So scientists have been experimenting with growing plants with less lignin. The problem is, tree genetics are more complex than you might expect, and traditional breeding to select for certain traits ...

A plant's success may depend on how well the three sets of genetic instructions it carries in its cells cooperate, according ...

Plants grow best when genetics inside cells cooperate, while mismatched genetics reduce photosynthesis and climate resilience ...

Mapping your family tree can be a fun and interesting way to learn more about your personal history. Now researchers have done that on a much bigger scale, to create a family tree for the human race.

SALISBURY, N.C. — Students at Catawba College announced a significant milestone in their collaborative research on White Oak genetics and tree improvement. The work of students in the Envirosmart ...

Researchers studying ash trees in the western U.S. have discovered a set of genetic variations that could protect the species from a devastating threat sweeping across the continent, according to a ...

(CNN) — Researchers have used genetics to create the largest human family tree ever made, allowing individuals to find out who their distant ancestors were and where they lived, as well as exactly how ...

WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. (KY3) — Investigators turned to the DNA from a tree to solve a theft of black walnut trees in the Mark Twain National Forest. In October 2019, law enforcement began investigating ...

Forests are disappearing. Maps show shrinking woodlands all over the world. Even trees coveted for their wood that are protected from logging are chopped down. Worried about such deforestation, ...

A professor emeritus at Washington State University, Chastagner is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on tree and ornamental flower bulb pathologies. In 2018, he received a lifetime ...