Crop diversity is fundamental for sustainable food systems, yet in modern diets most people remain unaware of the plants that make up their food, refl…

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The Neotropics are one of the most biodiverse biogeographic realms on the planet, with several plant species distributed from Central to South America (Freit...

IntroductionCoffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by the obligate parasitic fungus Hemileia vastatrix, is the most significant constraint in Arabica coffee producti...

A study was designed to investigate the influence of music tempo on lone coffee drinkers' experience in a coffee shop. The study (N = 400) was a single-blind randomized experiment conducted at a spec....

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Mixed cropping systems typically provide better natural pest control compared with monocultures, although the success varies depending on the crop and cultivar combinations. Understanding trait inte.....

Feel like your favorite spicy dish is missing some heat? Extreme weather is making chilis less fiery, and chefs are being forced to improvise in the kitchen. You can read and and share a version of to...

Fans of legumes say a worldwide shift towards eating beans rather than meat would hugely benefit human health and the environment

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The development of high-yielding, resilient cultivars is the primary goal of many crop breeding programmes, but the uptake of these new cultivars is persistently low in low-income countries. We discus...

The fruits and vegetables in our supermarkets are not products of chance. Their journey took years of work by teams of scientists around the world, all attem...

Flavour variations are mainly the result of changes at the chromosome level, sequencing effort finds. Flavour variations are mainly the result of changes at the chromosome level, sequencing effort fin...

Listen to this episode from The Science of Coffee on Spotify. Ever wonder why you and your friends can taste the same coffee, but you can’t agree on the flavour notes? Join me as I explore this meta...

Listen to this episode from The Plants of the Gods podcast on Spotify. In this episode of Plants of the Gods, join ethnobotanists Dr. Mark Plotkin and Dr. Gary Nabhan in conversation as we learn about...

Photographer who noticed his items were mysteriously moving around discovered an industrious rodent was organising his workbench

Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms.

One of those tricky, but necessary, concepts in statistics is the difference between crossed and nested factors.

Researchers say dash of water added to beans before they are ground creates more consistent, tastier coffee

Listen to this episode from Eat This Podcast on Spotify. A close look at more than 1000 varieties of maize solves a mystery about how the crop evolved from its wild relatives.

Genes from a long-lost wild relative may have sparked the invention of agriculture in the Americas

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Around the world, highly secure chambers are being built to preserve everything we need to withstand any number of worst-case scenarios

Listen to this episode from Gastropod on Spotify. Botanically, bean pods are indeed fruits, and, honestly, they are also pretty magical. And we’re clearly not the only ones to think that: beans are ...