Global moisture levels study receives a $280,000 boost from the Canadian Space Agency.

Funding will help the University of Saskatchewan advance its research and innovation program.

Discovery delivers high starch content, virtually no methane emissions.

New peanut variety is filling farmer and consumer demands

University of Adelaide research has shown for the first time that, despite not having a nervous system, plants use signals normally associated with animals when they encounter stress.

Joint BioEnergy Institute study identifies bacterial protein that is key to protecting rice against bacterial blight.

A novel insecticide targets a specific gene in a pest, killing only that bug species on crops and avoiding collateral damage to beneficial insects caused by today’s pesticides.

Space may not be the final frontier for Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl; they want to grow plants there. Because, who knows, we may one day try to live on Mars, and to survive, we’ll have to grow our own food.

Blue LEDs can kill off pathogens most effectively in cold temperatures and acidic conditions.

A new study led by a Kansas State University geneticist has shown that genomic signatures of adaptation in crop plants can help predict how crop varieties respond to stress from their environments.