Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...
The production of doubled haploids (DH) has become a necessary tool in advanced plant breeding institutes and commercial companies for breeding many crop species. However, the development of new, more ...
In practical applications, the Agricultural IoT demonstrates immense value: in the field crop planting sector, a soil ...
Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. Researchers ...
A team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council, an entity attached to the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, has made a significant advance in plant ...
A group of Chinese and U.S. researchers has found a new way to help rice plants survive in heat waves. Extreme temperatures ...
(Beyond Pesticides, May 23, 2023) Scientists have developed a nontoxic method to deter rodents from feeding on freshly planted seeds, publishing the approach in the journal Nature Sustainability this ...
In a futuristic indoor farm in Iceland powered by geothermal energy, scientists are growing microalgae, hoping it will become the next hot superfood on the market. As BBC detailed, Iceland's Vaxa ...