New genomic tool could strengthen clam breeding and conservation. Benchmark Genetics and European research partners have ...

Sugarcane, a crucial worldwide food and bioenergy crop, accounts for approximately 80% of the world's sugar production, with its largest cultivation in Brazil and India. As the 5th largest crop by ...

Advanced genomics, digital phenotyping, and predictive breeding models are helping researchers evaluate tens of thousands of ...

Today’s dairy producers are making every pregnancy count, using sexed semen, genomics and beef-on-dairy strategies to turn ...

Aquaculture biotechnology company Benchmark Genetics has helped close a gap in shellfish genomics that it said will help support the long-term sustainability of shellfish aquaculture in Europe.

Small grains researcher Juan David Arbelaez-Velez knows the secret to making perfect rice—and it's not about how you cook it. Arbelaez and his team are investigating the genetic blueprint that ...

Click here to view Volume I of this Research TopicThe domestication of animals and plants during the early Holocene marked a pivotal transition that led to ...

Genomic selection in aquaculture combines dense genome-wide marker information with statistical models to predict the genetic merit of breeding candidates before phenotypic records are available. By ...

Assessment of parthenocarpy in two southern highbush blueberry breeding populations. (A) The parthenocarpy treatment included emasculation of flowers and exclusion of pollinators for 10 flowers of ...

Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food production. The development of elite inbred lines is critical for breeding hybrid ...

Aberystwyth University and Germinal Horizon have announced the appointment of Dr. Kerrie Farrar as Germinal chair of ...