Rising temperatures and warming waters worldwide have literally decimated yields for a key crop, newly published research found. Diminished crop yields due to extreme weather and other climate-related ...

Researchers have been investigating the environmental benefits of sorghum, the world's fifth-most-cultivated cereal grain, to help understand its molecular structure and improve breeding processes. It ...

With global population growth and climate change posing escalating threats to crop production, the current food system is unlikely to be sufficient to meet future demand. Although more than 12,000 ...

An advance by Monash University scientists could transform agriculture with designer crops suited to the climate of individual regions. In a comprehensive review of plant biology research, published ...