Greenhouse horticulture -- Fertilizers and soil improvers -- Soil solution -- Soil and substrate testing to estimate nutrient availability and salinity status -- Tissue tests -- Water uptake and water ...

Global climate variability and evolving agronomic practices have intensified research into optimising fruit quality and yield in tree crops. Integrative approaches now combine precise crop monitoring, ...

Regenerative farming practices such as soil-building techniques that minimize plowing, use cover crops, and plant diverse crops positively affect the nutritional content of the food, claims research.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tree planting is widely promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification, and more. One ...

So called ‘super foods’ like blueberries, almonds and avocados have seen a huge surge in global popularity in recent years as consumers seek produce that promotes wellbeing. Many of these foods fall ...

• Greater susceptibility to herbivory can arise as an effect of crop domestication. One proposed explanation is that defenses decreased intentionally or unintentionally during the domestication ...

The ongoing saga of chronic loss of nutrient value in plant crops is complex. Crops now deliver less nutrients in the diet. The food chain, long since condemned to corporate eloquence and inertia, is ...