Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the ...

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Deep freezes in 2023 and 2024 provided relief for some of Maine’s most preyed-on tree species. Will that continue in 2026?

Antibiotics are essential tools in fruit farming, yet their role in plant agriculture receives less attention than their use in human or animal health. A new study explores how apple growers may ...

Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is at the forefront of public debate, but it's a less well-known issue in ...

Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is on the forefront of public debate, but it’s a less well-known issue in ...

The rolling hills of Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt are typically shrouded in a delicate morning mist during winter, a signal ...

Himachal apple growers are creating ice cover on trees as snowfall declines. Experts explain chilling hours, dormancy and ...

The American elm in front of Philomath Community Library will be coming down. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News) The large American elm standing sentinel in front of Philomath Community Library — ...

Two affiliates of Apple Tree Partners have filed for bankruptcy, a move designed to continue funding the venture firm's portfolio biotechs as a funding dispute with a top investor plays out. Yesterday ...

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...

Steve Ottman was born to sell Christmas trees. Ottman, 73, said his family has been growing the holiday staple in Wisconsin since the Great Depression. But now his 50-acre Christmas tree farm just ...