By studying tomato varieties that produce fruit in exceptionally hot growing seasons, biologists at Brown University identified the growth cycle phase when tomatoes are most vulnerable to extreme heat ...

Able to survive extended drought, extreme heat and freezes (the Chihuahuan is considered a "cold desert"), many flower madly when ... drought- and freeze-tolerant, the barometer does best when ...

Around Nov. 10, the Persephone Period begins in southern Michigan, causing vegetable plants to stop growing due to shortened ...

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), widely cultivated in the cool-season for forage supply and turfgrass, is extremely ...