Jan. 23, 2025 — While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soyabeans and oranges are ...

German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops ...

Beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes play a critical role in agriculture, providing sustainable solutions to reduce dependency on synthetic fertilizers. Researchers have uncovered ...

Bakersfield Christian High School officially broke ground Thursday on a new horticulture center, designed to enhance hands-on ...

New method of regulating plant hormones allows researchers to increase quality and yields of rice crops grown in saline soil.

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies ...

Acadian Plant Health and Koppert, two leading innovators in sustainable agriculture, are expanding their partnership to ...

Nudging with carbon footprint labeling and product categorization motivates online shoppers to select plant-based foods, ...