It is also important to note that not all pests can be eliminated with chemical treatments. In fact, some pests, particularly certain viruses, currently have no known chemical cure ...

Germination standards vary across crops due to factors such as the presence of substandard seeds on the market and the continued use of conventional farming methods. Nevertheless, introducing new seed ...

Some of nature's most diverse pollinators often go unnoticed, even by scientists: long-snouted beetles called weevils. A new study provides a deep dive into the more than 600 species of weevils, ...

Could weaponising odour, sound or microbes found naturally on crop leaves be the solution to some of the toughest pest challenges growers face?  From ...

The Grain Weevil powered by JLI Robotics is a mobile robot that scurries across the top of the grain inside of a storage bin performing tasks that no human should ever do. The startup Is led by Ben ...

McClintock’s maize breeding experiments provided the first detailed descriptions of transposable elements. What exactly are these “jumping genes,” and why are they so important? As previously ...