Rice straw, sugarcane bagasse and pineapple peels are usually treated as bulky agricultural leftovers, burned, composted or discarded. A new...

A smartphone-style photograph of a maize seed could soon reveal far more than its color and shape. Researchers have developed...

In Nigeria, a simple change in how densely okra is planted—and how weeds are controlled—could dramatically reshape the economics of...

A carefully calibrated fertilizer combination has more than doubled bread wheat yields in parts of Ethiopia’s northwestern highlands, according to...

On the steep, stony slopes of southern Ethiopia, farmers have transformed terrain that appears almost hostile to agriculture into a...

A new generation of maize seeds engineered for higher methionine content has shown an unexpected bonus: stronger early growth. In...

Plants may be quietly rewriting the rules of fertilizer use. A new review argues that nitrate—the dominant form of nitrogen...

Plant breeders have gained a new way to see genetic variation that standard DNA markers can miss. An international research...

Tree peony seeds may be hiding a powerful molecular switch for controlling oil production. In a study published in Plant...

Wheat plants deprived of nitrogen do not simply shrink or produce less valuable grain. In some varieties, they appear to...