Soil Fungi Give Drought-Stricken Purple Rice a Boost, and One Species Stands Out
Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi isolated from Thai rice fields boost growth, drought tolerance, and antioxidant grain quality in purple Maled ...
Tag: drought stress
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 ...
Tiny Carbon Particles Boost Okra’s Drought Survival and Supercharge Its Medicinal Flavonoids
Carbon nanoparticles applied to soil help okra survive drought while multiplying the flavonoids responsible for its antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-fibrotic ...
Barley’s Hidden Stress Switches: Scientists Map the CCO Gene Family for the First Time
A new genome-wide study has identified eleven carotenoid cleavage oxygenase genes in barley and pinpointed HvCCD4 and HvCCD6 as promising ...
Sunflower Stems Hide a Secret Water Reservoir, New Isotope Probe Reveals
By continuously probing the isotopic composition of water inside living sunflower stems and pairing it with high-resolution soil water profiling, ...
How Water, Plants and Microbes Team Up to Beat Drought
A sweeping review in iScience reveals that irrigation regimes and rhizosphere microbes form a bidirectional feedback loop that can boost ...
Soybean’s Hidden Stress Arsenal: 25 Genes That Fire Hardest When Drought and Heat Strike Together
A genome-wide analysis has identified 25 galactinol synthase genes in soybean and revealed that GmGolS-3 and GmGolS-9 respond most strongly ...
Domestication May Have Blunted Pepper’s Intercropping Edge With Maize
A new Plant and Soil study finds that domesticated pepper varieties lose the root trait plasticity that helps wild ancestors ...
A 1,110-dollar open-source robot that watches plants sweat
Researchers in Uruguay have released complete open-source designs for a 1,110-dollar robotic gantry that combines RGB and thermal imaging to ...
Tiny Soil Allies Could Shield Crops From Drought, Salt and Disease
A landmark special issue of Plant and Soil shows that soil and plant microbiomes can be harnessed to help crops ...
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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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