Plants

The stereotypical picture of American farmland probably looks a lot like this: rolling hills lined... (more)

The Thanksgiving staple may be in short supply this year.

Landscapers are making private and public spaces more useful, and planting edible alternatives to traditional... (more)

Cornell University researchers have successfully mapped 97 percent of the apple’s genome, a boon for... (more)

Scientists recently discovered a new family of hormones that could help boost the output of... (more)

From oat milk to vegan burgers, plant-based dairy and meat products are gaining traction—and sparking... (more)

Thanks to the growing demand for gluten-free foods and interest in alternative flours, buckwheat is... (more)

Often treated as a weed, prickly pear cactus has a ton of potential. But first,... (more)

Researchers at Brown University want to emphasize the positive impacts of some non-native species.