Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light ...

A research team has discovered that artificial intelligence can simulate tree growth and shape. The DNA molecule encodes both tree shape and environmental response in one tiny, subcellular package. In ...

A team of scientists at two Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers have identified a gene in a poplar tree that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree height by about 30 percent in the ...

Answer: It is a miracle, isn’t it? A small seed can grow into a mighty oak tree. That tiny seed has all the genetic code, directions, and information to become an exquisite tree with its roots, trunk ...

It can be a challenge to find a tree that thrives in a cold climate, but it's not impossible. Plant this fast-growing conifer ...

You might know Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) as the original root beer flavoring ingredient. While the tree's oil is no longer used to give the beverage its aroma, modern root beer flavor mimics the ...

Justin Higginbottom / JPR In dense forests off I-5 in Josephine County, Oregon, up a few miles of winding dirt roads, a handful of tents, a hammock and an acoustic guitar mark the camp of those ...

While the sentinel trees of Northern Lebanon may not be as old as some traditions hold, one tree might be more than 1,000 years old. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei has previously reported on the ...

You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...