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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has found that rising global temperatures could lead to a sharp increase in wheat blast, a fungal disease that ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - With planting roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said.

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 ...

Dry conditions and vernalization problems create uncertainty for wheat producers in Texas and Oklahoma as decision deadlines approach.

Scientists identify genes affecting root length that could make it easier to breed drought-resistant wheat. Wheat is a key crop for ensuring global food security, but drought associated with climate ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables ...