(Phys.org) —A series of new discoveries in plant cell biology will help to increase the supply of food and energy for our rapidly growing global population, according to 12 of the world's leading plant ...
May 07, 2013
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(Phys.org) —An international team of scientists headed by Wageningen University, The Netherlands, has discovered a genetic mechanism which allows potato plants to develop tubers during the long days of ...
Mar 06, 2013
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A warming world is putting crops at risk, according to scientists who studied how the weather affects French maize yields.
Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Increasingly hot summer weather could cause a fall in crop yields over the next two decades unless farming techniques are improved more quickly, scientists at the University have found.
Jan 15, 2013
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With heatwaves predicted to increase in intensity and duration, the importance of heat tolerant crops is becoming increasingly urgent.
Jan 10, 2013
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For 50 years, the world's soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode resistant varieties of beans, but no one knew how these plants fought off the nematode pests. Now, the secrets of resistant soybean plants are ...
Oct 15, 2012
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A study that examined how rural farmers in Ethiopia learn new farming techniques and adopt them on their own farms discovered that learning from a friend was a stronger motivator than learning from neighbors in close proximity.
Aug 13, 2012
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The United Nations humanitarian office reports that there's been a more than 20 percent increase in the number of people needing international aid since the start of the year, fueled mainly by hunger in sub-Saharan ...
Aug 03, 2012
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Soybean varieties that thrive even in soggy fields could result from studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This would help increase profits for Mississippi Delta farmers who can see ...
Jul 24, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A team, led by scientists from the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute (JHI), have become the first researchers in the world to apply a new technique to sequence the genes of the plant Arabidopsis.
Jul 23, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has shown researchers and plant breeders a better way to handle the massive amounts of data being generated by plant molecular studies, using ...
Apr 18, 2012
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In the race to breed better crops to feed the increasing world population, scientists at The University of Nottingham are using maths to find out how a vital plant hormone affects growth.
Apr 17, 2012
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Warming autumn evenings are causing plants to flower faster than they used to, scientists have found.
Mar 05, 2012
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