Leading world avocado supplier Westfalia unveiled its avocado variety library, with over 140 unique avocado cultivars.

A warm spring is one of the factors that has led to a so-called "mast year" where trees produce an abundance of nuts and ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

While you may not think too hard about the limes you're slicing for a delicious drink or yummy main course, have you ever ...

To improve oil palm yield in Jagtial, the Horticulture Department has released Elaeidobius kamerunicus insects from Africa for pollination. With native pollinators vanishing, officials hope the ...

The beloved orange butterfly is imperiled due to habitat loss, insecticides and climate change. Growing certain plants along ...

A plant is the first ever to be seen mimicking ants to attract pollinators. The species of dogbane imitates the smell of ...

Las Pilitas, one of the state's oldest and most respected native plant nurseries, is in the Central Coast, but half of its ...

Many believe figs contain wasps, but most supermarket varieties are actually bug-free. While fig wasps are vital for ...

Last Wednesday, the Grand Valley State University Beekeepers welcomed students to the Niemeyer Multipurpose Room for one of ...

In many religions, ‘forbidden fruit’ is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden that God commands mankind not ...

The first delivery of apple trees left the garden centre this week for a wonderful initiative by the Teachers Credit Union of Ireland. They are gifting schools across the country mini orchards of ...