Using a molecular technique known as the comet assay, researchers tracked oxidative DNA damage and repair in seeds stored for 2, 5, and 12 years under cold dry genebank conditions. Their findings ...
Agricultural Research Service scientists have ways of making seeds talk. They have demonstrated that seeds can reveal genetic information even after they've lost viability, which is the ability to ...
THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is pushing DNA-profiling technology to ensure farmers and seed growers of receiving genetically pure and true-to-type inbred rice seeds and boost ...