Too Much Water, Too Soon: Why Overwatering Potatoes Can Kill Your Harvest
While irrigation is key to high potato yields, agronomists are warning that excessive watering—especially early in the growth cycle—can do ...
Tag: plant physiology
Revolutionizing Agriculture: The Power of Imaging Techniques in Maximizing Crop Health and Yield
This article explores the groundbreaking potential of imaging techniques in agriculture. By leveraging the latest advancements in imaging technology, farmers, ...
Identifying new genes may elevate efficiency of photosynthesis in crops, could boost yields
Awash in a rowed sea of its brethren, a corn leaf relegated to the lowest rung of its stem spends ...
New soil sensor may improve efficiency of crop fertilization
Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is ...
Providing help with integrated weed management
Pesticide use must be reduced. The EU has set a target to reduce pesticide use by 50% by 2030. Therefore, ...
Plant and microbe matchmaking for better bioenergy crops
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have identified specific proteins and amino acids that could control bioenergy plants' ability to identify ...
A nifty trick to help plants thrive in iron-poor soils
After almost a decade of effort, scientists at RIKEN have determined the structure of a key transporter protein that helps ...
Scientists identify 100 important questions facing plant science
An international panel of scientists have identified 100 of the most important questions facing plant science. The international initiative has ...
Blocking gene that inhibits root growth may enhance drought resistance in crops
A strong root system allows crops to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, but scientists have little information about ...
‘Noah’s Ark for plants’ hits major milestone: 40,000 plant species now banked at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank
A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its ...
The dual face of photoreceptors during seed germination
Seed germination depends on light in many plants. But not always: Aethionema arabicum, a plant adapted to challenging environmental conditions, ...
Eyes in the sky: Using drones to assess the severity of crop diseases
Rice is one of the most important crops in the world and constitutes the primary food source for over half ...
How jasmonate signaling is enhanced under phosphorous-deficient conditions in plant physiology
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient essential for various biological processes in plants. Inorganic phosphate (Pi) deficiency modulates the signaling pathway ...
Scientists uncover phosphorylation-driven auxin signaling pathway for seed size regulation
In a study published in Cell Reports, Prof. Song Xianjun's group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of ...
Giving plants animal antibodies to help them ward off diseases
A team of biotechnology researchers working at the University of East Anglia has developed a new way to increase disease ...
An internal thermometer tells seeds when to germinate, researchers find
Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant, as it will leave the stage of seed resistant ...
Nitrogen addition affects trait divergence of plant community assembly
It is well known that nitrogen (N) deposition can affect plant community assembly in the temperate desert steppe, thus resulting ...
Detecting the impact of drought on plants with user-friendly and inexpensive techniques
Climate change is aggravating the impact of droughts on all plant ecosystems worldwide. Although new tools have been developed to ...
Iron treatment boosts plant immune system
Rice (Oryza sativa L) is the world's most widely used cereal for human consumption and the second most produced in ...
Scientists exploit genetic mutation to accelerate plant breeding process
Iowa State University researchers may have solved a long-standing challenge associated with accelerated development of pure genetic lines. Use of ...
Two proteins join forces to make flowers
What mechanisms are behind the formation of flowers? To answer this question a 25-year-old enigma has just been solved: the ...
Plant diversity may never fully recover from agriculture without a helping hand
Agriculture is considered a major disturbance for ecological systems—the recovery of degraded or formally used agricultural land might take a ...
Phosphorus shortage could affect worldwide crop yields
While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon ...
Documenting plant organ development
In living organisms, development is a combination of multiple coordinated processes that interact in time and space over the course ...
Researchers elucidate structure of enigmatic chloroplast protein transport machinery
Chloroplasts of algae and plants are the cellular engines that convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. These organelles, ...
