Sometimes, the key to life’s biggest mysteries lies in its tiniest inhabitants. A new study of microscopic worms could hold profound implications for the understanding and treatment of a myriad of ...
An international team of researchers has uncovered an unusual genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, revealing their remarkably slow pace of genomic evolution.
"By unraveling the roles of helper NLRs like Nrc2 and Nrc3, we are a step closer to developing crops that can better withstand the challenges posed by pathogens, helping ensure food security and ag...
In a significant advancement in the field of biochemistry, BTI scientists have uncovered new insights into a family of metabolites, acylspermidines, that could change how we understand aging and fi...
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute have constructed a comprehensive “super-pangenome” for watermelon, uncovering genes lost during domestication that could improve disease resistance & frui...
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that watermelon is the second largest fruit crop in the world (if you don’t count tomatoes as a fruit), just barely behind bananas. However, you may be s...
Scientists at BTI discover that a long-known tomato mutation provides increased resistance to rot disease and unlocks the potential for enhanced fruit quality.
“The discovery of this biochemical recycling mechanism opens up exciting new avenues for future research, with the potential to dramatically accelerate the structural and functional annotation of u...
Killing crop-damaging insects by targeting essential genes is a promising approach to pest control. A team led by Georg Jander of Boyce Thompson Institute has identified horizontally transferred ge...
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