“Precision means optimizing input to get an ideal output in an environmentally sustainable manner"

Researchers find that in two of our most productive crops, lower, shaded leaves are less efficient than the top leaves, limiting yield

These findings may provide further evidence to help researchers solve the $6 billion-a-year disease that continues to evolve and torment potato and tomato growers around the world

Study details the genetic structure and molecular diversity of the varieties of cocoa grown in the state of Bahia for over 200 years and identifies trees resistant to witch's broom

Researchers hope to give growers tools to anticipate extreme weather such as severe heat or dry spells during the various phases of crop development.

As yet these duckweeds have not been cultivated, but simply 'harvested' from bodies of water

Researchers are working  to develop an easy, inexpensive genetic test to help ranchers improve cattle distribution by breeding hill-climbing cows

The findings are further evidence that the hygiene around egg handling in the supply chain and in household and restaurant kitchens is critical to reducing food poisoning from eggs

Research team hopes to increase the harvest index from 45 to 60 percent

The pathogen's effects aren't limited to the decimation of Ireland's potato crop 170 years ago