Art history is uncovering hidden patterns of fruit and vegetable evolution
An art historian and a biologist form an uncanny pair in order to reveal the timeline of evolution for your ...
Tag: Crops
Nanoplastics can contaminate plants, making them smaller, shorter
Plastic waste could impact our crops.
Wasps are effective pest controls, a new study shows
I know you hate them, but hear us out.
Essential oils, a novel way to deal with a major pest
Organic farmers, rejoice!
Global food production is already being impacted by climate change, paper reports
There's been a 1% decline in the quantity of consumable food calories produced by the world's top 10 crops.
Researchers hack plants to use less water so we don’t starve when climate change hits hard
These plants will drink responsibly -- whether they want it or not!
The world’s farms are dominated by only four crops
This puts us at great risk.
Surge in pest resistance is making biotech crops worldwide less effective
Some crops fare much better than others so there's a lot of lessons we can learn.
Early farmers probably didn’t really know how to select crops — but they were very lucky
Domestication could've well happened on its own.
Barley’s full genome sequenced after decade-long research effort
A tiny plant with a lot of genes.
Farmer ants unknowingly domesticated their fungi crops by sequestering them in dry environments
Accidental domestication still counts, right?
Mixed legume and cereal crops don’t need fertilizer to yield a lot of food
Farm smart not hard.
Globalization offers us a huge choice of foodstuffs — but we’re not having it
Game theory doesn't apply to farming like it does to other areas of industry.
Orphan gene boosts the protein levels of crops
A recent study from Iowa State University shows how a gene, found in a single plant species so far, can ...
Feeding the world through global warming: Altering one plant gene makes for climate-resilient crops
It's estimated that humanity will have to produce around 50% more food than we currently do to keep up with ...