Whether you want to grow fruit trees or soft fruit bushes, both can be sourced as bare-root plants to add to your garden this ...

Father-and-son team Kallie Snr and Kallie Jnr of CPJ Erasmus & Seun Boerdery in Limpopo’s Letsitele Valley have built a thriving pepper enterprise in a region dominated by citrus production and are ...

While we do not often think about soybean farmers in Ontario, Canada, the challenges they experience are often very similar ...

If you think sweet potatoes and yams are the same thing, think again! These root vegetables aren't at all related, and look ...

This got me thinking about all those "depression-era" meals our grandparents made out of necessity that have somehow become ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Shorter corn is taking root in the Midwest as farmers test new hybrids that are more resilient, can be planted more efficiently and result in a larger harvest.

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Introduction: Specific interactions between root exudates and soil microorganisms has been proposed as one of the reasons accounting for the continuous cropping obstacle (CCO) of Panax notoginseng.

Earthworms help crops recover in microplastic-polluted soil, boosting growth and restoring soil nutrients in a new Kunming ...

A survival garden is filled with crops that are nutrient-dense and can be preserved for future use, including potatoes, squash, asparagus, and so many more.

First we had record-setting rain that killed plants. Then we had weeks of "flash drought" in summer that killed plants.