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High Tunnels for Specialty Crops: The Hope and the Hindrance

June 18, 2019

Study gains a better understanding, from the perspective of farmers, of the challenges and advantageous opportunities associa...

Hot Temperatures Can Trigger an RNA Response in Plants

November 6, 2018

A sudden increase in heat led to changes in the structure of the rice plant's RNA, which was linked to a loss in the number o...

NASA Soil Moisture Data Advances Global Crop Forecasts

June 4, 2018

The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, launched in 2015 and has helped map the amount of water in soils worldwide...

Preventing Vitamin A Deficiency in Africa with Sweet Potato-Enriched Bread

May 1, 2018

Scientists evaluate starch digestibility, nutrient availability

Corn with Straw Mulch Builds Yield, Soil Carbon

April 26, 2018

Farmers in China’s Loess Plateau have for decades used both plastic and straw as a soil cover, or mulch, between crops...

New Study Explains Antibiotic Resistance in Apple, Pear Disease

April 25, 2018

Farmers are turning to new antibiotics, but it's widely acknowledged that it's only a matter of time before bacteria become r...

A Faba Fix for Corn's Nitrogen Need

April 13, 2018

Faba bean cover crop halves added nitrogen requirement

Synchrotron Science Could Give Soybeans a Boost

April 11, 2018

Recent research findings could be used to help develop new treatments to promote crop growth and tackle disease

A Vaccine for Edible Plants? A New Plant Protection Method on the Horizon

April 6, 2018

Plant diseases and pests cause considerable crop losses and threaten global food security

Dry the Weeds, Keep the Crops

April 5, 2018

Scientists are studying alternative tools for weed management. One such tool is propane-fueled flame weeding

Ragweed Casts Shade on Soy Production

March 28, 2018

Weed more than nuisance for soybean

Gene Boosts Rice Growth and Yield in Salty Soil

March 26, 2018

Discovery of a gene that helps rice plants grow in salty soil paves the way to developing salt-tolerant crops

Researcher Hopes to Breed, Grow Nutritious Pumpkins in Florida

March 16, 2018

These are not pumpkins the size of what you might use for Halloween

Forty Years of Data Quantifies Benefits of Bt Corn Adoption across Multiple Crops for the First Time

March 13, 2018

Myriad benefits include 90 percent suppression of pests, severely limited spraying and damage to crops

Flood, Drought, and Disease Tolerant—One Gene to Rule Them All