Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, has a depth of knowledge on plant breeding. Want to know about ...

This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state of the art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used ...

For thousands of years, humans have sought to improve their plants to ensure they have safe and nutritious sources of food. It started out with the simple act of selecting the strongest, most ...

Plant mutation breeding, also called variation breeding, is a method that uses physical radiation or chemical means to induce spontaneous genetic variation in plants to develop new crop varieties.

AI-driven plant breeding accelerates trait identification for climate adaptation and food security, but risks inequality and environmental harm. Democratic control of these technologies are vital for ...

The University of Florida will now host the USDA-funded Breeding Insight program. Breeding Insight uses AI and advanced computing to accelerate the development of new crops and animal breeds. UF was ...

(1) IN the “Principles of Botany” the authors have introduced an innovation that offers definite advantages, and promises to be as suitable for practical work as for lecturing. The book is apportioned ...

A team of scientists led by a horticulture professor who leads a pome fruit (apples and pears) breeding program, found that public plant breeding programs are seeing decreases in funding and personnel ...

They say speed kills, but when it comes to growing enough food for our future, speed could spell the difference between feast and famine. Luckily, there’s a group of scientists with their proverbial ...