Sapindales

What science is finding about Sapindales

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Latest finding

Sugar maple spotting slows as Canada's fall color fades

Sugar maple sightings on iNaturalist dropped from 162 to 124 observations in Canada this week, likely reflecting the tail end of fall foliage season as leaves finish dropping.

Sugar Maple

Jumping DNA bits help some citrus trees grab scarce iron

If you've ever watched a citrus tree in alkaline or limey soil go yellow between the leaf veins, this research points to the...

Citrus wilsonii crispr / crop-improvement

Sugar maple sightings surge as fall color peaks across Canada

If the maple on your street is turning brilliant red or orange right now, you're seeing exactly what thousands of other...

Sugar Maple phenology / native-plants

Native shrub self-seeds on UCLA campus, observer hopes it stays

A self-seeded native shrub popping up on a mowed campus lawn is a small sign that local ecosystems can reclaim ground on their...

Laurel sumac native-plants / urban-ecology

Cameroonian tree bark slows breast cancer cells in lab tests

A community's generations-old plant knowledge just got lab-backed proof, showing how ethnobotany surveys can point scientists...

Ekebergia capensis ethnobotany / medicinal-plants

Pollen source alone can make tangerines sweeter

If you grow citrus in a mixed orchard or even a backyard with a couple of different trees nearby, this is a reminder that...

Tangerine crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Native California shrub spotted thriving in a San Diego city park

If you walk through a city park in Southern California and spot a leathery, taco-folded leaf shrub, you're likely looking at...

Laurel sumac native-plants / urban-ecology

Indonesian village turns mango waste into compost, income, and cleaner farming

The mango peels and fruit scraps you toss can become a homemade soil activator and compost, the same trick this village used...

Mango composting / soil-health

Neem, mustard, and black pepper extracts kill beetles that ruin stored cowpeas

If you grow and save your own cowpeas, black-eyed peas, or other dried beans, kitchen-cabinet and garden plants like black...

Neem seed-saving / natural-pest-control

Chinaberry tree confirmed growing wild along a San Antonio roadside

The Chinaberry with clusters of yellow berries and lilac spring flowers may look like a handsome shade tree, but its fruit is...

Chinaberry invasive-species / urban-ecology

Mango fruit bacterium carries a toolkit of disease-fighting and growth-boosting genes

Fungal and bacterial diseases wreck mango and rice harvests, and a friendly microbe that fends them off could someday replace...

Mango soil-health / crop-improvement

Verified poison oak sighting logged in LA County trails

If you hike or garden near chaparral and oak woodlands in Southern California, knowing exactly where this itch-inducing native...

Pacific poison oak native-plants / urban-ecology

Native fragrant sumac spotted thriving at Ohio hospital helipad

Fragrant sumac is a tough, deer-resistant native shrub that gardeners can plant along foundations or slopes for fall color and...

fragrant sumac native-plants / urban-ecology

Salty water changes which fallen leaves feed stream life

If you live near a coastal creek or tidal stream, the trees you plant along its banks, whether red maple or salt-tolerant...

Red Maple climate-adaptation / native-plants

Traditional abortion plants persist among Mexican migrant communities today

The scraggly rue plant many gardeners grow for its blue-green foliage and pest-repelling smell carries a centuries-deep...

Rue ethnobotany / medicinal-plants

Poison oak confirmed along popular El Dorado Hills hiking trail

If you hike, bike, or let your dog off-leash on the Browns Ravine Trail, this sighting marks exactly where the oily,...

Pacific poison oak native-plants / urban-ecology

Timing pest sprays right could save citrus trees from deadly disease

If you grow a lemon, lime, or orange tree on your patio or in your yard, this tiny psyllid insect is the main reason citrus...

Orange invasive-species / crop-improvement

Neem and traditional herbs show promise against viper venom damage

The neem tree many gardeners already grow as a natural pesticide and skincare ingredient source turns out to contain azelaic...

