Have you ever noticed flowers quietly folding their petals just before a storm breaks? It almost feels magical, as if these ...

Successful Breeding Trial For thousands of years, selective breeding has been used to cultivate plants and animals with desirable traits.

Scientists have successfully bred corals to improve their heat tolerance Date: October 14, 2024 Source: Newcastle University Summary: A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a ...

Breeding true F1 hybrids means using inbreeding to achieve genetic uniformity in parent plants before creating a new strain.

Humans have forever been using all manner of techniques to better secure the food we need to sustain our lives. The practice ...

Scientists have successfully bred corals to improve their heat tolerance A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a modest rise in coral heat tolerance.

A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a rise in coral heat tolerance, helping them to survive intense marine heatwaves.

Three Things I Do to Protect My Plants Before a Freeze Watering them may seem counterintuitive, but it can help insulate the roots.

A North Carolina bill sent to the governor, Josh Stein, would let utility company Duke Energy charge rate-payers for new power plants before they’re built.

Start by placing plants outdoors in a sheltered, partially shady spot for incrementally longer periods each day for about a week before planting them in the garden.

As the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine explains, selective breeding involves mating plants with desirable traits so that future generations of the plant will have those ...