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 ...
Tag: plant physiology
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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