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Jul 31

Rice growth on lunar regolith simulant with N₂O₅ dissolved water. Compared with the water-only control, plants treated with the N₂O₅ solution exhibited markedly enhanced growth three months after sowing. Furthermore, heading was observed four months after sowing, indicating that the N₂O₅ solution is effective as a nitrogen fertilizer. ©Toshiro Kaneko

Rice Grown on the Moon?

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Securing sustainable food supplies is a key challenge for long-term human exploration and potential habitation of the Moon. The Moon's soil contains no organic material, and essential plant nitrogen sources like ammonia and nitrate are virtually nonexistent.

Jan 16

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Image credit: The research team has subjected the leaves near the fruit to the technique of near and mid-infrared spectroscopy. Credit: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

A new technique predicts the ripeness of fruit by analysing leaves

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

A new method analyses the biochemical changes in the leaves closest to the fruit without damaging it.

Nov 19

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Image: wheat spikes. Credit: Hans / Pixabay

Clocking into the internal rhythm of wheat plants

By Isabel Agriculture, Climate change, News, Plant Science

Circadian clocks of wheat can provide a window into the plant's nutrient content and life cycle, finds new research that could improve agricultural production and crop resilience in a changing climate.

Aug 19

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A new pathway helps clean up toxic chemicals from plant cells

By Isabel Agriculture, Climate change, News, Plant Science

A newly discovered pathway in a plant process could help farmers grow more successful crops, particularly in places where harsh, high light stresses plants.

Aug 04

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Native habitats hold the key to avocado’s future

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce, doubling their plant menu and boosting their resilience. Using cutting-edge eDNA metabarcoding, Curtin scientists revealed how this botanical diversity underpins pollination,…

Jun 25

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Image: Corn growing in the Irene Rose Sohn Zegar Memorial Greenhouse on the top floor of NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology. Credit: Tracey Friedman/NYU

Artificial Intelligence and Genetics Can Help Farmers Grow Corn with Less Fertilizer

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and minimize the cost of nitrogen fertilizers.

May 20

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Image credit: A gas analyzer measures carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide from fields. Credit: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Long-term study maps greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils

By Isabel Agriculture, News

A study measured greenhouse gas emissions from farm soils over multiple years, revealing nitrous oxide is highly unpredictable, unlike carbon dioxide. This large, detailed dataset helps improve climate models and guide farming practices to reduce emissions, especially from cornfields under…

Apr 17

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Image: The chocolate tree age. Credit: Daniel Tineo, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Mapping maternal lineages of fine aroma cocoa through chloroplast DNA

By Isabel Agriculture, News

A genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru revealed genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within Theobroma cacao. The study identified 3 distinct genetic groups and estimated divergence times, suggesting that fine aroma cocoa diversified during the Pleistocene. The…

Mar 25

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New study highlights ways to future-proof cocoa production

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

A study reveals that sustainable agricultural practices can future-proof cocoa production. By enhancing pollination and mitigating climate risks, cocoa yields can increase without expanding plantations, supporting millions of farmers and the USD 100 billion chocolate industry while safeguarding biodiversity.

Mar 03

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Image: The experimental area in Fülöpháza, Central Hungary. Chronic precipitation treatments (along with decreasing aridity: severe drought, moderate drought, control and water addition) simulates changes in precipitation that have occurred several times historically. The image shows severe drought management, which excludes all rainfall from late June to late August. Prior to chronic treatments, half of the plots were exposed to an extreme treatment which simulated a drought unprecedented since the beginning of regional measurements. Credit: HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research

How reduced rainfall threatens plant diversity

By Isabel Agriculture, News

A new study highlights how increasing aridity reduces plant species richness in drylands, with extreme droughts amplifying this effect. Using a seven-year experiment, researchers found that while rainfall boosts diversity, dominant species can obscure this relationship. These insights improve biodiversity…

Agriculture

Rice Grown on the Moon?

A new technique predicts the ripeness of fruit by analysing leaves

Clocking into the internal rhythm of wheat plants

A new pathway helps clean up toxic chemicals from plant cells

Native habitats hold the key to avocado’s future

Artificial Intelligence and Genetics Can Help Farmers Grow Corn with Less Fertilizer

Long-term study maps greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils

Mapping maternal lineages of fine aroma cocoa through chloroplast DNA

New study highlights ways to future-proof cocoa production

How reduced rainfall threatens plant diversity

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