Neem ethnobotany / medicinal-plants

Citrus oil boosts radiation's power against grain-eating pests

The dried beans, rice, or flour in your pantry are protected from bugs somewhere along the supply chain, and this research...

Bitter Orange crop-improvement / pest-management

Tropical shrub yields new compounds that kill cancer cells in lab

Plants like this one, related to citrus and used in traditional medicine across Southeast Asia, remind us that the unassuming...

Melicope pteleifolia medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

One fungicide beats litchi's worst fungal disease at every stage

If you grow lychee or know someone who does, downy blight can wipe out a harvest fast, and knowing which spray actually stops...

Lychee crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Neem and punarnava compounds may fight drug-resistant fungal infections

The neem tree grown as a hedge or shade plant across the tropics, and the sprawling punarnava weed many gardeners pull without...

Neem medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Backyard tree watchers reveal how climate shifts flowering timing

If you grow mango, jackfruit, or tamarind, or just track when the neighborhood fruit trees bloom, this study confirms that...

Mango phenology / climate-adaptation

Tree seed oil could make fertilizer greener and last longer

If you've ever wondered why lawn fertilizer needs reapplying so often or worried about runoff feeding algae in a nearby pond,...

Neem soil-health / crop-improvement

Soil fungi help citrus roots flush out stress chemicals during drought

If you grow citrus in pots or a backyard orchard, this points to why healthy soil biology, not just watering schedules, can be...

Trifoliate orange mycorrhizal-networks / climate-adaptation

Two wild plants show promise fighting crop-damaging fungus

The scraggly rue growing along field edges and hedgerows might hold a natural alternative to synthetic fungicides for...

Fringed rue medicinal-plants / crop-improvement

Local soil fungi help shea tree seedlings survive grafting better

Shea trees anchor food and income across West African farms through shea butter, but they're notoriously slow and unreliable...

Marula mycorrhizal-networks / soil-health

Poison oak confirmed growing along a popular Bay Area hiking trail

Knowing exactly where poison oak grows along a trail you hike lets you spot its shiny three-leaf clusters before your ankles...

Pacific poison oak native-plants / urban-ecology

Trimming and treating cashew trees together beats disease and lifts yield

If you grow fruit or nut trees, this shows how a simple combo of cutting back dead branches and timely fungicide can stop a...

Cashew pruning / crop-improvement

Warmer springs make some trees end their growing season sooner

If you've noticed the maples or lindens on your street coloring up earlier some years, this research suggests the culprit may...

Norway Maple phenology / climate-adaptation

Bangladesh could grow fruit year-round with better storage and varieties

If you've ever wondered why mangoes flood the market for one month and vanish for the rest of the year, this review lays out...

Mango crop-improvement / climate-adaptation

Turning off one gene makes citrus roots handle salt better

If you grow citrus in a container or a yard near the coast where irrigation water or soil can turn salty over time, this...

Trifoliate orange crispr / crop-improvement

Laser-punched plastic wrap keeps lychees fresh longer without cold storage

That bin of lychees at the market often browns and dries out within days of leaving the tree, and this packaging trick could...

Lychee food-forest / climate-adaptation

Fruit peel waste becomes a water-saving gel for dry gardens

If you garden in a hot, dry climate, a compostable gel made from kitchen scraps could hold water in your soil for nearly two...

Orange soil-health / climate-adaptation

This scrappy shrub's folk remedies hold up in the lab

If you've ever spotted a tough, sticky-leaved shrub thriving in poor soil along a roadside or dry hillside, there's a decent...

Dodonaea viscosa medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Common weedy shrub packs a surprising medicine cabinet of compounds

If you've spotted a scrubby, sticky-leaved shrub along a dry roadside or hillside, you may be looking at a plant traditional...

Dodonaea viscosa medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Seaweed and humic acid boost neem trees grown on wastewater

If you've ever wondered whether treated wastewater could safely grow trees instead of going to waste, this study shows a...

