Recently, scientists from Shanxi Datong University and Chongqing University revealed that SlCMT4, which encodes a DNA methyltransferase responsible for de novo and non-CG methylation, plays an ...

Scientists identified a gene responsible for triggering plants to develop fruits and seeds. This finding may help agriculturists bypass pollination altogether for food production, which will be ...

Vitamin C is a key nutritional component in fruits, yet its concentration often changes dramatically as fruits develop. New research reveals how a plant hormone signaling pathway actively suppresses ...

If you're lucky enough to live in a tropical clime, you might have experimented with growing fruit like bananas. These trees find it trickier to produce fruit in colder regions, so it's worth taking ...

Using the fruit fly, scientists have constructed a complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development. This research will also help scientists pursue questions like how mutations lead to ...

Florida tropical fruit growers and backyard producers are confronting increased risks from flooding, drought, heat, and ...

A team at Kobe University has discovered a previously overlooked dynamic between the Japanese red elder plant and a group of ...