Consequently, much of the research has been driven by the major plant biotechnology companies. There are, in essence, two sectors in the market for plant-derived oils: "high volume, low value ...

In agricultural biotechnology, changes are made directly to the plant's genome. Once the gene that determines a desirable trait is identified, it can be selected, extracted, and transferred ...

"Eight hundred million people on this planet are malnourished," says Channapatna Prakash, a native of India and an agricultural scientist at the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee ...

Professor Julia Vorholt's work has changed how we think about plant health. Her innovative research on plant microbiomes holds the potential ...