Illinois farmer Brian Corkill uses cover crops on most of his ground. Read about what species he uses ahead of corn and ...

In one of the hottest places on the planet, a modest desert shrub has quietly rewritten what scientists thought plants could ...

A collaborative team of researchers from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the University of Florida, Gainesville and ...

Researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center are pioneering tools that allow grain crops such as corn, wheat, and barley to act as living biosensors, turning purple in the presence of certain ...

Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon ...

Cover crops like oats, rye, and clover are planted between cash crop seasons to reduce erosion, add organic matter, and ...

Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...

On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading disease. Now ...