Adding to the challenge is the fact that waterhemp can evolve resistance in at least two ways. In target-site resistance, a gene mutation changes the protein…
Marine shallow-water environments, where this research was performed, are highly productive systems organized into distinct habitats. There are sandy beaches…
Invisible to the naked eye, cyst nematodes are a major threat to agriculture, causing billions of dollars in global crop losses every year. A group of plant…
Most importantly, microorganisms are essential to understand the conversion of nitrate to ammonium. This process of the nitrogen cycle creates a soluble form…
These findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Botany, could help scientists further boost the yields of corn and Miscanthus, as well as other C4…
Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts?