In short: Demand for seedless fruit varieties is growing and experts say the genetic breeding technology needed to create them is rapidly improving. But seedless crops can be harder to grow and making ...

Sinking your teeth into a juicy, ripe watermelon is one of summer's greatest pleasures, particularly when you don't have to spit out any seeds. Indeed, humans have adapted many fruits to be seedless ...

(via SciShow) Seedless watermelons are basically the best thing ever. But they’re also a delicious paradox. Seeds are a key part of plant reproduction. So how do you breed a plant that doesn’t make ...

A farmer harvests lychee at a plantation in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, in May. [Photo by Tan Kaixing/For China Daily] Chinese scientists have made several breakthroughs in the cultivation of ...

QUESTION: How do seedless plants reproduce? ANSWER: Scientists estimate that there are approximately 400,000 species of plants on Earth. It is no surprise that there are many forms of plant ...

SOMIS, Calif. — Thirty miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Lemon Hill grove — a square mile of rolling slopes covered with healthy young trees, laden with fragrant yellow fruit — evokes the Arcadian ...

If you're an avid watermelon consumer, melon guru, or whatever you fancy yourself as, then maybe you had a sneaking suspicion that seedless watermelon stays fresh longer than the old-school, seeded ...

Lychee and longan experts at the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences have recently revealed that they have solved planting conundrums for unique lychee species that mainly grows in South ...

When a run-of-the-mill watermelon and a souped-up frankenmelon love each other very much, they come together and make a baby seedless wundermelon. Seedless watermelons are a lot like mules – sterile ...

Seedless fruit feels like a UX win—no pips, no fuss, just vibes. But the biology behind that convenience is a paradox: fruit evolved to carry seeds, yet we’ve built whole supply chains around fruit ...