Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on ...

Baker Center for Plant Breeding in Iowa State University’s Department of Agronomy. “There are many specific examples ... on the role of artificial intelligence in crop improvement in a ...

From personalized nutrition to more sustainable supply chains, we're just beginning to unlock the potential of AI in farming and food production. And it couldn't come at a more critical time. As the ...

Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable alternative to artificial fertilizers. Plant biologists discover new plant molecule, CLE16, as well ...

One example of public debate ... expression of this protein by corn plants is a reduction in the amount of insecticide that farmers must apply to their crops. Unfortunately, seeds containing ...

or artificial selection is when humans breed plants and animals for particular genetic characteristics. Humans have bred food crops from wild ... characteristics. An example of this can be seen ...

Humans have bred food crops from wild plants ... natural selection. In selective breeding characteristics are chosen by humans rather than the environment, so it is sometimes called artificial ...

For example in 1870 ... is transferred from plants of one crop variety to the flowers of another variety with other desirable traits. Eventually, through careful selection of offspring, the ...