Farmers Reveal What Pigeon Pea Breeding Must Deliver in Northern Ghana
A survey of 272 smallholder farmers in northern Ghana reveals that early maturity, high yield, and compatibility with intercropping are ...
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Tanzania’s Old Cashew Trees Reveal a Hidden Trove of Genetic Diversity
A new study of traditional cashew trees in Tanzania's Nachingwea and Newala districts reveals high phenotypic diversity that could prove ...
New Machine-Learning Pipeline Takes the Guesswork Out of Genomic Prediction
An open-source pipeline called GenoBridge automatically adapts machine-learning models to sample size, matching hand-tuned genomic prediction accuracy while delivering calibrated ...
CRISPR Multiplex Editing Rewires Soybean Flowering Genes to Create Early-Maturing Lines in Just Two Generations
Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of twelve flowering-time repressors has produced soybean lines that flower up to four weeks earlier under controlled ...
Electron Beam Mutagenesis Unlocks New Yield Potential in Field Corn
Indian researchers used high energy pulse electron beam irradiation to create genetically diverse maize mutants with improved cob and kernel ...
Wild Beet Genome Study Reveals the Surprising Single-Species Origin of a Stress-Tolerant Tetraploid
New genome sequencing evidence from three independent analytical approaches confirms that the stress-tolerant wild beet Beta corolliflora is an autotetraploid ...
Hybrid Grafting Unlocks the Photosynthetic Secret Behind Supertree Growth in Catalpa
A new study shows that scion genetic background dominates growth variation in grafted Catalpa, with a C. fargesii × C. ...
Scientists Screen 231 Rice Lines to Find Hidden Salt Tolerance Beyond the Famous Saltol Gene
A large Tanzanian screening of 231 rice genotypes has revealed salt-tolerant lines that outperform celebrated checks and shown that the ...
Scientists Map the Genes That Could Finally Make Soybean Thrive in Rwanda’s Highlands
A genome-wide association study of 466 diverse soybean accessions grown across six Rwandan environments has identified 342 genomic markers tied ...
Compact Maize Lines for High-Density Farming Pinpointed by Combined Statistical and Genetic Screening
Indian researchers combined BLUP statistics, SSR markers and the MGIDI index to identify doubled haploid maize lines with the compact, ...
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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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