Swiss botanists hope for pot luck with new Edelweiss
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Asterix and Obelix had to scale snow-capped peaks to find it, but Swiss botanists said Monday they have created a variety of the famous Edelweiss flower that is literally more down-to-earth.
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TV chefs are inspiring the nation to use plant pots, allotments and even window sills to provide fresh and exotic vegetables for our plates.
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Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.
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Thomas Handwerker leans close to a young orchid, just over from China, to inspect its deep green leaves. He knows exactly where a long, flowery spindle will sprout. He's a career horticulturist, but he doesn't know a thing about growing phalaenopsis orchids. Handwerker is counting on farmers along the eastern shore region of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia to do the work of cultivating this brood of 30,000 orchids.
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It's time for a research resurgence into using small water plants to produce oil and ethanol. In Autopia.
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Swiss voters looked set last night to approve new legislation allowing stem-cell research, to the relief of the country&#39;s pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sectors.
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A new database of tree genes has been released by Oregon and Swedish researchers in an effort to speed up basic and commercial research.
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Monsanto and BASF team up to grow better plants.
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The cotton industry is concerned about the discovery of a herbicide-resistant weed that spreads easily, can grow an inch a day even during droughts and could force farmers to return to older growing methods that were harsher on the environment.
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Public fears aside, scientists mimic natureâs genetic scrambling to bolster fruits and vegetables, as well as beer and whiskey.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch magazine was including an unusual freebie with its latest issue - two marijuana seeds in a small plastic bag.  Nieuwe Revu Editor-in-Chief Mark Koster said the move was a publicity stunt accompanying the Jan.
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It's a sweet time for honeybees in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania, and the ones humming around Dennis vanEngelsdorp seem too preoccupied by the blooming knapweed nearby to sting him as he carefully lifts the top off their hive. VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania's state apiarist, spots signs of plenty within: honeycomb stocked with yellow pollen, neat rows of wax hexagons housing larval bees, and a fertile queen churning out eggs.
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ROCHESTER, Ind. - Environmental officials believe progress is being made against an invasive weed found in a northern Indiana, though more chemicals will likely need to be applied.
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As harvest arrives, Cem Cetintas  tends lovingly to his vines, hoping they yield wine popular  with foreign palates to boost his exports in the face of a  harsh climate in the Turkish market.
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Swiss scientists find what they say may be Europe's biggest mushroom - the size of about 50 football pitches.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 8--COLONIE -- The electronic marquee outside a Wolf Road hotel Wednesday looked like something from the sci-fi double feature at a 1950s drive-in: Invasive Plants.
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As the climate warms, Greenlandic farmers are experimenting with vegetables that have previously never been grown in the country.