AMES, Iowa -- As a major food source for much of the world, rice is one of the most important plants on earth. Keeping it safe from disease has become, in part, the task of a group of three ...

This breakthrough technology, based on Transformer architecture, offers a solution to challenges in identifying irregular disease patterns and complex backgrounds in rice cultivation. With its promise ...

Plants get bacterial infections, just as humans do. When food crops and trees are infected, their yield and quality can suffer. Although some compounds have been developed to protect plants, few of ...