‘Extra healthy’ apples on th...

An apple a day could soon be even better at keeping the doctor away. Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple, paving the way for crunchier, juicer and healthier fruits.

Core knowledge of tree fruit expands wit...

An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the USA have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the current issue of Nature Genetics .