Scientists Discover a Gene That Pre-Arms Wheat Against Salt Stress
Researchers have identified the wheat gene TaSTG4B, which enhances salt tolerance by pre-arming antioxidant and photosynthetic defense pathways before stress ...
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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 ...
Salt in the Water, Hunger in the Fields: Rice Hits a Yield Cliff at Just 1.4 Parts Per Thousand
A controlled greenhouse study of Vietnamese rice finds that irrigation water salinity of only about 1.4 parts per thousand triggers ...
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 ...
Burying Straw Twice a Year Supercharges Maize Yields in Problematic Black Soil
A sixteen-year Chinese field experiment shows that returning both wheat and maize straw to lime concretion black soil each year ...
Organic Fertilizer Plus Foliar Biostimulant Lifts Saline-Soil Maize Yields by Up to 30%
A two-year field trial in saline farmland found that combining mid-range organic fertilizer with a 500-fold foliar biostimulant cut root-zone ...
Silver Vanadate Nanorods Turn Wasted Green Light Into Red Fuel for Crop Growth
Researchers have sprayed beta-phase silver vanadate nanorods onto greenhouse plastic to convert unused green sunlight into red light, significantly boosting ...
Plants Build Their Own Sunscreen From Protein Condensates Under Intense Light
A Nature Plants highlight describes how singlet oxygen triggers MBS1 protein condensates that shield chloroplasts from excess light, and how ...
Rare Earth Spray Helps Mung Bean Survive Phosphorus-Starved Soils
A two-year field study shows that foliar lanthanum sprays partially restore photosynthesis, activate carbohydrate metabolism genes, and improve seed nutrient ...
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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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