Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have discovered a way to use Raman spectroscopy for early detection of shade avoidance syndrome (SAS) in plants.

Clovamide presence in disease-resistant chocolate tree leaves may spur novel breeding program

Earth’s forests are indispensable for both humans and wildlife: they absorb CO2, provide food for large parts of the world's population and are home to all sorts of animals. In a new agreement, the Danish government has set aside 888 million kroner to protect nature and biodiversity.

UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient

Study shows epigenetic changes, passed to new generations, may solve paradox of rapid resistance

UMass Amherst geologist and team studied marshes from Wall Street to Albany

A future of fewer Christmas trees? Conifers expected to decline.

The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new research has found.

More plants and longer growing seasons in the northern latitudes have converted parts of Alaska, Canada and Siberia to deeper shades of green.

Since antiquity, cultures around the world have been extracting vegetable oil from plants to use as food and fuel. Some vegetable oils have important health benefits, including lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.