Agriculture

High on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, the world’s most extensive alpine grasslands are quietly losing their ability to heal themselves. For...

In a finding that could reshape how scientists monitor the internal clocks of plants, researchers in Japan have demonstrated that...

Potato late blight, the disease behind the Irish potato famine, remains the most damaging pathogen of the world’s third most...

Traditional food processing is often celebrated for its flavors, but a growing body of research shows it can quietly rewrite...

Wheat feeds roughly a third of humanity, yet its harvests are under constant siege from two fungal foes: leaf rust,...

Oil flax has quietly become one of the most strategically important crops on the Eurasian steppe, prized both for its...

Rice feeds more than half of humanity, yet it is also one of the world’s thirstiest staple crops, and climate...

Diabetes has become one of the defining health burdens of the twenty-first century, with the International Diabetes Federation estimating that...

Asia now stands at the center of one of the most consequential transformations in the global food system. The region...

A sweeping synthesis of more than a quarter-century of research has concluded that biochar, the charcoal-like material produced by heating...

Brazil sits at the heart of the global bioethanol economy, cultivating more than eight million hectares of sugarcane to supply...

A small piece of paper that changes color as fish and shrimp decay, read by an artificial intelligence that is...

Pea protein has become one of the most sought-after ingredients in the booming market for plant-based foods, but it carries...

Every spring, apple growers across China hold their breath as blossoms open on trees that represent more than 40 percent...

Plant roots are far more than simple anchors. They are living interfaces, constantly negotiating with an invisible world of bacteria...

Scientists in India have engineered a biodegradable hydrogel bead that carries a drought-tolerant bacterial consortium straight into the root zone...

Cocoa has long been the backbone of rural Ghana, supporting more than 800,000 smallholder households and anchoring a substantial share...

Deep in the foothills of the Western Carpathians in southern Poland, a quiet agricultural landscape is rewriting what scientists know...

Tea is one of the world’s oldest and most beloved beverages, and the genetic identity of the plants that produce...

Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is one of the most important forage grasses in temperate agriculture, prized for its rapid...