The Hidden Bacterial Networks That Could Rebuild Soil Health From the Ground Up
New research shows that bacterial function, not species diversity, drives soil health, with strain-level genomic studies and drought-tolerant synthetic communities ...
Tag: drought tolerance
Early-Maturing Sorghum Delivers Big Yield Gains in Drought-Hit Ethiopia
Field trials across four drought-prone Ethiopian districts showed that improved early-maturing sorghum varieties Girana-1 and Melkam outyielded local landraces by ...
First gapless telomere-to-telomere licorice genome reveals genes behind medicinal compounds and desert survival
Researchers have assembled the first gap-free telomere-to-telomere licorice genome and identified the GiPHL1-Gi4CL5 regulatory module that controls licochalcone A biosynthesis ...
Wheat’s Yield-Stability Trade-Off Exposed by Multi-Environment Analysis
A multi-season Iranian field trial combining GGE biplots, BLUP-based stability indices and multi-trait selection reveals a sharp yield-stability trade-off in ...
Radiation-Hardened Bacterium Lends Soybean a Gene That Beats Salt and Drought
Scientists transferred a stress-defense gene from the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans into soybean, producing plants with triple the survival rate ...
Ancient Fiber Crop Ramie Emerges as a Protein-Rich Forage for Goats and Sheep
A systematic review finds that the ancient fiber crop ramie, Boehmeria nivea, offers a protein-rich, drought-tolerant forage option that can ...
Desert Salt Flat Bacteria Help Tomatoes Survive Drought, Study Finds
Scientists in the UAE isolated five drought-hardy Bacillus strains from hypersaline sabkha soils and showed they boost tomato growth, water ...
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 ...
Tiny RNA, Big Stakes: New miR65 Switch Governs How Alfalfa Survives Salty, Alkaline Soil
Researchers have identified a novel microRNA, miR65, that represses the transcription factor MsbZIP11 and acts as a key negative regulator ...
Wild Sugarcane Relative Yields a Protein That Quietly Undermines Drought Tolerance
Researchers have shown that NpSCI2A, a protease inhibitor from the drought-hardy wild sugarcane relative Narenga porphyrocoma, acts as a negative ...
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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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