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Newswise — Polyploid crops like potato, wheat, and blueberry are essential to agriculture, yet their genetics remain notoriously…

Newswise — Acidic soils, which account for nearly 40% of global arable land, release soluble aluminum ions that…

Newswise — Camelina sativa, also known as false-flax, is gaining attention as a biofuel crop due to its…

Newswise — Woody bamboos are valued worldwide as fast-growing, renewable resources with ecological and economic importance. However, they…

Newswise — The emergence of new genes is a central driver of evolutionary innovation. While mechanisms such as…

Newswise — Ornamental trees such as Chionanthus retusus enrich landscapes worldwide, valued for their abundant spring blossoms and…

By reconstructing 366 sorghum plants from calibrated images, the team showed that automated measurements achieved near-human repeatability and…

This approach not only offers a faster and more accurate way to measure plant traits in the field…

Binary black hole merger near a supermassive black hole. Credit: SHAO GW190814’s gravitational waves suggest a hidden supermassive…

China launched the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno), the world’s largest detector for elusive “ghost particles” called neutrinos,…

By capturing multiple height quantiles rather than a single average, the approach reveals subtle variations within crop plots,…

South China’s Guangdong province has announced its ambition to join the country’s commercial space sector race, promising financial…

Affordable Sequencing Method Deciphers Polyploid Crops