A research team investigates how genome editing can be harnessed to accelerate cassava breeding and improve key traits.

Based in the Angolan capital of Luanda, on Africa’s southwest coast, FoodCare is a dried food manufacturer that processes and ...

Hot summers can be brutal on plants, but some thrive in extreme heat and drought. These tough, low-maintenance plants ...

In the article published in Science, analysis of the genomes of more than 500 modern, herbarium and archaeological cassava plants found the cassava genome to be extraordinarily diverse for a ...

Yucca is a genus of over 40 perennial plants, shrubs, and trees. A few are grown as houseplants, including Yucca gigantea (also known as Y. guatemalensis and Y. elephantipes) and the Yucca aloifolia.

José says cassava, rather than mopane worms ... a network of family-run farms covering 5,000 hectares to grow the crop. But such expansion does not come cheap, and José says she is seeking ...

The research also showed that in addition to affecting plants and insects directly ... that depend on each other for survival, such as the yucca plant and yucca moth, Li said.

The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the ...