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A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. The invasive mite, which has spread to all continents except Australia and ...

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Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food production. The development of elite inbred lines is critical for breeding hybrid ...

Cayne Layton receives funding from the University of Tasmania, The Nature Conservancy, and the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program. Melinda Coleman receives funding from The ...

Unnatural selection has bred life in all shapes and sizes, and a globe-spanning team of scientists says the same practice might help save Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef. Mining billionaire Andrew ...

Selective breeding is the method of breeding plants or animals with particular genetic characteristics to create offspring with a set of desired traits. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight ...