But now, with the support of the UN, communities have been growing sisal plants, which are resistant to severe conditions and ...

Amidst the ongoing economic turmoil, Cuba is turning back to agricultural practices that served as lifelines during the ...

Emergency workers raced on Monday to find survivors and restore services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where ...

Deep genome sequencing and comprehensive phenotyping of 294 samples of hexaploid sweet potato identify genomic loci with an increase in the number of copies of alleles that enhance the expression ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Is your landscape’s water garden looking more like a fish pond than a garden? Are your container water gardens full of water but missing, you know, the actual plants? To help get you started, we have ...

The closure of textile companies around the country has reduced Nigeria’s cotton production, making the crop almost extinct. Cotton, sisal, jute, and hemp are among the essential plant-based raw ...

But now, with the support of the UN, communities have been growing sisal plants, which are resistant to severe conditions and well adapted to a more arid environment. When cultivated in grids, they ...

But now, with the support of the UN, communities have been growing sisal plants, which are resistant to severe conditions and well adapted to a more arid environment. When cultivated in grids ...

By Jancee Dunn I was on the phone with a friend the other day, and because I can’t sit still, I started to dust the leaves on my sprawling bird of paradise plant. This is nice, I thought ...

Yet, Oke acknowledges one of the key challenges with fonio: its processing. The grain requires dehusking, which is a labour-intensive process. He also sees potential in the sisal plant, a cactus-like ...