A recently completed five-year IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) (D25005) has helped experts from 12 countries to identify novel sources of resistance to the devastating parasitic weed Striga in ...
Innovative plant breeding programmes using safe and proven nuclear techniques are vital for enhancing food security and sustainable agriculture. For nearly 60 years, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of ...
When humans first domesticated maize some 9,000 years ago, those early breeding efforts led to an increase in harmful mutations to the crop's genome compared to their wild relatives, which more recent ...
Picture of a tomato plant with an unfavorable natural mutation (on the left) and a tomato plant in with the mutation was repaired by genome editing (on the right). The repair of the mutation leads to ...
As climate change worsens, flooding, drought, and other calamities will increase food insecurity around the globe. In November, the International Atomic Energy Agency sent seeds to the ISS to induce ...
Strawberries are notoriously soft and highly perishable, posing challenges to global production. Recent research has identified a genetic breakthrough that could help cultivate firmer strawberries ...
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Most plants can reproduce both sexually (through flowers and seed) but many important crops, such as potatoes and strawberry, are propagated vegetatively, e.g. through tubers or shoots. A new study of ...
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