Neem phytoremediation / climate-adaptation

Some city trees quietly soak up heavy metal pollution from soil

That scraggly street tree outside your window might be doing double duty as a pollution gauge, since certain species pull far...

Lychee phytoremediation / urban-ecology

Common medicinal plants show strong antimicrobial action against skin pathogens

Plants like neem growing in your yard or neighborhood have been fighting skin infections for centuries, and this research...

Neem medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Common medicinal plants show strong antimicrobial power against skin pathogens

Neem, a tree you may know as a garden pest repellent, turns out to be one of three traditional-medicine plants with real,...

Neem medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

South African knobwood yields cancer-killing compound that converts during lab processing

Native prickly ash, planted by eastern gardeners for zebra swallowtail caterpillar habitat, belongs to the same genus as this...

Small Knobwood medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Western poison ivy confirmed in Emily through community observation

Poison ivy grows along trails, woodland edges, and park borders you may already walk through, and knowing it's actively...

Western poison ivy citizen-science / native-plants

Shade limits understory trees far more than weather does

Shade-tolerant trees you plant beneath a canopy, like hornbeam or field maple, won't respond to a warm spell the way...

Field Maple forest-ecology / phenology

Forest soil chemistry, not nitrogen pollution, drives toxic compound buildup

The forest floor beneath sugar maples, firs, and spruces acts as the primary filter catching airborne toxic compounds before...

Sugar Maple soil-health / phytoremediation

The right pollen donor turns a self-incompatible citrus into a reliable fruiter

Growers of specialty citrus struggling with heavy fruit drop now have a named pollen donor that more than quintuples fruit...

Pomelo crop-improvement / pollination

Quick field tests can now catch hidden viruses in mango trees

Mango trees spread viruses invisibly through grafting, meaning a single infected rootstock or scion can quietly seed disease...

Mango crop-improvement / plant-disease-diagnostics

Antibiotic trunk injections save citrus trees but quietly harm soil nutrient microbes

Citrus groves across Florida and California are being treated with antibiotic trunk injections to fight an incurable disease,...

Orange soil-health / crop-improvement

Beneficial microbes on citrus skin can outcompete green mold in storage

Every orange, lemon, and mandarin sitting in storage or on a store shelf is quietly vulnerable to a mold that destroys more...

Orange postharvest-disease / biocontrol

Temporal dynamics of nutrient elements in biochar and biochar-amended soils over three years: a comparative micro-XRF and SEM-EDX study.

If you've ever added charcoal or biochar to your garden beds hoping for a quick nutrient boost, this research reveals the soil...

Longan soil-health / composting

Nano-enabled RNAi strategies for sustainable citrus protection against viral pathogens.

The lemon or orange tree in your yard is vulnerable to viruses spread by aphids and mites that slowly drain its vigor over...

Orange plant-disease / crop-improvement

Ethnopharmacological Landscape of Azadirachta indica (Neem): Phytochemical Diversity Bridging Traditional Heritage and Modern Medicine.

Neem trees planted in tropical gardens worldwide have been used as living pharmacies for centuries, and this review is the...

Neem medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

CITRUS DISEASES: ETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

If you grow citrus in a pot on your patio or have a lemon tree in the backyard, knowing what a bacterial canker lesion or a...

Orange crop-improvement / food-forest

CITRUS DISEASES: ETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

If you grow citrus in a pot on your patio or tend a backyard mandarin, knowing how to spot early disease signs — and which...

Orange crop-improvement / integrated-pest-management

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 697 observations this week

Knowing what poison ivy looks like right now — shiny, three-leafed, and often climbing fences or trail edges — can save you a...

Eastern Poison Ivy citizen-science / native-plants

Utilization of non-chemical pest control practices among agro-pastoralist farmers in Gambella region, Ethiopia.

Ash scattered around garden beds, crop rotation, neem spray, and chili deterrents — techniques your grandparents may have used...

Neem ethnobotany / permaculture

Endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial consortia from Peganum harmala alleviate lead phytotoxicity and enhance durum wheat growth in heavy metal-contaminated soils.

