What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are ...

You can’t build a farm shop on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a high-yielding corn crop with weak roots. Healthy corn roots enable efficient resource ...

With the soil slowly warming yet a lingering chill in the air, you still can add bare-root roses to your garden in March and April. Here's how to do it.

While hydroponic farms do allow a lot of crop plants to be grown in a relatively small space, they would certainly be a better alternative to traditional farms if those plants grew faster. That could ...

Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...

Bare root plants are having a moment. These freshly dug, pot-free plants may look unassuming, but they’re affordable, sustainable, and surprisingly resilient — which explains why more gardeners are ...

A pioneering study reveals how cowpea plants respond to leaf-mining fly attacks by altering their root-associated microbiota. The research shows that leafminer infestation significantly changes the ...