In September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service named the Phyllostegia glabra, a member of the mint family that grew in the moist forests of Lāna‘i, as lost to extinction. It’s a familiar story in ...
Patrick Over reached for two white sacks in his bag as he ducked into a city Department of Parks and Recreation seed lab on ...
A century ago, longleaf pine forests dominated the Southeast, home to diverse wildlife and recreational opportunities. But over the past several decades, this ecosystem has seen a decline to just five ...
The only Syngenta plant of its kind in the U.S. is preparing for another expansion in Pasco. Syngenta opened its $42 million seed processing facility in Pasco in October 2009. And the company is in ...
Scientists study seed samples at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Seed Regulatory and Testing Division in Gastonia. Federal scientists and botanists are busy protecting the nation's $12 billion ...