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Garden of Traci Berg, UCalgary program coordinator and instructor for Continuing Education

COVID-19 gardening: Get grounded and grow your own food

Canola

New technology helps protect valuable canola crops from frost

University of Calgary scientists identify key canola protein involved in pollination

A University of Calgary-led research team, including Xue Chen, Peter Facchini, Jillian Hagel and Limei Chang, has discovered the gene for a new protein crucial for naturally and efficiently producing a compound in opium poppy plants used to make opiate pain-killing drugs.

Opium poppy plants give up their genetic secrets to UCalgary-led team

Biologists discover new and unique cell-signalling mechanism in plants

Herbarium director Jana Vamosi, right, with digital special projects associate Rob Alexander, who oversaw the creation of the new online Flora of Alberta collection. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Digital collection of Alberta flora launched at University of Calgary

Henry Penn, a postdoctoral scholar with the University of Calgary-led Arctic Institute of North America, at the Kluane Lake Research Station where he is installing the Yukon’s first solar-powered Cropbox to try to grow fresh produce year-round. Photo by Robert Reich, Kluane Lake Research Station

Kluane Lake Research Station tests Yukon's first hydroponic growing system

New research sheds light on how lodgepole pine and interior spruce adapt to local climates

New research may lead to more drought-tolerant Canadian canola

Enzymes from carnivorous plant could help people digest gluten