Agriculture
Scientists Pin Down Genes Behind Cotton’s Defenses Against Wilt Disease
Researchers have fine mapped major QTL for Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton to compact genomic intervals and identified fifteen candidate...
Silk Cotton Tree Seeds Reveal Delicate Balance Between Drying and Survival
New research on the threatened dry-forest tree Cochlospermum religiosum defines the optimal seed harvest stage, identifies gibberellic acid as the...
Himalayan Chilgoza Pine Forests Face Regeneration Crisis, Landmark Survey Reveals
A new survey of Chilgoza pine forests in Himachal Pradesh reveals rich plant diversity but uneven and often poor natural...
Industrial Waste Is Quietly Poisoning the World’s Most Productive Farmland
A global review warns that industrial waste is contaminating productive farmland with heavy metals, PFAS and microplastics that enter food...
Scientists Stack Drought and Flood Tolerance Genes Into Beloved Rice Variety
Indian researchers have combined drought-tolerance QTLs and the Sub1 submergence-tolerance locus in the elite rice variety Samba Mahsuri, producing lines...
Two New Giant Stick Insect Species Discovered Hiding in Australia’s Well-Studied Landscapes
University of Sydney researchers have revised Australia's Anchiale stick insects, revealing two new species including one with unique lidded eggs...
AI Agents Beat Machine Learning at Predicting Food Texture, Study Finds
A new study shows that an AI agent combining data retrieval with mechanistic food-science knowledge outperforms conventional machine learning for...
Plant Cell Cultures Emerge as Controllable Factories for Extracellular Vesicles
A new review argues that in vitro plant cell cultures could become controllable, scalable platforms for producing and engineering extracellular...
Moth Sex Pheromone Trapping Drives Behavioral Resistance in Rice Pest
Researchers have shown that five years of mass trapping with a single sex pheromone blend drove wild rice stem borer...
A Single Metabolic Switch May Decide Whether Orchid Petals Turn Deep Purple or Pale Lavender
A multi-omics study of Dendrobium nobile shows that the expression of a single gene, G8H, redirects metabolic flux between anthocyanin...
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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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