Surrounded by peppers, tomatoes, rosemary and raspberries in a garden bed beside their home, a Tupelo couple's 16-foot okra plant may be a world record contender. Weylon and Tonja Michael, who have ...
The plant’s seeds contain ricin, a highly toxic substance. Ingesting just a few seeds can cause severe poisoning and death. Also known as "wolf's bane," this plant contains aconitine, which can cause ...
Marco van Leeuwen is the president of the International Seed Federation and managing director of seed company Rijk Zwaan. Photo: John Greig Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig is at the World Seed Congress ...
It isn’t known whether space travel has an effect on how plants grow and scientists continue to study the topic, he said. In 2022, NASA and the Forest Service flew nearly 2,000 seeds from five ...
a tree was planted in California that is out of this world. The so-called “Moon Tree” — grown with seeds that were flown around the moon — was wheeled out in a wagon accompanied by several ...