Agriculture
New Microhaplotype Databases and Tools Reveal Crop Genetic Diversity
Tiny DNA Signatures Give Crop Breeders a Sharper View of Hidden Genetic Diversity Plant breeders have gained a new way...
Tree peony transcription factor PrIDD7 suppresses seed oil accumulation
A Molecular Brake in Tree Peony Seeds Could Help Scientists Produce More Plant Oil Tree peony seeds may be hiding...
Scientists uncover how natural products may combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, has become a global health crisis—and a new review suggests that compounds found in...
Phenolic Acids and Protein Levels in Wheat Landraces and Cultivars Without Nitrogen
Old Wheat Varieties May Help Farmers Cut Fertilizer Without Sacrificing Grain Quality Wheat plants deprived of nitrogen do not simply...
Host selection shapes microbial communities and functions, determining mangrove soil carbon fate
Mangrove forests are often portrayed as unstoppable carbon factories: fast-growing trees rooted in tidal mud, capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and...
Study Maps Tobacco MADS-Box Genes and Their Roles in Axillary Bud Development
A previously overlooked genetic network may help explain why tobacco plants rapidly produce side shoots after their main growing tip...
Gypsy Retrotransposon Insertion Causes Stay-Green Chinese Cabbage by Blocking Chlorophyll b Breakdown
Chinese cabbage may have found a new way to remain green long after its leaves would normally begin to yellow....
How plants evolved molecular switches to survive rising heat
Ghent, 26 August 2026 — Plants cannot escape a heat wave, retreat into shade or move toward a cooler environment....
Grazing Systems Reshape Soil Microbes and Nutrient Cycling in Tianzhu Alpine Grasslands
A new metagenomic study from the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau has revealed that the identity of grazing livestock may help shape...
Plant Cross-Incompatibility Limits Genome Exchange and Gene Pool Diversification
Crop wild relatives may hold the genetic tools needed to help agriculture withstand drought, heat, salinity, emerging diseases and increasingly...
Multi-omics reveal conserved and lineage-specific defenses against southern corn rust in maize
Southern corn rust, a fast-moving fungal disease capable of cutting maize yields across warm agricultural regions, may be confronted more...
Climate-driven water shortages push global wheat prices higher
A new international study has identified a powerful link between drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions and the price of...
Researchers target microbial DNA to improve food safety
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A food-safety technology that destroys pathogens without cooking meat is moving closer to wider use in poultry...
Giant Sunflower Family Genome Assembly Opens Path to New Perennial Crops
A pair of prairie plants with roots deep enough to reach several meters into the soil has moved closer to...
Nanoparticles help rice increase yields without sacrificing grain quality
Rice farmers may soon have a new tool for improving both harvests and the quality of the grain on the...
One policy lever could tackle India’s fertilizer pollution and groundwater depletion
A new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research...
Spinach-Derived Peptide Discovery Points Toward Treatment for Citrus Greening Disease
A citrus greening treatment developed from antimicrobial peptides found in spinach has received unconditional registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Molecular bypasses boost grass lignin and starch synthesis, aiding evolutionary success
A genetic “shortcut” that helped grasses become some of the most successful plants on Earth may have emerged millions of...
UTIA Hosts Southern Weed Science Society Weed Contest
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — More than 70 university students converged in Knoxville on August 5 and 6 for a demanding test...
Uganda’s digital farmer networks boost bargaining power, but gender gaps persist
Farmer groups and digital agricultural networks are helping smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa sell crops, access information and coordinate their economic...