Handheld low angle view shot, Two Asian female farmers talk and examine the growth of corn plants together in a rural garden in the cold morning air. Winter Activities Royalty-free licenses let you ...

Invasive European starlings cause millions of dollars in damage to American fruit crops, a litany of destruction encompassing apples, blueberries, cherries, figs, grapes, peaches, and strawberries.

A Kansas State University agronomy professor is part of an international team that is calling for a new approach to estimate crop yield potential and gaps – information that is critical in ...

The findings, published in Nature Food, reveal global temperature increases exceeding 1.5°C would result in a significant drop in crop diversity, impacting food security and endangering lives. This ...

It also damaged winter crops such as cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, and leeks, per Business Plus, which detailed the devastating effects of the storm. One farmer was deeply concerned about the ...

In total, USDA says 2% of the U.S. corn crop is planted. Here’s a summary of progress to date with corn: Looking at other crops, cotton planting is running slightly behind, with 4% of the crop ...

One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. Increasing the types of crops present in an area can provide numerous ecological and economic benefits.

This has not been possible in other crops with less complicated diploid genomes." The Borrill group's breakthrough in using partial mutants could be applied in other plant crops and for other ...

Bayer Crop Science has set a leadership succession plan in motion for R&D, naming plant breeder Mike Graham to head that division. Kaiser has been studying sulphur use and performance in his state for ...

“The smallest seed I’ve ever used, which I wouldn’t do again, is thyme [which she used in her Marshall portrait],” said Laura Melnick, a crop artist and civil poverty lawyer. She eyed her ...

The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others. When genetically different varieties of ...