On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading disease. Now ...

Life on Earth relies upon an astonishingly short list of elements. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen compose the essential ...

If you’re a gardener – and definitely if you’re a farmer – you want to spend less on fertilizer but while growing more food.

Not all microbes are villains—many are vital to keeping us healthy. Researchers have created a world-first database that ...

Scientists discovered microscopic gold forming inside tree needles. Hidden microbes convert dissolved soil ions into solid metal, offering a greener, innovative approach to exploring underground ...

It's an exciting time to be a microbiologist working in rice research. A global push towards the cultivation of water-saving ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

The health reporter Kim Schewitz used to recoil at the sight of healthy foods. Now, her habits make eating enough fruit, ...

Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly ...

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously overlooked early signaling mechanism—according to a new study published in Nature ...

The field of agriculture is witnessing a major evolution as researchers turn towards sustainable and eco-friendly methods to ...