Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...

Researchers at Penn State studying declining populations of sundial lupines in the eastern part of the United States are closer to determining how the plant's genetics could be used to inform ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...

A study led by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics & Research, has ...

AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University agronomist has helped uncover the genetic mechanisms in sorghum plants that allow hybrids to perform better than parent varieties, a process known as heterosis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday.

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

Introduction to the symposium / C.H. Waddington -- The challenge from related species / Edward O. Wilson -- The nature of colonizations in birds / Ernst Mayr -- Genetic systems associated with ...

We now know just how the earliest land plants, ancient algae, conquered terrestrial Earth hundreds of millions of years ago and laid the (literal) groundwork for all subsequent life. It highlights the ...