Gardens buzz with life, but not all visitors are welcome. Some nibble leaves, suck juices, and generally wreak havoc, turning a lush patch of greens into a battlefield. Instead of reaching for ...

Rarely does one plant an orchard and expect to become rich immediately. The average fruit tree can take four years to start bearing fruit. It can take another five to six years for that fruit tree to ...

A plant signaling gene has been identified as a promising target for breeding cereal crops to produce a steeper, narrower ...

What has kept the strategy of planting corn in 20" rows or narrower from gaining wide acceptance? “A 325-lb. NFL lineman wouldn’t make a very good race horse jockey,” says Harry Stine, owner of Stine ...

When faced with harsh growing conditions, the energy plants typically expend on growth gets delegated towards a stress response induced by disease, salty soils and extreme weather. And according to a ...

Tomatoes are a favorite summer crop and enjoyed fresh in salads or cooked into tasty dishes. Whether you buy your bounty from your local farmers market or grocery store, there’s nothing that comes ...

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Qualifying Photovoltaics, a Madrid-based PV engineering consultancy, have provided a series of practical recommendations for short-term ground ...

Your first question is actually quite tricky. There is no real way to know how much yield to expect from one single plant, as there are so many factors that go into a plant’s development and ...

Using computer model simulations, scientists have predicted that modern soybean crops produce more leaves than they need to the detriment of yield -- a problem made worse by rising atmospheric carbon ...