Pest control: The right plants can repel common pests from your tomatoes, either by repelling them altogether, or serving as ...

Their striking flowers draw bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, enhancing the biodiversity of your garden. After flowering, you can cut down the plants and incorporate them into the soil to ...

We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...

Farmers often grow so-called cover plants between main crops. They are used for purposes such as for animal feeds or remain on the field as green manure. In this way, they supply the soil with ...

Using sunlight as an energy source, plants take carbon dioxide from the air through their leaves, and water from the soil through their roots. These components are then converted into glucose ...