Agriculture
Wild Emmer Genes Could Help Breed Bigger, Better Durum Wheat
Researchers mapped eleven stable genetic loci controlling grain size and weight in durum wheat by crossing an elite cultivar with...
Salicylic Acid Spray Keeps Daisy Mandarins From Splitting on the Tree
A two-year Indian field study found that foliar sprays of salicylic acid at 100 ppm reduce fruit splitting in Daisy...
How Silicon Helps a Hardy Millet Beat Salt Stress at the Gene Level
A transcriptomic study reveals how silicon supplementation reprograms antioxidant defense, carbon metabolism and hormone biosynthesis to help finger millet tolerate...
Forest soil viruses may dampen how strongly microbes respire as temperatures rise
A study across a 3,600-kilometer climate gradient in China links lysogenic viral processes in forest soils to a reduced temperature...
High-testing soils still starve potatoes of phosphorus, three-year study reveals
A three-year University of Florida field study shows that potato fields classified as high in soil-test phosphorus can still respond...
More Minerals, Less Carbon? Texas Farmland Study Upends a Soil Science Assumption
A detailed study of three Texas farmlands finds that abundant soil cations do not reliably translate into greater carbon sequestration,...
Smart Sensors Slash Water and Fertilizer Use in Eggplant Fields Without Yield Loss
A field trial in Bangladesh found that an IoT-enabled sensor-driven drip irrigation system matched traditional eggplant yields while cutting water...
High-Resolution Heat Maps and Shade Modelling Show Cities Where Tree Planting Cools Most
University of British Columbia researchers have developed satellite-based heat mapping and shade modelling tools that show cities exactly where tree...
From Nanoscale Probes to the Dinner Plate: New Model Predicts Meat Texture From Single Myofibrils
Researchers used atomic force microscopy and a multiscale mechanical model to predict the compressive texture of pork, beef, and chicken...
Mild Pepper Virus Turned Into a Powerful Gene Tool for Crop Scientists
Chinese researchers have engineered a new viral vector based on pepper mild mottle virus that enables rapid, high-efficiency gene expression...
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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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