In a paper published today in Science (and featured on the cover), an international team of researchers led by Princeton graduate student Ciro Cabal sheds light on the underground life of plants.

Over the last decade, growing food industry led demand for hazelnuts has not been satisfied globally with a corresponding expansion in supply. 

Market conditions are good for tree farms this year, even after a tough growing season, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The search is on for lingering ash, those rare trees that have managed to survive the deadly onslaught of the emerald ash borer.

The researchers found that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change expects forestry to play a critical role in reducing climate change.

Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit.

In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, a University of Saskatchewan (USask)-led international team has sequenced the genomes for 15 wheat varieties representing breeding programs around the world, enabling scientists and breeders to much more quickly identify influential genes for improved yield, pest resistance and other important crop traits.

The research results, just published in Nature, provide the most comprehensive atlas of wheat genome sequences ever reported. The 10+ Genome Project collaboration involved more than 95 scientists from universities and institutes in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, the U.K., Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Israel, Australia, and the U.S.

“It’s like finding the missing pieces for your favourite puzzle that you have been working on for decades,” said project leader Curtis Pozniak, wheat breeder and director of the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC). “By having many complete gene assemblies available, we can now help solve the huge puzzle that is the massive wheat pan-genome and usher in a new era for wheat discovery and breeding.”

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Texas A&M Forest Service experts explain the science behind fall foliage and where you can find it in Texas.

Farmers, breeders, and climatologists are keeping their eyes on the future of our favorite spuds.

Researchers at the University of York have created a new modified wheat variety that increases grain production by up to 12 per cent.