A rose has been grown without any thorns. The breakthrough could lead to new fruit in supermarkets, say American scientists. According to Greek mythology, red roses first appeared when Aphrodite ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot ...

Roses in our climate are prone to foliage and fungal infections such as black spot and mildew. Wet foliage encourages the ...

effectively engineering tomatoes and roses without thorns, writes Ellen Phiddian for Cosmos. In this way, the new finding could be used to produce plants without prickles, making it easier for ...

Yon Marsh Natural History/Alamy Supported by By Carl Zimmer There is no rose without thorns, the old saying goes. But to botanists, there is no rose with thorns: The spiky outgrowths of a rose ...

yielding a rose without thorns. In natural settings, prickles defend plants against grazing herbivores. But under cultivation, edited plants would be easier to handle — and after harvest ...

Prickles and thorns are an evolved defense against ... which is why there are some rose species without the spikes today. But now that the gene responsible for the prickles has been identified ...

making it easier for gardeners to pluck roses without getting jabbed. KADImages via Getty Images Every rose has its thorns, and other common plants like rice, raspberries and blackberries also ...