Scientists are studying a remarkably tough desert alga whose unusual metabolism could help boost crop yields and strengthen ...
In the evolutionary arms race between plants and pathogens, the pathogens often find a way around the plant’s defenses.
In my previous post, I wrote about how, despite plants being all around us, they often receive less attention than animals and are less likely to be perceived as 'living beings'.However, at the same ...
Plant breeders have long faced a stubborn dilemma: improving one trait in a crop often comes at the expense of another. Boosting kernel size might shrink the cob; selecting for taller plants might ...
Once seen as a solution to the plastic waste problem, the process has been plagued by economic and technological difficulties ...
A multi-trait screening study has ranked flax germplasm lines for salt tolerance, identified the seedling vigor index as the ...
Although they both share the character for "pepper" (椒), they are actually completely different spices.Have you ever felt a ...
Rising temperatures now allow coffee to be grown in Italy. In Sicily, the Morettino family has completed its first harvest, ...
Cover crops enrich the soil, suppress weeds, and can save you money on amendments.
A warming climate is forcing Antarctica’s native plants to adapt. Not only have they risen to the challenge, they’ve adapted ...
Vylor, the advanced seed and genetics company that will spin off from Corteva on October 1, 2026, and Rainbow Crops, a Belgium-based spin ...
The blueprint targets a maximum regulation capacity of over 50 gigawatts for virtual power plants (VPPs) by 2030, ...