Agriculture

Green-synthesized zinc and iron oxide nanoparticles substantially boosted basil growth and antioxidant defenses under drought in a new greenhouse study.

A two-year field experiment in Benin shows that farmers' traditional honeycomb stone arrangements cut soil loss by up to 52...

A new review reveals that microbial communities and iron chemistry govern carbon storage and fertility in flooded rice paddies, showing...

A phytosterol and gamma-oryzanol bigel can rebuild fat crystal organization in vegetable butter, transforming dough structure and producing cookies that...

USDA-funded researcher Andi Jilling is leading projects revealing that mineral-bound soil organic matter, long considered stable, can release carbon and...

Researchers have identified the CqRVE5-CqHAI3 gene module as a key negative regulator of seed germination, revealing a new mechanism of...

A large genome-wide association study of elite bread wheat has identified a stable chromosome 3BS locus and differentially expressed candidate...

A feature-optimized machine learning framework using MODIS satellite data achieves highly accurate estimation of crop vegetation water stress in Egypt's...

A new study links the enzyme-blocking, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective power of chia seeds to their geographical origin and phenolic chemistry.

A new metabolomics study shows that castration improves water retention, texture, and amino acid and fatty acid levels in Black...