Deceiving Mice With Scent: Is Olfactory Misinformation the Solution to Crop Infestation?

Medicine & Technology May 23, 2023

A new method was developed by scientists to reduce crop infestation by deceiving mice with scent camouflage, providing simple and more humane agricultural solution. Read the article to find out more.

Plant Pandemic? Researchers Fear Global Spread of Wheat Fungus Disease

Apr 14, 2023

While there have been reported cases of the wheat fungus disease in South America, Bangladesh, and Zambia, scientists fear that the pathogen may hit other areas as well. Read to learn more.

Stressed Plants Cry, Make Sounds, Scientists Say; But Can Animals Hear Them?

Apr 01, 2023

Plants actually make sounds, especially when they are stressed. Real to learn more and to know how they sound like.

Exotic DNA Used To Boost Crop Resilience; How Do These Modified Plants Fare in Changing Climates?

Feb 03, 2023

By genetically modifying wheat with an exotic DNA, researchers were able to see remarkable crop resilience. Read to know more.

Rice, Wheat Thrive After Two Weeks Without Water By Pretreating Soil with Ethanol [STUDY]

Aug 25, 2022

Scientists discover that ethanol helps in the survival rate of plants. Continue reading to know the science behind it.

Unique Fungi Helps Plants Fight off Aphids With Strengthened Immunity

Jan 25, 2021

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen showed that unique fungi could strengthen the immune system of wheat and bean plants to fend off aphids.

New Wheat and Barley Genomes Can Help Feed the World

Nov 30, 2020

Researchers revealed a new genetic variation in wheat and barley: a significant improvement for the global initiative in breeding varieties of higher-yielding barley and wheat.

The Possible Affect of Climate Change on the World's Food Supply

Jun 05, 2019

Certain conditions associated with climate change, if within one season, could be just a detrimental to food supplies as a full-blown drought.

New Ways of Improving Modern Wheat

May 08, 2019

Study has revealed knowledge of an extensive and rich gene pool for future breeding improvements of Triticum aestivum

Gluten-free Pizza and Pasta for Celiac Disease

Aug 26, 2015

Italy, the land known for pasta and pizza, is giving privilege to people with Celiac disease by catering gluten-free dishes.

DNA Evidence of Wheat Upsets Archeological History of the Crop in Early England

Feb 27, 2015

When British researchers went diving in Bouldnor Cliff, a submarine archaeological site near the Isle of Wight in the UK, it would fit to assume that they hadn’t quite banked on finding evidence of wheat beneath the waters. But when the researcher analyzed a core sample obtained from sealed sediments, microfossils with sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) of wheat species revealed that there might be far more to the story of the cash crop and trade in ancient Britain—perhaps even 2,000 years more than what the current history predicts.