Just one hour at the shore of Lake Karachay would be enough to kill. The radioactive lake, located in the southern Ural Mountains in central Russia, was a dumping ground for nuclear waste from the ...

Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. This Review discusses the uses of grafting in basic and applied research and ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...