Long-Term Study Shows Soil Imbalances Can Weaken Crop Defenses
Nearly all plants form close partnerships with mycorrhizal fungi, a symbiosis that is crucial for taking up essential…
Study Links eccDNA to Rapid Plant Stress Resistance
Scientists at Rothamsted and Clemson University have, for the first time, consolidated a rapidly growing yet fragmented body…
AI Offers ‘Roadmap’ to Plant Genetics
As global temperatures climb, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) are striving to develop crops that are…
Crop-killing Pathogen Found to Disable Plants’ Alarm System
Scientists at The James Hutton Institute, working with partners from the University of York and the Université Libre…
Ancient Wheat Compound Offers Natural Protection Against Aphids
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have identified a natural defence mechanism in ancestral einkorn wheat that could lead to…
Key Wheat Genes That Control Plant Height and Grain Size Identified
Rothamsted scientists have revealed how a group of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant’s growth and grain formation…