Agriculture
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Uncovering the secrets of maize roots: High-throughput phenotyping reveals genetic drivers of growth
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team pioneers an automated, high-throughput pipeline using open-source tools to quantify over 50 root traits in diverse maize genotypes, enabling researchers to investigate how genetics, hormones, and developmental stages influence root growth.
- Journal
- Plant Phenomics
New study unlocks molecular defense against devastating potato pathogen
American Phytopathological SocietyPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
- Funder
- Northwest Potato Consortium, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Can certain fungi boost the micronutrient content of bread wheat?
WileyPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Plants People Planet
Sustainability Accelerator selects 41 new projects with potential for rapid scale-up
Stanford UniversityGrant and Award Announcement
320 million trees are killed by lightning each year — Considerable biomass loss
Technical University of Munich (TUM)Peer-Reviewed Publication
Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed new model calculations that, for the first time, estimate the global influence of lightning on forest ecosystems. According to their findings, an estimated 320 million trees die each year due to lightning strikes. Tree losses caused by direct lightning-ignited wildfires are not included in these figures. In the future, lightning-induced tree mortality could rise due to an increase in flash frequency.
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- Global Change Biology
- Funder
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Holobiont Revolution: How wheat is becoming more climate-resilient through nature-based plant breeding and machine learning
University of ViennaPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Trends in Plant Science