crop-science

Accurate and timely fine-grained crop type classification from satellite image time series is crucial for large-scale agricultural monitoring and decision support in food-security management. However, fine-grained classification remains challenging due to extreme class imbalance and high inter-crop spectral similarity, especially when rare crops occupy only small and fragmented parcels. We propos…

When added to poor, degraded soils, biochar can increase their ability to store water and stimulate the growth of beneficial microbes. Studies have indicated that it can improve crop productivity by 10% to 30% and water-holding capacity by 10% to 25%, particularly in soils low in nutrients

The 2026 fertilizer price shock pushed urea up 55% in three months. Here's what it means for growers and the supply chain. The post Fertilizer Price Shock 2026: What a 55% Urea Spike Means for Agriculture appeared first on iGrow News .

Starting your crops where you will harvest them avoids transplant shock and can speed growth. Just beware of hungry animals! I like to think of myself as a fairly laissez-faire food grower. I see the prescribed sowing windows as guidance mostly, and have been known to bung a healthy seedling in a bed alongside a different plant family even if it goes against my crop plan. But when sowing seeds, I…

This story originally appeared on The 19th and GBH News Rooted in Boston. On a sunny morning in June, about two dozen people walk the land of Soul Fire Farm in Rensselaer County in Upstate New York, during a tour. They are participants in a week-long immersion program that includes a... The post Black Women Farmers Are Reclaiming the Land appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful .

Researchers have created a new way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of complex plant genomes by analyzing genetic traces left by transposable elements. The technique revealed that modern strawberries were assembled through multiple ancient genome-merging events, shedding new light on how major crop species evolved.

Researchers are working to develop cotton with color built directly into the fiber. The post Researchers aim to grow cotton in living color, no dye required appeared first on UGA Today .

The European Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to plants developed using new genomic techniques (NGTs) that are climate and pest resistant, offer higher yields, and require fewer pesticides. The amended rules were provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council in December 2025 and mark a shift toward regulating plants based on their final genetic characteristics rather tha…

From ancient farming traditions to modern seed sovereignty movements, seed saving continues to shape food systems worldwide. The post Food Tank Explains: Seed Saving appeared first on Food Tank .

Last year, 19 people died of injuries suffered in farm-related incidents in Pennsylvania, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

Scientists are returning to a wartime solution that may be more sustainable than the traditional rubber tree There is a global shortage of natural rubber and dandelions may be coming to the rescue. In the second world war there was such a severe shortage of rubber that the Allies used the Russian dandelion, Taraxacum koksaghyz , from Kazakhstan. Soviet scientists found the dandelion roots produce…

Crop diseases play a significant role in food production globally; therefore, there is an urgent need to develop quick and accurate diagnostic techniques that are more effective than manual inspection methods. The proposed hybrid multimodal learning framework in this research provides a solution that integrates adaptive therapy suggestion, market price prediction, and image-based disease detectio…