AI Reads the Genome Like Language to Uncover Hidden Gene Interactions
A new deep learning framework called Epiformer combines the Evo 2 genome language model with a dual-channel network to detect ...
Tag: maize
Fungal Master Switch: Key Signaling Pathway Controls Corn Toxin, Virulence and Fungicide Resistance
Scientists have systematically deleted every gene in the Hog1-MAPK signaling pathway of the maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides, revealing its central ...
Drought-Hardened Maize Reveals Its Molecular Survival Playbook
An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic study of two maize inbred lines has uncovered the genotype-specific gene networks, antioxidant defenses, and ...
Zapping Amaranth Leaves With UVB Turns Mexico’s Tortilla Into a Functional Food
A seven-minute postharvest UVB treatment of amaranth leaves yields a powder that boosts the phenolic content, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, ...
How an Ancient Chemical Weapon Shapes Defense in the World’s Great Cereal Crops
A new review in Plant Cell Reports maps how the benzoxazinoid defense pathway evolved differently across maize, wheat, and rice, ...
How a Single Genetic Switch Made Modern Maize Salt-Tolerant
Researchers have discovered that a single genetic module, positively selected during maize domestication, gives modern maize its superior salt tolerance ...
Plant hormones unlock a sugar-making enzyme by blocking its phosphorylation brake
A new Nature Plants study shows that brassinosteroids enhance sugar synthesis in Arabidopsis, maize and sorghum by relieving BIN2-mediated phosphorylation ...
Timing Silicon Before Phosphorus Unlocks Locked-Up Nutrients in Tropical Soils
A Brazilian greenhouse study shows that applying silicon before or together with phosphate fertilizer boosts plant-available phosphorus in acidic tropical ...
Slow-Release Fertilizer Unlocks Bigger Maize Yields on China’s Salt-Damaged Farmland
A two-year field trial in Ningxia shows that replacing half of conventional urea with polymer-coated controlled-release fertilizer raises maize yields ...
Maize Genetics Map Reveals How Starch, Protein and Yield Compete in Every Kernel
An integrated genetic analysis of maize has mapped hundreds of QTL hotspots and candidate genes linking starch content, protein quality ...
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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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