The hot summer sun can be brutal on tender plants, especially young seedlings or species that thrive in the shade. But you don't need to spend a lot of money to protect them from the harsh sun.

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

“Phenotyping roots, especially roots of a large plant like maize, is very difficult,” says Raizada. So Gaudin proposed an unconventional technique: aeroponics, which grows plants in air misted with ...