Agriculture

Salt stress is rapidly eroding crop productivity worldwide, and medicinal plants are not spared. For Salvia miltiorrhiza, salinization threatens both...

Plants build organs by coordinating “initiation” and “growth,” but how one signal can drive two opposite outcomes has been unclear....

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University researchers have introduced BINN (Biogeochemistry-Informed Neural Network), an AI model designed to speed up and...

A new genomic study from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research and the University of Oxford argues that industrial...

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....

A data-driven method is giving tea authentication a technological upgrade. Researchers report that Minnan oolong teas can be distinguished by...

Rice straw is a cornerstone of sustainable rice farming—returned to fields to recycle nutrients and avoid open burning. But a...

Cadmium (Cd) contamination is a growing threat to food safety, and rice is one of the most vulnerable crops. Because...

Federal protection of national forest “roadless areas” may be far more important to clean drinking water than many people realize,...

Tropical forests underpin biodiversity, stabilise climate, and lock away vast stores of carbon—yet they are still being converted to other...

A new Nature analysis suggests that a rapid shift toward healthier diets—combined with higher farm productivity and a halving of...