We can revive the genes that were carried in the seeds and use modern genome sequencing techniques to assemble parts of the genome. We’ll be able to sequence the chromosomes of this rye and ...

The island is off the northwest coast of Michigan's lower peninsula. The Rosen rye seeds, however, came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture seed bank in Idaho — not from the depths of Lake ...

The James R. Bentley sank in Lake Huron in 1878 with 36,000 bushels of rye. Now, scientists and a Michigan distiller are hoping to use the seeds to craft whiskey.