A high-quality genetic analysis of common buckwheat provides insights into its domestication history and will help develop more useful crops Figure 1: Close-up photographs of the long-styled (left) ...

Planting new plants in your yard or garden takes a bit of planning outside of the aesthetics you're hoping to achieve. Native plants are generally encouraged for better ecosystem viability, and it's ...

There is an area in the garden that I will not be able to plant this year. Instead of letting it stay fallow and grow weeds, I planted buckwheat. It's something I've done through the years whenever ...

Previous studies have demonstrated that emergence and growth of Powell amaranth is inhibited in soils where buckwheat has been grown and incorporated. The primary objectives of this research were to ...

Farmers and gardeners find buckwheat to be a good "green manure." (Alex Stone) Need a summer cover crop next year to add nutrients to your garden's soil? Try planting buckwheat. "This crop provides ...

When I think of the word buckwheat, three things come to mind: The Little Rascals, pancakes and soba noodles. As much as I enjoyed that delightful television series, it has very little to do with ...

Can I get your attention by suggesting that you grow some woolly knees? Eriogonum (erion meaning “wool” and gonu meaning “knee” or “joint” in Greek) is wild buckwheat, and it is a superb native plant ...

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This June 1, 2019, photo shows the rare desert wildflower Tiehm's buckwheat in the Silver Peak Range about 120 miles southeast of Reno, the only place it is known to exist in the world. Photo by: ...