Scientists Pinpoint Two Dominant Genes That Shield Wheat From Devastating Spot Blotch
Researchers have identified a novel dominant wheat gene, SbWE35, on chromosome 4BL that, together with the known gene Sb3, controls ...
Tag: crop breeding
Two-Layer Gene Editing Delivers Elite Herbicide-Tolerant Crops
Researchers combined structure-guided protein design with cis-regulatory editing at the native HPPD locus to create elite herbicide-tolerance alleles in rice ...
Deep Roots, Smart Fertilizer: Wheat Roots Reveal Where Nitrogen Really Works
A two-year study of wheat root architecture and nitrogen-processing enzymes across soil depths shows that moderate fertilizer rates and depth-specific ...
Scientists Engineer Supercharged Herbicide-Resistant Crops by Editing Protein and Promoter Together
Researchers have combined structure-guided protein design with cis-regulatory enhancer insertion to create rice and wheat plants that tolerate herbicide doses ...
Wheat’s Gb3 Gene Revealed as a Rare Kinase Fusion That Stops Aphids Cold
Researchers have cloned the wheat greenbug resistance gene Gb3, revealing a unique intracellular kinase-pseudokinase protein that deters aphid feeding by ...
Wild Rice Gene Recruits Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria to Boost Crop Efficiency
Researchers have shown that a single receptor-like kinase gene inherited from wild rice can restore nitrogen-fixing root bacteria lost during ...
How Gravity Sculpts Crops: New Insights Could Reshape Maize Breeding
A comprehensive review maps the molecular machinery of plant gravitropism and predicts 69 candidate genes that could let breeders engineer ...
Ghana’s Traditional Rice Landraces Outshine Improved Varieties in Key Minerals, Study Finds
A controlled field study in Ghana shows that traditional rice landraces Ex-Baika and Ex-Viono accumulate significantly more iron, zinc, calcium, ...
A Single DNA Letter Shapes the Soybean Leaf—and Breeders Can Now Screen for It
Researchers identified a single coding variant in the soybean gene GmJAG1 that controls leaf shape, validated it functionally, and developed ...
Scientists engineer self-arming immune receptors to give crops broad-spectrum virus resistance
Researchers have engineered autoactive NLR immune receptors with pathogen-protease-controlled tripwires, achieving complete broad-spectrum resistance to potyviruses in tobacco and soybean ...
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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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