How Gregor Mendel’s pea plant experiments created modern genetics

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...
AZ Central

Discovery inside unearthed bottle would’ve shocked the scientist who buried it in 1879

In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now Michigan State University’s campus grounds. In April 2021, the 16th bottle was unearthed, and its ...
WKAR

How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...
unr.edu

Great Basin seed study experiment targets rangeland restoration

Restoration of rangelands in the Great Basin is taking a new direction as scientists seek to find the ideal seed stock to use for the many different ecosystems across the 70 million acre expanse – ...
New Atlas

Genetic engineering breakthrough ups oil content of seeds by 18%

Vegetable oils have wide-ranging uses, playing a role in everything from food processing, to perfume production to the manufacture of biofuels. With demand only expected to increase, a team of ...
Nature

Genetic architecture of differences in oviposition preference between ancestral and derived populations of the seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus

In herbivorous insects, changes in host plant preference for oviposition sites, feeding and mating are relevant to a wide range of evolutionary questions such as ecological specialization, host range ...
Scientific American

5 Million U.S. Seeds Banked for Resurrection Experiment

In a vault kept at −18 °C in Fort Collins, Colorado, more than 5 million seeds now lie frozen in time—destined to wait for up to 50 years until evolutionary scientists earn permission to experiment ...
JSTOR Daily

Seedling emergence responds to both seed source and recruitment site climates: a climate change experiment combining transplant and gradient approaches

Seedling recruitment allows genetic recombination and production of dispersal units. Both the climate experienced by the source populations (seed source effect) and the weather experienced by the ...
Detroit Free Press

Discovery inside unearthed bottle would’ve shocked Michigander who buried it in 1879

In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now MSU’s campus grounds. In April 2021, the 16th bottle was unearthed, and its seeds were planted.