Agriculture

Researchers in Kerala, India, show that leaf temperature and the Crop Water Stress Index measured by infrared thermometry can reliably...

When drought strikes, plants face an immediate dilemma: keep their leaf pores open to absorb carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, or...

A three-year, 21-environment trial across Assam has identified the most stable and specifically adapted rice varieties using WAASB and GGE...

None The relationship between soil organic matter and crop performance deserves closer examination, because it sits at the heart of...

A comprehensive new scientific review has brought renewed attention to a class of largely unregulated fungal toxins that are routinely...

In the sprawling industrial shrimp farms of eastern China, where more than 20,000 cubic meters of recirculating water sustain billions...

A paired field study in Zimbabwe's Vumba uplands shows that invasive black wattle significantly acidifies, dries and chemically restructures Afromontane...

Ethiopian researchers used linear mixed models and factor analytic statistics to analyze 22 multi-environment wheat trials involving 1,035 genotypes, identifying...

A Korean study of Landrace, Yorkshire, and Duroc pigs shows that breed-driven differences in fatty acid composition, especially saturated fatty...

Brazilian scientists report that aqueous grape pomace extract, especially when prepared by cold extraction, suppresses germination and seedling development of...