An agave plant at the Duke biology greenhouse blooms after 10 quiet years; its next step: death. An agave plant at the Duke Bioscience Research Greenhouse has finally bloomed after 10 years. Last ...

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

To ensure Alice's well-being ... cut off at its base and saved for future use, while the rest of the plant will be dug up and used for compost. The end of Alice’s life is the beginning of another ...

Three times a week, a special tool with sharp blades is used to harvest the heart of the plant while the shoots are cut and planted to start new rows of keiki agave. Irrigation is not necessary as ...

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

If a flower begins to grow, it is cut off.) The mother plant shoots off little pups ... To do this, raw agave is shredded before being added to the machine. Inside, hot pressurized water is ...

But in Mexico, producers of the agave plant used to make the country’s most famous liquor are nursing a nasty hangover. Instead of bringing a long period of prosperity for farmers of the spiky ...

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