To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months ...

Caño-Delgado has made significant progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms and improving the breeding of sorghum, the world's fifth most cultivated cereal, which is particularly ...

Drought stress poses a major challenge to global agriculture, particularly for water-intensive crops like cucumbers. Meanwhile, lateral branch development is a key trait in cucumber cultivation ...

At the same time, perennial cereal plants have deep root systems, which helps sequester more carbon and makes them more drought-resistant than annual crops, which is important in Alberta's dry ...

With a projected population of 10 billion by 2050 and serious freshwater depletion, developing drought-resistant crops ...

A Lazarus heart beats inside an obscure grass. Rip it from the soil; throw it on the counter; walk away; let it dry out and turn brittle. Looks dead and should be dead. But splash on a bit of ...

Due to drought & dwindling resources ... A common scenario involves elephants raiding and destroying crops in search of food. Some vulnerable farmers, desperate to protect their livelihoods ...

A farmer in West Pokot [Fred Kibor, Standard] Farmers in the semi-arid parts of the North Rift region have been advised to adopt drought-resistant crops to increase food production. West Pokot ...

Drought is causing havoc in Argentina and Paraguay ... while the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange said it could again have to cut its estimate of the area that will be planted with wheat in the ...

To protect crops from rising droughts ... Along with several other researchers, she believes the drought-resistant powers found in their genes may be key to adapting agriculture to a future ...