Dan Charles

1 week ago | science.org | Dan Charles

1 month ago | science.org | Dan Charles

A science-driven effort to better manage the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) “gene banks,” launched shortly before President Donald Trump took office, is now in tatters, a victim of his assault on the federal workforce. Plant breeder Neha Kothari was hired in October 2024 to streamline and improve the department’s vast collections of seeds and living crops that are key to developing improved varieties.

2 months ago | science.org | Erik Stokstad |Dan Charles

Researchers at Peru’s National Agrarian University La Molina have spent years developing a fast-growing cultivar of passion fruit and introducing it to farmers in the north of the country. The U.S.-funded effort, called PERU-Hub, is intended to diversify agricultural options in an area once known for the production of coca plants used to make cocaine.

2 months ago | m.farms.com | Dan Charles |Erik Stokstad

By Dan Charles and Erik StokstadResearchers at Peru’s National Agrarian University La Molina have spent years developing a fast-growing cultivar of passion fruit and introducing it to farmers in the north of the country. The U.S.-funded effort, called PERU-Hub, is intended to diversify agricultural options in an area once known for cocaine production.

2 months ago | science.org | Erik Stokstad |Dan Charles

Researchers at Peru’s National Agrarian University La Molina have spent years developing a fast-growing cultivar of passion fruit and introducing it to farmers in the north of the country. The U.S.-funded effort, called PERU-Hub, is intended to diversify agricultural options in an area once known for cocaine production.