York Maze, which covers an area the size of eight Wembley football pitches has chosen to celebrate 30th anniversary of Toy ...

Cytokinins are a class of plant hormones that play a crucial role in regulating various aspects of plant growth and development, including cell division, shoot and root development, and leaf ...

"The shift in cultivation pattern may further push the country to be dependent on foreign supply of grains."Farmers across many parts of Kaduna State are increasingly abandoning staple food crops for ...

Avocado remains from El Gigante illustrate how ancient farmers domesticated crops to adapt to changing environments. The ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa/FILE Large-scale maize farmers in Lugari subcounty and Kakamega county will now benefit from the newly commissioned maize milling plant.

Tiruvallur farmers experiment with maize crop, enjoying higher income and milk production, supported by government initiatives.

But resurrection plants "seem to come back to the form that they had before the drought," he says. "If we can create maize that does that, that's fantastic, because we can regain that productivity." ...

In Germany, the arable cultivation of the plant is becoming increasingly widespread for biogas production, being a low-input alternative to maize. It also offers benefits to wildlife.