Kadirire is hoping rains, which started January, continue in March so she can at least harvest some other crops, like ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have identified a genetic circuit that regulates leaf growth in maize, influenced by leaf-dwelling microbes. The study highlights how microbial communities ...

The pests, which derive their name from the way they march across the landscape, attack young maize plants at their growing points and burrow into the cobs. "Climate change has contributed to ...

A new study has identified a genetic circuit in plants that controls individual leaf growth and allows the plants to adapt to ...

Chinese scientists have uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum's double-grain spikelet that dramatically enhance ...

Rising temperatures because of climate change are increasing the risk of human exposure to mycotoxins, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed minister of agriculture K. D. Lalkantha told the Parliament that farmers should have the right to ...

The pest's larvae (caterpillars) feed on a wide range of plants, primarily maize, but also includes other crops like ... which are shaped like a trapezium on each body segment and feeds on young ...

For the first 10 years of her life, Tarcila Rivera-Zea lived a cloistered existence. Growing up in the Peruvian Andes as part ...