Scientists uncovered ancient avocado remains in a Honduran cave, offering genetic clues that could protect the crop from ...

Protecting native maize diversity is one of the key arguments behind Mexico’s constitutional ban on genetically modified corn ...

Similarly, maize subjected to salinity stress exhibits improved photosynthetic efficiency, restored reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis, enhanced osmotic adjustment, and optimised nutrient ...

Scientists uncover how humans cultivated avocado in ancient Honduras, thousands of years before staple crops like maize and ...

Today's avocado industry, a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise, relies primarily on a single variety: the Hass avocado.

A genetic study suggests that the farmers responsible for rice domestication in the Ganga plains probably bred at least one of India’s three unique pig lineages around 5,000 years ago 1 ...

In a first for the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has launched direct maize procurement from farmers at the minimum support price (MSP) during the Rabi season. The procurement drive began on ...

Texas A&M anthropologist Dr. Heather B. Thakar uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication at El Gigante Rockshelter, revealing how ancient Hondurans shaped the evolution of this ...

Humans and canines, including wolves, formed a mutually beneficial relationship, providing safety and companionship. Wolves and ancient dogs, with their acute hearing, helped humans detect danger ...

Some traders have started exporting the staple grain despite Malawi facing another maize deficit as farmers continue to sell at below recommended prices, a recent market research has shown. The report ...