Bananas may not be doomed after all. Australian researchers say they've pinpointed a key stretch of DNA that helps some bananas fend off a major fungal threat—a finding they hope will keep the $140 ...

Indian botanist Dr Janaki Ammal transformed the country’s sugarcane industry through hybrid breeding, reducing imports and boosting exports. Here’s how her research reshaped India’s agricultural ...

SANTA CRUZ — Many might not immediately associate Sherlock Holmes with botanist Alice Eastwood, but to Santa Cruz author Peggy Townsend, there are a lot of parallels between detectives and scientists.