In A Nutshell Heat stress during wheat’s 15-day flowering window is projected to increase 32% by 2050 and 77% by 2090, while drought stress during that same period actually decreases in many regions ...

New research shows that short periods of extreme heat and drought during flowering could become one of the biggest threats to global wheat production in the coming decades. As the climate changes, ...

Scientists from Shandong Agricultural University have uncovered a hidden side of the Green Revolution genes that transformed global wheat production. Long known for reducing plant height, these genes ...

A new study reveals that soil acidity plays a critical role in determining how wheat competes with soil microorganisms for nitrogen, a nutrient essential for plant growth and global food production.

Planting winter wheat on ground in Bureau County represented a notable departure from the long-standing corn-soybean rotation ...

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 ...

Using advanced machine learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, ...