plant biology

By hoarding water underground, vegetation will help saturate soil, boosting rain runoff

Corn farmers in the U.S. have seen a fivefold increase in crop yields since the 1940s. Advances in farm technology have largely been credited for the production boost, but a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by UCI, University of Minnesota and Harvard University researchers shows that climate change […]

UCI-led study examines role of plants, trees in global transfer of rainfall

Humans may have gathered them for 15,000 years before cultivating the fruit as a crop