“Have you ever wondered about life on a leaf?” A researcher asks a simple question, but it’s one well worth investigation. The aboveground part of plants where microbes reside, or the phyllosphere, represents the largest environmental surface area on the…
Isabel21/04/2023
Study used video games to test ways of balancing agriculture and conservation—and found getting more women involved in decision-making may boost productivity and the planet’s health. When a family of five-ton elephants stomps and chomps its way through your crops, there’s…
Isabel20/04/2023
Understanding the role of a key protein in plant immunity could inform the development of crops that are resistant to multiple pathogens. Up to 30 per cent of crop yields worldwide each year are lost to pathogenic infection. Understanding how…
Isabel19/04/2023
Researchers have identified specific proteins and amino acids that could control bioenergy plants’ ability to identify beneficial microbes that can enhance plant growth and storage of carbon in soils.
Isabel18/04/2023