As a result, the technology stands at a complicated intersection in the fight against a shifting climate. Breeding plants to ...

Bambara groundnut is emerging as a vital legume due to its nutritional richness, resilience to harsh climates and adaptability to low-input agriculture. Wide-ranging genetic diversity across landraces ...

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Renowned horticultural scientist Dr. G. Karunakaran awarded for pioneering work in fruit crop research and value chain development.

MARIANNA -- Esten Mason has some welcome news for Arkansas farmers who are struggling to make money off their wheat crop because of low commodity prices. Mason, who runs the wheat breeding program at ...

The Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), a premier research institution of the Pakistan Atomic Energy ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University will lead a new global crop improvement research program to advance plant breeding tools, technologies and methods aimed at delivering staple crops that can increase ...

At the end of January, more than 200,000 crop varieties from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East -- drawn from vast seed collections maintained by the Consultative Group on International ...

In addition to several new long-grain rice varieties, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's rice breeding program has one new medium-grain variety and two new aromatic lines in the pipeline.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The soybean farmer's biggest enemy – a tiny parasitic worm known as the soybean cyst nematode – will soon not be a worry, thanks to Purdue University scientists and Midwestern ...

MARIANNA -- Esten Mason has some welcome news for Arkansas farmers who are struggling to make money off their wheat crop because of low commodity prices. Mason, who runs the wheat breeding program at ...