After taking a look at some of these house plants, you might just change your tune! These are the best plant species to keep ...

Gardening potatoes is a new challenge to take on! Here are some tips for growing potatoes in your home garden.

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Phytoestrogen is naturally found in many plants. Dietitians explain the impact on cancer risk, menopause symptoms and who should avoid foods with plant estrogen.

Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal external guidance, to differentiate between aerial images of flowering and nonflowering grasses -- an advance that will ...

By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research has revealed insights that could help growers better adapt their crops to a fast-changing environment.

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an ...

Should you venture into a Toronto grocery store in the depths of winter and purchase a pint of strawberries, chances are the ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. The tobacco rattle virus was engineered to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ...

Biologists have long debated why some plants and animals can adjust to a wide range of climates, while others can't.

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