After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits and the DNA sequences they ...

Cover crops, plants grown to protect and enrich the soil, are known to boost soil health and help store carbon. However, the ...

Phenotyping is the process of observing the physical characteristics of a plant in order to assess its health. Although a necessary part of crop breeding, it's also a very tedious and time-consuming ...

Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created a problem for itself by turning the common waterhemp, which is a natural plant native to North ...

A global shift towards healthier, more sustainable eating patterns could reshape agricultural employment across the world, ...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today issued a statement making it clear that USDA does not regulate, or have any plans to regulate, plants produced through new breeding tools such as genome ...

But problems surrounding the plant nutrient phosphorus occur in both industrialized and developing nations – albeit for different reasons – and that's why the research of Purdue University's ...

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

Sensient Natural Ingredients has changed its name to Sensient Agricultural Ingredients, signaling a new focus on agricultural ...