Agriculture

A single spray of fragmented self-DNA boosted the immune defenses and seed yield of common bean plants in both glasshouse...

Wheat feeds billions, and the shape of its spike, the flowering head that carries the grain, is one of the...

A new review argues that horse gram, a drought-tolerant legume rich in protein, minerals, and phytochemicals, is an overlooked candidate...

Every night, across farmlands in China and much of the world, light traps lure nocturnal insect pests toward glowing panels,...

A new study shows that ultrasound-assisted ethanol extracts of elephant garlic can extend the oxidative and microbiological shelf life of...

A new cytogenetic study reports first-ever chromosome counts for five Iranian Apiaceae species and reveals striking karyotype diversity with cytotaxonomic...

Abiotic stresses—drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and heavy metal toxicity—are responsible for an estimated 40 to 70 percent of yield losses...

Green manure could be one of the most underused tools in the fight against soil degradation, according to a comprehensive...

Beneath the quiet canopy of cold-temperate poplar-birch forests in northern China, an invisible metabolic drama is unfolding. As secondary forests...

Saline-alkali soils are quietly swallowing the world's farmland, and a team of plant geneticists in China has unveiled a new...