Over three billion people currently suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, despite apparent caloric sufficiency in food production. This phenomenon, commonly termed "hidden hunger", is attributed to ...

In the fight against a devastating kiwifruit disease, scientists have discovered that the plant’s own microbiome may be its ...

Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a sub-set of horticulture, which is a method of growing plants usually crops ...

Malda: Researchers at Bengal's Raiganj University have discovered a new species of soil bacteria that exhibits strong antimicrobial properties and sig.

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

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In this study, we specifically examined nitrogen dynamics using specialized instrumentation distributed across a 16 m weathered bedrock vadose zone (WBVZ) underlying an old growth forest in northern ...

ABSTRACT: The rhizosphere microbiome, often termed the plant’s “second genome”, plays a pivotal role in regulating plant health and disease resistance. This study integrated metagenomic sequencing and ...

Resurrection plants have evolved this essential skill by replacing disappearing water with sugars such as sucrose, turning the inside of their cells into a viscous, glass-like substance that slows ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...

In an article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) in Brazil ...

Besides, stressful environments exert impacts on root activities and belowground carbon input through influencing plant physiology, root exudation and rhizosphere microbial activities, thereby ...