Some things are worth waiting for, like these tasty fall vegetables that can be harvested right up to the first frost—and ...

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Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive ...

The cafeteria at Pike County Central High School is typically crowded with hungry students grabbing a bite between classes. But on the first Saturday of ...

A collaboration between Brazilian and German researchers has led to a sunflower-based meat substitute that’s high in protein ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

Time-lapse of planting tomatillo from a seed to fruits. The seed was taken out from a store-bought toma verde tomatillo fruit, also known as husk tomatoes. After germination, it was growing in a small ...

Aside from the obvious savings when you harvest and plant your own seed, you also preserve the seeds that performed best in ...

Transport yourself back to the beginning of summer. You planted a few tomato plants in the hopes you'd have a summer full of tomato sandwiches, tomato pies, and simple lunches of juicy tomato slices ...

So, how did your garden grow? It was quite a year weatherwise, complete with plenty of heat and rain with a pleasantly surprising cool spell here and there. If you are rolling in tomatoes right now, I ...