Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) is a drought‐tolerant legume of growing global importance due to its high galactomannan content—a polysaccharide widely used as a thickening and stabilising agent in ...

Genetic selection could help farmers and breeders reduce greenhouse gases from crops, particularly rice cultivation, research ...

Brent Rendel couldn’t believe what he was seeing, so he double and tripled checked to make sure. In 2017, he thought he found two ringer soybean varieties, but the truth is he found one, sold by two ...

Scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, revolutionising crop ...

AMES, Iowa – Understanding how both environmental conditions and genetic makeup affect crops is essential to developing varieties that are more resilient and productive. But the intricate interplay ...

Just like people, plants need iron to grow and stay healthy. But some plants are better at getting this essential nutrient from the soil than others. Now, a study led by a researcher at the Salk ...

An international research team from Australia and China unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species. The team believes its findings offer direct implications for more ...

Syngenta is seeking to further address herbicide resistance in it latest research on soybeans in the race to stay ahead of ...

Company leaders say the separation will unleash two distinct market leaders that are both farmer-centric, with technology and ...

Planting wheat earlier in the spring to avoid crop damage from ever-hotter summers may not keep harvests on pace with current ...