Agriculture
Varying Structural Diversity Enhances Soil Ecosystem Functions in Poplar Plantations
A forest can look orderly from a distance while functioning as a complex three-dimensional network beneath the canopy. Now, a...
How Design, Modeling, and Spatial Analysis Shape Genomic Selection
Plant breeders may be able to test far more crop varieties without sacrificing the accuracy of genomic predictions, according to...
Complete Guazuma ulmifolia Genome Reveals Evolution, Drought Adaptation, and Flavonoid Biosynthesis
A wild relative of cacao has yielded a remarkably complete genetic blueprint that could help scientists understand how tropical trees...
Diet and micronutrients linked to cardiovascular events, mortality in CKM syndrome
A plant-rich diet may help protect people from heart attacks, strokes and premature death even before full-blown cardiovascular disease develops,...
Genes and Environment Shape Common Bean Seed Coat Patterns and Nutrition
A bean’s appearance may be telling scientists more about its nutritional value than anyone expected. In a three-year study spanning...
Barley Cold-Inducible Disordered Protein CISP Acts as a Small RNA Chaperone
Cold-Induced Barley Protein Helps Plants Keep RNA Unwound in the Deep Cold A tiny protein found in barley roots may...
Machine Learning Model Predicts Odor-Driven Behavioral Preferences for Odorant Molecules
Smells can do more than make food seem appealing or unpleasant: they can steer an animal’s behavior before it has...
PD-CLIP Enables Zero-Shot Fine-Grained Plant Disease Diagnosis Through Contrastive AI Training
Plant diseases are moving faster, spreading farther and becoming harder to identify, creating an escalating threat to global food security....
Hydroponic Platform Reveals Grass Nodal Root Development, Cell Wall Thickening, Hormone Responses
Scientists have developed a hydroponic platform that makes it possible to watch and measure a part of grass biology that...
Ascorbic Acid Effects on Rose Flower Yield, Essential Oil Quantity and Quality
A simple spray of vitamin C may help rose growers harvest more flowers and produce a richer, chemically more complex...
Smart Greenhouse Uses Multi-Sensor Fusion and Genetic Algorithm-Optimized Fuzzy Control
Controlled-environment agriculture may be entering a new phase in which greenhouses do more than measure their surroundings: they continuously interpret...
Global warming is intensifying eastern Pacific El Niño variability
El Niño may be entering a more volatile era. A millennium-long reconstruction built from Galápagos corals indicates that variability in...
Disease Management Boosts Mango Yields Amid Bacterial Black Spot in Southern Ghana
A Three-Part Disease-Fighting Strategy Could Dramatically Increase Ghana’s Mango Yields A new study from southern Ghana suggests that mango farmers...
Scientists Characterize Maize Inbred Lines Using Agronomic Traits and SSR Molecular Markers
Maize breeders in Nepal have identified a set of genetically distinct inbred lines that could help produce higher-yielding hybrid varieties,...
Adaptive System Continuously Tracks Carbon Fluxes in Bamboo Culms and Soil
A New Sensor System Tracks Carbon Emissions From Bamboo Stems and Soil in Real Time Bamboo may look like a...
Mild Salt Stress Boosts Sunflower Microgreen Growth, Nutrition, and Antioxidant Capacity
A Pinch of Salt Makes Sunflower Microgreens More Nutritious—Up to a Point A small dose of salt appears to push...
Deep Learning Screens Maize Seed Vigor from RGB Images with Automated Tuning
A smartphone-style photograph of a maize seed could soon reveal far more than its color and shape. Researchers have developed...
Optimal Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization for Bread Wheat in Northwestern Ethiopia
A Fertilizer Formula Nearly Doubled Wheat Yields in Ethiopia’s Northwestern Highlands A carefully calibrated fertilizer combination has more than doubled...
Plant Density, Weed Control Affect Okra Growth, Yield, Profitability and Weed Infestation
In Nigeria, a simple change in how densely okra is planted—and how weeds are controlled—could dramatically reshape the economics of...
Nitrates and Cytokinins Coordinate Nitrogen Efficiency, Plant Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Yield
Plants may be quietly rewriting the rules of fertilizer use. A new review argues that nitrate—the dominant form of nitrogen...