Silicon and Calcium Team Up to Shield Wheat From Salt Stress
New research shows that the ratio of silicon to calcium, not their absolute doses, determines how effectively wheat resists sodium ...
Tag: plant physiology
Protein Clues Reveal How Lentils Survive Drought, Salt and Alkaline Soils
The first proteomic study of lentil seedling responses identifies 707 stress-responsive proteins and a shared antioxidant core that separates tolerant ...
Two Famous Lab Strains of Arabidopsis React Alike to Heat, Metabolomics Study Finds
A new untargeted metabolomics study shows that the widely used Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Col-0 and Col-4 share broadly similar metabolic ...
Rising CO2 May Speed Potato Leaf Aging by Weakening Antioxidant Defenses
New research shows that elevated CO2 accelerates leaf senescence in potato by impairing the ascorbate-glutathione antioxidant cycle, while nitrogen supply ...
Hidden Fungal Allies Could Save the World’s Mangroves From Rising Salt
A new study shows that a combined inoculum of Glomus and Gigaspora mycorrhizal fungi significantly boosts growth, photosynthesis and antioxidant ...
Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Spray Helps Spinach Breathe Easy in Cadmium-Polluted Soil
A foliar spray of citrate-stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles boosted stomatal conductance by up to 113 percent and photosynthesis by 61 ...
Ancient Alga Keeps Beating Its Daily Rhythm Even When the Sun Never Sets
The charophyte alga Chara braunii shows circadian branchlet movements that persist under dim continuous light but are suppressed at higher ...
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 ...
Mistletoe quietly drains cocoa trees of key nutrients, Ghana study reveals
Research on Ghanaian cocoa farms shows the hemiparasitic mistletoe Tapinanthus bangwensis selectively depletes nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and copper in host ...
Roadside Leaves Reveal Which City Plants Can Survive Traffic Pollution
A study of eight roadside species in Luoyang, China, ranked their air pollution tolerance using leaf biochemistry and found all ...
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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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