Agriculture

A fertilizer made from marine purple bacteria is drawing attention as a possible way to make vegetable production more efficient...

Water scarcity is becoming one of the most serious threats to global agriculture as climate change intensifies droughts and raises...

Peatlands cover only a small fraction of the planet’s land surface, yet they hold roughly one-quarter of all soil carbon....

The warning signs of heat stress in pigs may soon appear on a smartphone before they become visible in the...

Groundwater pumping to irrigate cannabis farms in California’s Emerald Triangle may be quietly draining the streams that sustain some of...

Tomato plants may have gained a new genetic ally in the fight against drought. Researchers from Xinjiang University and the...

Marek’s Disease Virus Study Identifies Genetic Regions Linked to Tumor Formation and Vaccine Escape A genome-wide analysis of Marek’s disease...

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...