By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it, researchers are poised to uncover plants’ inner workings

Recent findings have implications for plant breeders and improving crop productivity in nutrient-poor soils

By the year 2050, current greenhouse capabilities will likely be unable to keep up with worldwide human consumption, making an increase in productivity an urgent mandate

Researchers at the University of Illinois tested four blades to find the one that most efficiently cuts sugarcane

New 'Buck' naked barley: food, feed, brew

Researchers have figured out how the fungus is outsmarting corn, and they may be able to use this information to help corn fight back

Technology provides alternative to herbicides, hand-weeding

"The bees are not only not avoiding this fungicide, they're consuming more of it at certain concentrations," researcher says

The work was performed in Setaria viridis, an emerging model system for grasses that is closely related to economically important cereal crops and bioenergy feed stocks

Annual forage crops offset losses from alfalfa winterkill