There is great incentive to genetically engineer crops that possess desirable traits like greater biomass production and resistance to pathogens while requiring less resources, including space and ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University engineers and plant scientists are joining forces to design better crops that tolerate climate change, produce bigger yields and feed more people. The collaborative ...

Plant molecular farming (PMF) may seem like a bold option for companies accustomed to mammalian or microbial systems, but recent advances have transformed plant-based bioproduction into serious, ...

BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering services company, announced that it has been selected by a global ...

Lynn Martin (left) and Travis Fettes (right) are plant operators in WMU’s Paper Pilot Plant. Did you know there’s a full pilot-sized paper plant housed at Western Michigan University’s College of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...