When it comes to agriculture and plant breeding, choosing the most competitive plants doesn't necessarily lead to the best yield

In a new study, scientists report significant strides in transferring disease- and stress-resistance traits from wild relatives of several legumes to their domesticated varieties

Yams are a staple part of the Nigerian diet, with Nigeria accounting for around 70% of world yam production, but at current rates of consumption demand is beginning to outstrip supply

Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in extreme environments

Not all cover crops are equally effective against Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, and other Amaranthus spp.weeds

A research team recently studied the use of intercropping—growing more than one crop per season—on hilly land

The first major study of climate change's projected impacts on coffee says that global warming could reduce coffee growing areas in Latin America by as much as 88 percent by 2050

Researcher analyzes three data sets to demonstrate how using chemical inputs in soybean production affects the economic outcome

Research team found that spores went farther in hot and windy conditions, and stayed closer to the canopy in humid, wet conditions

How sea wheatgrass could help bread wheat resist pests and disease