1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (91+ words) Global agriculture is locked in a widening battle against pests, pathogens, and invasive species, and a sweeping new review argues that artificial intelligence has moved from a promising experiment to the central organizing technology of modern plant health management. Writing…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (574+ words) Across the wheat, rice, and mustard fields of Lucknow district in northern India, the soil beneath farmers’ feet is not a static foundation but a shifting, seasonal system....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (101+ words) In the steep, rain-washed valleys of the northwestern Himalayas, a quiet contest is underway beneath farmers’ feet. A new field study from the Rohru region of Himachal Pradesh, India, shows that the way land is used — whether under annual crops,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (620+ words) Beneath every rice paddy and wheat field lies an intricate economy of organisms, from bacteria and fungi to nematodes, mites, springtails, potworms and earthworms, all connected through chains of consumption and decomposition that determine how nutrients cycle and how fertile…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (703+ words) Cotton is far more than a crop in Benin. It anchors the national economy, accounts for roughly 90 percent of agricultural exports, contributes about 35 percent of export earnings, and provides income for nearly three million people. By 2019, Benin had become the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (55+ words) Agricultural soils around the world carry a hidden burden that has been accumulating for decades. Persistent pesticides, legacy organochlorine compounds, triazine herbicides, and toxic metals such as cadmium, lead, and arsenic have seeped into the ground through intensive agrochemical use,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (793+ words) Green manure could be one of the most underused tools in the fight against soil degradation, according to a comprehensive new review that synthesizes decades of research on the practice in Bangladesh and around the world....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (788+ words) In a finding that could reshape how ornamental plant breeders harness radiation to create novel varieties, researchers in Iran have mapped the precise dose-dependent effects of gamma irradiation on two popular cultivars of Begonia rex, one of the world’s most…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (74+ words) In the peri-urban farming communities that ring Niamey, the capital of Niger, climate change is not an abstract future threat but a lived, seasonal reality. Rainfall in the city has collapsed from 458.87 mm in 1997 to just 141.71 mm in 2020, and the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (86+ words) The sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius, is arguably the most destructive enemy of one of the world’s most important staple crops, and a new comprehensive review published in the journal Crop Health argues that the key to controlling it may…...