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Spinacia

Called “Spinach” in GBIF

Spinacia is a flowering plant genus in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. The most common member is spinach.

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3
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
15
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Research on Spinacia

15 articles
PubMed → · research article

Too much recycled trash compost makes spinach absorb more toxic metals

If you compost kitchen scraps or use municipal compost on a backyard spinach bed, this is a remin...

PubMed → · research article

Organic and conventional spinach farms host similar soil worm diversity

The tiny worms living in your garden soil, invisible but abundant, are a report card on soil heal...

Flower pigment extracts boost veggie yields, skip wheat entirely

If you grow coriander, spinach, or peppers in your own beds, a spray made from flavonoid-rich pla...

What science is finding about Spinacia

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.

Spinach chloroplasts hide separate stress-chemical pockets in each inner layer

Every leaf in your garden is quietly managing chemical stress damage behind the scenes, and knowing exactly where plants store...

Spinach plant-signaling / crop-improvement

Flower pigment extracts boost veggie yields, skip wheat entirely

If you grow coriander, spinach, or peppers in your own beds, a spray made from flavonoid-rich plant extracts could mean a...

Spinach crop-improvement / climate-adaptation

Organic and conventional spinach farms host similar soil worm diversity

The tiny worms living in your garden soil, invisible but abundant, are a report card on soil health, and this study shows that...

Spinach soil-health / crop-improvement

Desert crust microbes help lettuce and spinach survive space-like stress

The crunchy black crust you might scrape off desert soil and ignore is packed with microbes tough enough to help your...

Spinach soil-health / crop-improvement

Solar panels over veggie crops could triple rural income

If you've ever wondered whether solar panels and food crops have to compete for the same land, this study shows a...

Spinach climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Vegetable scraps turned into charcoal supercharge lettuce growth

If you compost kitchen scraps or garden waste, this shows that gently 'cooking' plant leftovers in water under pressure...

Spinach soil-health / composting

Turnip and spinach roots can clean bacteria from spring water

If you grow turnips or spinach, their roots aren't just food, they're pulling double duty as natural water filters that could...

Spinach phytoremediation / soil-health

AI tool counts and outlines overlapping leafy vegetables on affordable hardware

Farmers and home growers using smart cameras or apps could soon get automated, accurate counts and size estimates for their...

Spinach crop-improvement / precision-agriculture

Garden spinach compound reduces brain inflammation and aids recovery after injury

Spinach, broccoli, and other leafy greens you grow contain alpha-lipoic acid, and this research adds to a growing body of...

Spinach medicinal-plants / plant-signaling

Co-application of biochar and cow manure enhances growth, yield and soil chemical properties under spinach production.

Mixing charred wood scraps with aged manure before planting could transform your garden's exhausted beds into high-yielding...

Spinach soil-health / composting

Gibberellic acid modulates drought stress signaling, antioxidant defense, and ionic homeostasis in spinach.

Growing spinach through a dry summer stretch just got a little more hopeful — a naturally occurring plant hormone can act as a...

Spinach drought-tolerance / plant-signaling

Layers to leaves: A suite of modular 3D printed hydroponics components for research and education.

Growing your own leafy greens at home or in a classroom just got cheaper and more flexible — these printable tower parts let...

Spinach hydroponics / open-source-tools

Dissecting the ROS signalling component of salinity tolerance: tissue-specific K+/Na+ homeostasis in quinoa and spinach roots.

Quinoa's secret to surviving salty soils could soon be engineered into the vegetables in your garden, helping them survive as...

Spinach salt-tolerance / crop-improvement

Biochar: Acinetobacter driven rhizoremediation of arsenic contaminated soil.

Arsenic naturally contaminates soils in many regions and can silently enter leafy vegetables like spinach that people eat...

Spinach phytoremediation / soil-health