Agriculture
Underground Scans Reveal How Wheat Roots Outsmart Drought
Researchers used time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography with machine learning calibration to quantify, for the first time at field scale, how...
Century-Old Wild Ginseng Cloned in Giant Bioreactors Keeps Its Chemistry Intact
Researchers cloned the roots of a 150-year-old wild mountain ginseng in industrial bioreactors, confirming 100 percent SNP-based genetic identity and...
Mixed Forests Outperform Pure Stands in the Loess Hills, but Regeneration Lags Behind
A field study in China's Loess Hilly Region finds that mixed pine and black locust plantations are more stable than...
Straw, Compost and Biochar Rebuild the Hidden Plumbing of China’s Fading Black Soil
A new study shows that corn straw, straw–manure compost and straw-derived biochar significantly improve the pore structure and water-holding capacity...
Wild Chickpea Relatives Weaponize Fatty Acids to Confuse a Devastating Pod Borer
Researchers found that wild chickpea relatives accumulate fatty acids such as oleic acid that repel the pod borer Helicoverpa armigera...
Fungal Duo Slashes Pepper Blight by 90 Percent While Rewiring Soil Microbiome
Two strains of the beneficial fungus Trichoderma harzianum reduced red pepper Phytophthora blight incidence by 90.9 percent while promoting plant...
Common Osmoprotectant Boosts Drought Survival and Potency of Licorice Seedlings
A controlled pot study found that exogenous glycine betaine, optimally at 40 mmol per liter, markedly improved drought tolerance, antioxidant...
Timed Drainage Turns Rice Into a Cadmium-Harvesting Crop for Polluted Paddies
Researchers show that timing paddy drainage to rice's peak cadmium uptake periods boosts metal extraction nearly eightfold, achieving 37.50 percent...
Hidden Genetic Wealth of Iran’s Wild Peonies Mapped by Microsatellite Markers
A new microsatellite study of seventy-two Iranian peony genotypes reveals substantial within-taxon genetic diversity, a distinct and vulnerable Paeonia wendelboi...
Hidden Engineers of the Forest Floor: Shrubs Rewire Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
A study of Polish pine forests shows that hazel, buckthorn, and rowan shrubs each leave distinct biochemical fingerprints on soil...
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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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