Agriculture

A genome-wide analysis of Marek’s disease virus has identified 10 regions of the viral genome associated with increased virulence, including...

Virginia Tech researchers have taken pollen surveillance beyond the field and into the atmosphere, developing a method to measure and...

Mediterranean olive farming is entering a climate era unlike any in its long agricultural history. Rising temperatures, longer droughts, intense...

China’s maize harvest is entering a new era of uncertainty, and a new study suggests that the country’s biggest opportunity...

China’s transition toward a sustainable food system will depend less on isolated technological breakthroughs than on whether the country can...

Agriculture may be entering a new era in which crops are judged not only by how much food they produce,...

Rice may be getting a powerful nutritional upgrade. A new meta-analysis published in npj Sustainable Agriculture reports that combining genetic...

Brazilian aquaculture has revealed an unexpected bacterial threat that could reshape disease management in one of the world’s fastest-growing food...

Nitrogen fertilizer has helped transform modern agriculture, but its success comes with a costly paradox: crops often receive more nitrogen...

Timber harvesting may leave a forest standing while quietly damaging the plants needed to keep it alive. A new study...