Researchers have sequenced the genomes of Palmer amaranth and other pigweed species, uncovering key mechanisms behind ...

Weeds like Palmer amaranth make farming harder and less profitable, and available herbicides are becoming less effective. For scientists to find solutions, they first need to know their enemy. A study ...

An excellent option for edimental gardening, many species of amaranth are as delicious, nutritious, and useful as they are beautiful. Amaranth means unfading flower, referencing its ability to ...

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborating institutions reveals complete chromosome-level genomes for Palmer and two other Amaranthus species, smooth and redroot ...

The study focused extra attention on Palmer amaranth, arguably the most troublesome of the three species. To start, the research team characterized Palmer's glyphosate resistance gene, which ...