Why Biostimulants Fail in the Field and How Science Plans to Fix Them
A new review explains why biostimulants that shine in the greenhouse so often fail in cereal fields and maps out...
Lost Genes Reveal How Wild Rice Abandoned Perennial Life
Comparative genomics of three annual-perennial pairs of Oryza species identifies 91 gene families present in all perennial species but missing...
Shrinking AI for the Farm: Distilled Neural Networks Bring Soil Nutrient Classification to the Edge
Researchers compressed transformer-based tabular neural networks by up to 38-fold using knowledge distillation and deployed them on an NVIDIA Jetson...
Nitrogen Storage Protects Rice Until the Air Returns, Study Finds
A year-long study shows that paddy rice stored under nitrogen-modified atmospheres deteriorates faster after re-aeration because the treatment disrupts central...
Poverty Taxes the Brain: Why Guatemalan Farmers Forget Climate-Smart Training
A study of 507 farmers in Guatemala's Dry Corridor shows that perceived resource scarcity and the mental complexity of new...
Engineered Microbial Teams Could Replace Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides on the Farm
A critical review in Discover Plants finds that deliberately designed synthetic microbial consortia outperform single-strain biofertilizers by combining nitrogen fixation,...
New Rice Gene Discovery Could Cut Fertilizer Use While Keeping Yields High
Chinese researchers have identified a novel rice locus, qNUE6, and pinpointed the nitrate transporter gene OsNRT1.2 as a positive regulator...
Fungal Hybrids Built by Protoplast Fusion Slash Arsenic in Spinach
Indian researchers used protoplast fusion to create hybrid fungal strains that cut arsenic in spinach by over 70 percent while...
Coastal Bangladesh Soils Reveal Stark Nitrogen Crisis in New Nutrient Maps
A new soil survey of Bangladesh's Khulna region maps severe nitrogen and phosphorus depletion alongside abundant sulfur, potassium and magnesium,...
Bottle Gourd Leaf Extract Matches Synthetic Pesticide in Shielding Cabbage From Looper Moths
A field trial at Hokkaido University found that bottle gourd leaf extract cut cabbage looper infestations by up to 52...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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