The rain delays, sorghum withers; when a storm finally breaks, complaints rise again. To break this cycle of uncertainty, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, INERA, and the University of Ghana conducted the first large-scale survey on agricultural climate services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, and Senegal. Published in Frontiers in Climate, the study analyzes the expectations of 1,212 farmers and charts a credible path to turn weather reports into a profitable investment. 

Between 2nd  and 10th September around 40 stakeholders involved in protecting and restoring peatlands and wetlands in Germany, the Netherlands and Finland joined a series of online workshops to develop impact plans that aim to influence policies and markets in each country, to scale up the restoration of degraded peatlands. 

A comprehensive study of 238 high-oil peanut varieties in China reveals key insights into their agronomic traits, disease resistance, and genetic diversity. While these varieties show promising oil content (up to 61%), they face challenges such as a trade-off between oil and protein content and limited high-level disease resistance. The findings provide a foundation for future breeding strategies to enhance yield, quality, and resilience.

The AP2/ERF transcription factor SHAT2 positively regulates seed shattering and quality. SHAT2 mutation affects the expression of seed-shattering and quality-related genes. SHAT2 regulates the expression of seed development-related genes through interaction with the GCC-box.

As electric vehicles surge onto our roads and portable devices dominate our daily lives, lithium-ion batteries have become the invisible powerhouses of modern technology. Yet beneath their sleek exteriors lies a critical vulnerability: manufacturing defects that can transform these energy storage marvels into potential safety hazards. A recently published review sheds light on this pressing issue, revealing how tiny metal particles, especially copper contaminants, can trigger catastrophic battery failures.

Picture this: a self-driving car smoothly navigating treacherous mountain roads with consecutive hairpin turns – a scenario that would challenge even the most experienced human drivers. This vision is now closer to reality, thanks to groundbreaking research that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to tackle one of autonomous driving's most formidable challenges.