This most damaging soybean pathogen was first found in the US in 1954 and most recent estimates show that it results in $1.5 billion in annual yield losses
Researchers say plants' internal clock should be exploited in agriculture—a process they describe as "chronoculture"—to contribute to global food security
Overuse of antibiotics in humans has led to several microbes developing antibiotic resistance; researchers explore if this is also true of antibiotics used on crops
Study results suggest Ethiopia—Africa's largest coffee producing nation—may produce less specialty coffee and more bland-tasting varieties in the future