A new study reveals that soil acidity plays a critical role in determining how wheat competes with soil microorganisms for ...

Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) shares closed over 6% high on Tuesday after the agricultural tech company successfully regenerated a wheat plant from single cells. This is said to be the world's first successful ...

MERREDIN, Australia - In a newly sown wheat field, Curtis Liebeck scoops up a fistful of sandy soil and lets it pour through his fingers. The light-brown dirt bears little resemblance to the dark, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has found that rising global temperatures could lead to a sharp increase in wheat blast, a fungal disease that ...

Scientists identify genes affecting root length that could make it easier to breed drought-resistant wheat. Wheat is a key crop for ensuring global food security, but drought associated with climate ...

A representative MOV-wheat spikelet (a) and spike (b) showing the effect of the Mov-1 locus on grain number. Regular bread wheat has one grain per spikelet. University of Maryland researchers ...

UC Davis plant scientist Junli Zhang has discovered genes that would allow high-yielding wheat varieties to better withstand drought conditions. Photo by Trina Kleist, UC Davis. Dwarfing genes in ...

OTTAWA--Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat and corn this year but are looking a drop in area seeded for canola and soybeans. Nationally, farmers forecast planting 27.5 million acres of wheat ...