GMOs are wildly controversial, and it's easy to see why. Even though they've been linked to benefits like a higher nutritional value and an increased resistance to pests, environmental stressors, and ...

Somehow a seedless seed seems sorta silly ... For that matter, how do they get the seeds for next season’s seedless watermelon? Mr. Darwin’s theory teaches that the whole reason for a watermelon is to ...

Summer can be a mix of idyllic and unbearable weather, and as such, it has had no better symbol than the watermelon, with its highly desirable fruit and very undesirable seeds. That is, until seedless ...

Can you imagine a Fourth of July celebration without a cool and refreshing watermelon? It’s the quintessential American fruit. At least I think so. And it’s packed with nutrients too. But I have been ...

The process of growing seedless watermelons was explained to about 300 people who attended the 2019 Clemson Watermelon Field Day at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center (REC) by Clemson ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- According to the Watermelon Board and the Michigan State University Extension, watermelon breeders cross two different types of watermelon plants. They take the standard ...

Don’t be too quick to discard watermelon seeds as the tiny black seeds that you see in your seedless watermelons. Loaded with vital minerals, healthful fats and proteins that are often forgotten, ...

In 1995, Jason Schayot set the world record for spitting a watermelon seed when he shot his tiny black bullet a whopping 75 feet, 2 inches, almost a quarter of a football field. It's a record that ...

Raise your hand if you know that July 4, 1776, is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. Those powdered-wigged dudes somehow managed to endure the pointy shoes and stiff, wool threads in ...

Watermelon seeds are an icon of summer, but maybe not for much longer. Plant scientist Tracy Kahn of the University of California-Riverside talks about the emergence of seedless fruit. Spitting ...