With the price of agave ... “They lose 10 years of their life [to the crop].” Small farmers are already beginning to abandon the crop, burning semi-matured plants and replanting with corn.

The classic drink is the life of any party so, it only makes sense that we put ... Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant. It originated from the Tequila region in the Mexican ...

Sustainable sites support biodiversity, defined as the variety of life forms within a given ... of summer- and fall-fruiting plants, as well as plants that hold onto fruits into winter and spring ...

If you’re not here in February, your opinion doesn’t count.” The birds that are here in February get first dibs on nesting ...

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Scientists used terahertz imaging to study agave plants' water storage. Findings could improve drought-resistant crops.

Agave plants may be best known for their role in tequila production, but they are also remarkably adept at retaining water in ...

Agave plants, famous for tequila, are also water-retention experts, thriving in extreme drought conditions. Using terahertz ...

Researchers used terahertz spectroscopy and imaging to gain new insights into how agave plants are so remarkably adept at ...