SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

A strong root system allows crops to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, but scientists have little information about...

A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its...

Seed germination depends on light in many plants. But not always: Aethionema arabicum, a plant adapted to challenging environmental conditions,...

A team of biotechnology researchers working at the University of East Anglia has developed a new way to increase disease...

Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant, as it will leave the stage of seed resistant...

It is well known that nitrogen (N) deposition can affect plant community assembly in the temperate desert steppe, thus resulting...

The world has long begun a boom around organic products that must meet certain criteria, including being environmentally friendly. And...

Climate change is aggravating the impact of droughts on all plant ecosystems worldwide. Although new tools have been developed to...

Rice (Oryza sativa L) is the world's most widely used cereal for human consumption and the second most produced in...

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists in Canada have been studying late blight for many years to ensure that Canada...

Iowa State University researchers may have solved a long-standing challenge associated with accelerated development of pure genetic lines. Use of...

Potatoes have received a key health boost on the back of a major research project recently completed by staff at...

Agriculture is considered a major disturbance for ecological systems—the recovery of degraded or formally used agricultural land might take a...

While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon...

In living organisms, development is a combination of multiple coordinated processes that interact in time and space over the course...

Chloroplasts of algae and plants are the cellular engines that convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. These organelles,...

For thousands of years, crops have been shaped by domestication processes. Farmers cross-breed and select new varieties, adapted to constantly...

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How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from the...

A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models...

At a time when climate change is making many areas of the planet hotter and drier, it's sobering to think...

In the 21st century, "collaboration" has become a popular buzzword, but effectively working together across disciplines and countries is easier...

Legume plants do not depend on externally supplied nitrogen, because they can form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, called rhizobia. The...

Climate change is considered one of the most pressing problems of our time. In this context, soil plays a greater...

Non-vascular bryophytes live in colonies that cover the ground and resemble tiny forests. In a real forest, plants compete for...