Grasses Load Up on Silicon While Legumes Bank Calcium, Revealing a Hidden Chemical Divide in Grasslands
A field study across German grasslands shows that grasses accumulate far more silicon and legumes far more calcium than other ...
Tag: plant physiology
Nanobiochar Emerges as a Multilevel Shield Against Soil Salinity Stress in Crops
A new review in Plant and Soil details how nanoscale biochar helps crops tolerate soil salinity through physiological, molecular, and ...
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 ...
Plants vs. Lead: Massive Review Reveals What Really Works to Clean Toxic Soils
A systematic review of 55 studies finds that chelating agents boost lead uptake in plants but risk leaching and stress, ...
AI Reads Tea Leaves’ Light Signatures to Measure Frost Damage
Researchers have developed a hyperspectral deep learning framework, STAMPformer, that non-destructively predicts continuous frost damage severity in field-grown tea plants ...
Gut Bacteria for Plants: Endophytic Microbes Shield Rice from Salt Stress
Thai researchers found that salt-tolerant endophytic bacteria, especially the SHPP24 and SKPK29 isolates, significantly improved rice physiology, growth, and grain ...
Selenium Spray Could Turn Sorghum Into a Hidden Nutrition Powerhouse
A Brazilian field study shows that foliar sodium selenate reliably enriches sorghum grain with selenium, while novel selenium compounds and ...
Leaf Water Repellency Readings Shift With Season and Setting, Study Finds
A study of thirty evergreen species shows that leaf water repellency measurements shift significantly between field and laboratory settings and ...
Rice seedlings reveal a 24-hour anatomical switch that controls oxygen leakage into flooded soils
High-resolution oxygen imaging shows that rice seedling roots switch from leaking oxygen to sealing it within 24 hours of emergence, ...
Heat-Hardened Lima Beans Survive by Sacrificing Their Seeds
A new study of lima bean genotypes in Northeast Brazil reveals that plants survive extreme heat by diverting resources from ...
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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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