Researchers now may be better equipped to help cotton farmers battle blight

This new resource will assist future research programs using genetic tools to improve crop resilience and oil production.

Study provides valuable information that can be used to breed spinach with better disease-resistance, higher yield, and better quality

Recent study determined that across all study years, incorporating corn once within a four-year cycle resulted in eight percent greater yields than continuous soybean, whereas cotton (once or twice within a rotation) did not

An ultimate goal of the research is to expand the area of cultivation for the cowpea, especially to areas with limited water

University of Wisconsin–Madison botanist hopes facility will someday soon be a hub for biologists, engineers, and agronomists to collaborate on improving crops—by measuring them

Deep sequencing impacts food and bioenergy crops

A research group at University Bonn uncovers how plants detect and defeat parasitic worms

Lettuce is a member of the huge Compositae family, which includes the good, the bad, and the ugly of the plant world

Understanding how grape buds respond to subzero temperatures is of paramount concern to vineyard managers in New York and other northerly grape-producing states