Corn development and final yields The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed advanced robotic insects that could aid ...

Many crops have pollination as a yield limiting factor like it is for avocado farmers in many geographies including my region. Almond and other fruit farmers depend on bee facilitated pollination ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

Despite the team’s improvements, the robotic insects still cannot match the capabilities of natural pollinators. However, the researchers aim to improve the robots’ flight time and precision to enable ...

MIT researchers are designing robotic insects capable of swarming from mechanical hives to handle precise pollination tasks efficiently. The team designed their tiny, flying robots to be ...

We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination services. For example, we are currently investigating how rangeland ...

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of agriculture's ...