This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Ancymidol is a plant growth retardant which impairs gibberellin biosynthesis. It has been reported to inhibit cellulose synthesis by tobacco ...

Farmers have long known that it's a good idea to rotate crops, and that concept is now getting a new spin. A Swiss study indicates that wheat yields are boosted when those crops are planted in fields ...

EZIMNYAMA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Zimbabwe’s farmers head to the fields to plant, the country is facing yet another dry growing season, meteorologists predict. But that has not ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court on Monday overturned France's ban on growing a strain of genetically modified maize (corn) developed by U.S. biotech firm Monsanto, saying it was not ...

The high cost of maize production is driving farmers to opt for alternative income-generating ventures in parts of the North Rift region. A number of farmers in Trans Nzoia county have resorted to ...

As the climate dries, maize is becoming harder to grow in much of Zimbabwe - but shifting away from it is a challenge EZIMNYAMA, Zimbabwe, Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Zimbabwe's farmers ...