Forcing vegetables is a simple and enjoyable way to extend the season of some crops by encouraging them to grow outside of ...

A team of researchers at the University of Córdoba in Spain discovered a way for solar energy generation and crop production to coexist on the same land without competing for resources. If the ...

The British company HarvestEye offers its own camera-based yield measurement system, patented for determining the size and shape of root crops using 3D cameras. Photo: HarvestEye With the help of ...

The idea here is to plant a leguminous crop such as beans that enriches the soil with nitrogen, followed by a light-feeding root crop such ... As an example, Van Tassel cites the following ...

For zoning, two sets of key factors were evaluated for optimal crop development: Edaphic factors, such as slope, depth, texture and pH of the soil; And climatic factors, such as precipitation, ...

It is caused by a fungus-like pathogen, which quickly kills a potato plant and turns the crop into inedible mush ... of water from plant leaves, or long roots so that plants can extend further ...

Root and tuber crops, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, taro, yams, ginger, konjac, kudzu, pinellia, and others, hold immense significance as important food sources, industrial materials, and ...

Crop rotation has benefits that include improved soil structure and reduced dependence on pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. This example demonstrates a means of finding optimal crop rotations ...