The team discovered that goatgrass fungal immunity begins with the tiny plant pores called stomatal openings. That's where ...

Researchers have investigated how the behavior of an individual wheat plant under limiting light conditions influences the performance of the whole community. They assessed morphological and biomass ...

From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to ...

Maria Rottersman of UC Davis holds a loaf of baked bread made using seed varieties developed without alpha-gliadin proteins, a component of gluten. (Alejandra Andrade / California Wheat Commission) ...

Researchers at the John Innes Centre and the Earlham Institute are pioneering powerful single-cell visualisation techniques ...

Agricultural waste like wheat bran, wine pomace, and brewer’s grain can boost wheat growth as a safer alternative to chemical seed coatings.

Nitrogen fertilizers used in agriculture contribute significantly to global warming. A new breeding concept, specifically for wheat, could help reduce nitrogen fertilization. This holobiont principle ...

OTTAWA--Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat and corn this year but are looking a drop in area seeded for canola and soybeans. Nationally, farmers forecast planting 27.5 million acres of wheat ...

UC Davis plant scientist Junli Zhang has discovered genes that would allow high-yielding wheat varieties to better withstand drought conditions. Photo by Trina Kleist, UC Davis. Dwarfing genes in ...