Streptomycin, an antibiotic used on food crops, affects bumblebee behavior, including their cognition and their ability to forage.

How did teosinte, a wild grassy plant, turn into corn, the crop grown around the world? Scientists are using gene editing tech like CRISPR to find out.

Researchers used artificial intelligence to create a new genetic model for the "ultimate" chickpea that has the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12%.

Microgreens have won the hearts of consumers as a fashionable gourmet food, but a new study suggests they could also offer global nutrition security.

Diverse landcover can boost yields for major crops in the United States like corn and wheat by as much as 20%, according to a new study.

Just a little tweak to RNA could create crops that not only are more drought tolerant, but grow 50% more food.

A new patch that plants can "wear" continuously monitors for diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.

The pathogen that led to the Irish potato famine in the 1840s continues to cause late-blight disease on potato and tomato plants worldwide.

Instead of using pesticides that damage the environment and human health to control beetles, new research points to getting the little pests to pee.

Lettuce grows well in greenhouses made of clear solar panels. "We were a little surprised—there was no real reduction in plant growth or health."