Agriculture
Scientists Aim to Reengineer Photosynthesis to Unlock Soybean’s Hidden Yield Potential
A new framework in Theoretical and Applied Genetics proposes boosting soybean yields by improving photosynthetic efficiency through high-throughput drone phenotyping,...
Scientists Map the Five Proteins Behind Pacific Abalone Allergy
A multi-omics study of Pacific abalone identifies paramyosin, arginine kinase, tropomyosin, triosephosphate isomerase, and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase as the five immunodominant...
Rice Gene FLBOA9 Revealed as Master Switch Controlling Leaf Angle for Higher Yields
Researchers identified and validated FLBOA9 as a negative regulator of functional leaf angle in rice, opening a path to compact...
Scientists Track Down Wheat Genes That Fight Off a Major Aphid Pest
A genome-wide association study of 287 wild and synthetic wheat genotypes has identified stable genomic regions and 11 candidate genes...
Cool Nights, Drought and Hormones: How Mango Trees Decide to Flower
A new review synthesizes temperature, drought, hormone and gene-regulatory evidence into a competence-gated model of how mango buds decide to...
Apple Gene MhLHCA2 Helps Plants Survive Iron-Starved Soils, Study Finds
Researchers at Gansu Agricultural University report that the photosystem I gene MhLHCA2 helps apple tissue withstand iron deficiency by sustaining...
A Single Botched Splice May Explain a Deadly Yellow-Leaf Soybean Mutant
Fine mapping of a soybean yellow-leaf lethal mutant has narrowed the cause to a 165-kilobase region on chromosome 10, where...
Barley’s Hidden Grain Hierarchy: Genes That Decide Which Seeds Win
A genome-wide association study of 334 barley accessions combined with spatiotemporal transcriptomics reveals that asymmetric carbon metabolism during grain filling...
Straw or Biochar? Scientists Uncover Two Distinct Routes to Carbon-Rich Saline Soils
A two-year field experiment in China's Yellow River Delta shows that straw and biochar both raise soil organic carbon in...
Climbing Plants Reveal Species-Specific Strategies for Rapid Wall Coverage
A 150-day experiment on four climbing plants reveals species-specific growth strategies and shows that morphological traits predict wall coverage better...
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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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