BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China has approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified (GM) soybean, corn and cotton, expanding approvals to boost high-yield crops ...

Just 12 plant species and five types of animal make up 75% of the world's food. At least 30,000 of the 350,000 known plant species on our planet are edible, according to the United Nations' Food ...

Fight-or-flight” is not an option for plants, unfortunately, when it comes to pathogen attacks. Instead, plants opt for “do-or-die.” A deeper insight into the genetic mechanisms that enable plants to ...

Crop rotation is a planned sequence of different crop types, such as spring-seeded cereals, fallseeded cereals, oilseeds, pulses, perennial legumes and other perennial species. Rotations also include ...

While intercropping, or planting more than one crop together, might be common practice in some types of agriculture, it is ...