As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with an angry cat. Wouldn’t it be nice to rid plants of their prickles entirely ...

A Nicotiana plant shows spotty photobleaching of leaves thanks to gene editing accomplished with a virus. The new technique allows edited traits to be passed to the next generation while avoiding some ...

Canola is growing wild in North Dakota in several ways. This spring, the state's farmers planted a record acreage of canola, amounting to all but 8 percent of the U.S. plantings of the vegetable-oil ...

You have probably heard that many plants have the ability to purify indoor air. Spider Plant, Peace Lily, Aloe Vera, Snake Plant, Boston Fern, and Chrysanthemums are all known for their air ...

The Purple Galaxy Tomato splashed across the cover of this season's Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog: a closeup of a blackish-purple tomato speckled with tiny pink dots. Next to it, sits a sliced ...