Contaminated soil near old industrial sites, roads, or dumped waste can quietly pass lead into food crops — but coating wheat...

Wild rue phytoremediation / soil-health

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 843 observations this week

Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along the trail edges, fence lines, and woodland borders where you're most likely...

Eastern Poison Ivy citizen-science / phenology

Orange peel soil amendments affect Brassica rapa growth and aphid development without disrupting parasitoid foraging behaviour.

Scattering dried orange peel into your vegetable bed might slow down aphid outbreaks without harming the wasps that naturally...

Orange soil-health / integrated-pest-management

Rhizosphere microbiome influences fruit quality in citrus.

If you grow citrus in containers or garden beds, the invisible community of bacteria clinging to your tree's roots may be...

Satsuma mandarin soil-health / crop-improvement

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis establishes a 14-3-3-centric regulatory hub for integrative drought adaptation in trifoliate orange.

Inoculating citrus rootstocks with a common soil fungus before summer drought could reduce irrigation needs in backyard...

Trifoliate orange mycorrhizal-networks / climate-adaptation

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 899 observations this week

Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along trail edges, fence lines, and woodland borders — knowing its three-leaflet...

Eastern Poison Ivy phenology / native-plants

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 923 observations this week

Poison ivy is hitting peak urushiol potency right now — the same week crowds are heading onto trails — and being able to...

Eastern Poison Ivy phenology / urban-ecology

Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) observed in The Hammocks, FL, USA

Tuckeroo has established itself in South Florida natural areas like The Hammocks, where it can outcompete native vegetation...

Tuckeroo invasive-species / urban-ecology

box elder (Acer negundo) observed in Western Ave, Green Bay, WI, US

Box elder is one of the few native trees that colonizes disturbed urban edges and floodplains where almost nothing else will...

Box Elder urban-ecology / native-plants

Carbohydrate reserve partitioning and reproductive decline following defoliation induced carbon source limitation in mango (Mangifera indica).

Every time you prune a mango hard or a storm strips its canopy at the wrong moment, the tree may sacrifice next year's...

Mango fruit-tree-management / pruning

Phosphoric acid-activated biochars from orange and potato peels as adsorption barriers to prevent picloram and imidacloprid leaching in contaminated soils.

If your vegetable beds or orchard sit near farm fields treated with weed killers or insecticides, amending your soil with...

Orange soil-health / phytoremediation

Rock-phosphate-enriched hydrochars derived from organic wastes: a sustainable amendment for multi-metal contaminated soil.

Compost made from kitchen scraps can do more than feed your garden — engineered versions of it may one day let you grow safe...

Mango phytoremediation / soil-health

The Dual-Function of CtrNAC019-CtrNPF2.1 Module in Salt Tolerance and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Via Enhancing Vacuolar Chloride Sequestration and Nitrate Efflux in Citrus trifoliata.

Citrus growers in coastal or irrigated regions are already battling soils creeping toward salt damage — this gene module could...

Trifoliate orange crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Ethnoveterinary practices and traditional medicinal plant use in North Wollo, Ethiopia.

Garlic and ashwagandha — plants you might already grow — are cornerstones of a centuries-old veterinary tradition that modern...

Rue ethnobotany / medicinal-plants

Plants and Plant-Derived Compounds Mediate Protection Across Diverse Pathological Conditions by Targeting the PANoptosis Pathways.

The sulforaphane in your garden broccoli and kale is now showing up in lab studies as a molecular brake on the exact runaway...

Orange medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals the class II diterpene cyclases in Dodonaea viscosa.

Hopbush, a tough drought-tolerant shrub grown in gardens worldwide as a hedge or ornamental, has been a folk remedy across...

Dodonaea viscosa medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 1019 observations this week

Knowing what poison ivy looks like in its current spring growth form — before leaves fully unfurl and the classic...

Eastern Poison Ivy citizen-science / invasive-species

Boosting salinity resilience and silymarin production in Silybum marianum: a sustainable strategy using mango-residue biochar and foliar α-tocopherol.

