Genetically engineered (GE) seeds are often sold to farmers and the public on the grounds that they are the wave of the future, taking over where conventional plant breeding left off by improving ...

Sugarcane, a crucial worldwide food and bioenergy crop, accounts for approximately 80% of the world's sugar production, with its largest cultivation in Brazil and India. As the 5th largest crop by ...

A new way of growing plants could be used to feed the world's exploding population. The method, dubbed "speed breeding," can grow crops several times faster than other breeding methods. "Speed ...

A simple breeding experiment, combined with genetic analysis, can rapidly uncover genes that promote cooperation and higher yields of plant populations, according to a new study. The results have the ...

Many suckler producers have veered away from using beef cross dairy cows, in favour of homebred continental replacements due to the perceived problems of the Holstein influence and to benefit from the ...

PROBABLY at no time during the past hundred years has there been so much current of changed attitudes and values sweeping through the minds of stockbreeders. While the general public may have noted ...