January is the start of a new gardening year, but there is often an illusion that it is a very slow month in the garden. The ...

Before I buy new seeds for my garden, is there some way I can test my seeds from last year to see if they are still good?

Swiss chard is an easy vegetable to grow anywhere: a container, in a vegetable garden, or the landscape as an ornamental ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access ...

As respiratory virus season peaks, certain whole foods become especially important for maintaining health during the winter ...

Scientists reveal how the periderm, armoured roots of plants, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change by capturing ...

Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...

Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...

Syngenta and the pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) company TraitSeq are combining forces to use the full power of AI ...

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