Charcoal made from fruit-processing scraps — the kind piling up behind juice factories — can rehabilitate salt-poisoned...

Mango soil-health / medicinal-plants

Deep convolutional models for robust multi-crop disease recognition in real-world conditions.

If you grow tomatoes, potatoes, or grapes in your backyard and something starts going wrong with the leaves, a tool like this...

Mango crop-improvement / ai-plant-diagnosis

Bacterial DNA map could help stop citrus and cotton disease

The citrus canker scarring orange peels at the grocery store and the cotton fiber in your t-shirt both trace back to strains...

Mango crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 941 observations this week

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, favorite hiking trail, or neighborhood park right now —...

Eastern Poison Ivy invasive-species / urban-ecology

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 2593 observations this week

Poison ivy is actively spreading into backyards, trail edges, and parks right now — knowing what it looks like at this stage...

Eastern Poison Ivy invasive-species / urban-ecology

Neohesperidin from Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Exerts Antidepressant-Like Effects and Modulates Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in a Chronic Stress Model.

Citrus peels you might normally toss in the compost bin contain a compound that scientists are actively studying as a natural...

Bitter Orange plant-medicine / phytochemicals

Evolutionary and Structural Insights into Proline Metabolism Genes Associated with Salt Resilience in Mango.

Mangoes grown in coastal regions or on farms irrigated with brackish water are increasingly threatened by soil salinity —...

Mango climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Keystone taxa of phyllosphere microbiome confer resistance to citrus bacterial canker in pomelo via multiple mechanisms.

The citrus trees at your local farmers market or in your backyard could one day be protected from devastating canker disease...

Pomelo microbiome / biocontrol

Effect of Acer species (red and Freeman maple) and horse characteristics, management, and location on the in vitro oxidation of equine erythrocytes.

Freeman maples are planted in millions of suburban yards and parks as ornamental shade trees, and if one overhangs a paddock...

Red Maple plant-toxicology / equine-health

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 1515 observations this week

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, local trails, or park — and right now it's at peak...

Eastern Poison Ivy phenology / invasive-species

Indian mango (Mangifera indica) observed in Sixth Ave, Honolulu, HI, US

Tracking where mango trees grow in cities like Honolulu helps gardeners and communities understand which tropical fruit trees...

Mango urban-ecology / tropical-fruit-trees

eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) observed in Hilham

Knowing where poison ivy is actively growing helps hikers, gardeners, and parents identify risk areas in their local landscape...

Eastern Poison Ivy urban-ecology / invasive-species

Nutrient management modulates lignin accumulation in pomelo fruits: insights from metabolic pathways of guaiacyl lignin and p-hydroxyphenyl lignin.

If you grow citrus or buy pomelos at the market, the amount of fertilizer used on the soil directly determines whether that...

Pomelo crop-improvement / soil-health

Fighting citrus Huanglongbing with evolutionary principles.

Huanglongbing has already wiped out millions of orange and lemon trees worldwide, threatening the citrus fruit in your grocery...

Orange crop-improvement / biocontrol

box elder (Acer negundo) observed in Bentonville, AR, USA

Citizen science observations like this help track where box elder is spreading or persisting in urban and suburban landscapes,...

Box Elder urban-ecology / phenology

bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) observed in Victoria, BC V8N 6N5, Canada

Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists monitor where native trees like bigleaf maple are thriving, shifting,...

bigleaf maple urban-ecology / phenology

Pacific poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) observed in E 8th St & Kern, Chico, CA 95928, USA

Pacific poison oak grows in parks, trails, and neighborhood edges — knowing exactly where it's been confirmed helps you avoid...

Pacific poison oak urban-ecology / phenology

Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) observed in San Antonio, TX 78217, USA

Chinaberry is a toxic invasive tree that can spread into your yard or local park, crowding out native plants and posing a...

Chinaberry invasive-species / urban-ecology