally from southeastern Africa, the turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) lives in seasonal bodies of water that ...

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 ...

A near-best-of-breed solution gives you a solution that most often works, is supported (by a single vendor) and gets better as new software versions are released. I recently wrote about a near-best-of ...

Advances in high-throughput sequencing, comparative genomics and predictive analytics have revolutionised wheat breeding by enabling direct manipulation of the crop’s complex genome. Modern strategies ...

Passiflora species exhibit a rich tapestry of genetic variation spanning cultivated and wild relatives, underpinning efforts to enhance fruit quality, disease resistance and agronomic performance.

SIMMENTAL breeders have been following a breed quality improvement strategy and, according to their society, have clearly repositioned the breed as a beef breed with a major contribution to play in ...