As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with an angry cat. Wouldn’t it be nice to rid plants of their prickles entirely ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic regeneration system for genetically editing crops, avoiding the challenging step of ...

Crops such as cancer-fighting pink pineapples could be hitting shelves soon. — -- Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils could be hitting ...

The safety of food crops engineered by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has become topical issues among the populace in the past few years since its adoption by the Federal Government. The ...

Canola inflorescence. Canola (Brassica napus L.) is highly attractive to insect pollinators and readily interbreeds with other cabbage and mustard species. Populations of canola plants genetically ...

Both professors in plant sciences at the University of Arizona, Monica Schmidt and her husband, Eliot Herman, developed a soybean that will prevent infant allergies in baby food. Schmidt and Herman ...

Eating the rainbow has become easier and more flavorful in recent years, especially when it comes to anthocyanins — the purple pigment that’s in blueberries, blackberries, red grape skins, eggplant ...