Agriculture

A low-dose leaf spray may help tomato plants thrive on farmland made unproductive by salt, according to a new study...

Litchi fruit can deteriorate within days after harvest, with rapid spoilage driven largely by fungal infection and peel browning. Traditional...

Winter wheat’s status before overwintering strongly influences safe survival and eventual yield, making leaf age a crucial indicator of seedling...

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) report a technique that can insert large genetic cargo into...

Collagen is a structural protein abundant in connective tissues, forming a major part of the organic matrix of bones. Because...

A new multi-year field study from Peru’s Piura region challenges a long-held assumption in cocoa agriculture: native fine-flavor cacao may...

July 23, 2026 — For decades, “slash-and-burn” has served as a shorthand villain for rainforest loss, implying that swidden—or shifting...

Human language diversity may have reached a remarkable peak long before written records, according to a new modeling study in...

Maize was probably more than just a staple for many Classic Maya communities in southeastern Petén, Guatemala, according to a...

A new study is turning climate uncertainty into a controllable variable for rice farming by using grid-scale, high-efficiency precision irrigation....