Agriculture

Bamboo may look like a rapid carbon-storage machine, but measuring exactly how much carbon moves through a bamboo forest is...

A small dose of salt appears to push sunflower microgreens into a surprisingly productive state, boosting their growth, nutritional value...

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...

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...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, has become a global health crisis—and a new review suggests that compounds found in...

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