Scientists have developed novel screening tools to simulate millions of years of evolution in days to help plants quickly adapt to our changing climate.
Next year smallholder African farmers will have the option to grow cowpeas that are resistant to one of one of the most devastating pests, the pod borer.
A recent study estimates that a Boeing 747 could fly for 10 hours on bio-jet fuel produced on 54 acres of specially engineered sugarcane.
Researchers have uncovered secrets about a photosynthetic protein, CP12—the full understanding of which may help boost yields in the future.
Now a computer model can answer farmers' planting questions by comparing billions of virtual fields with different planting densities, row spacings, and orientations.
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