Soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean. Soy is a staple crop, the world's most grown legume, and an important animal feed.
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Growing two crops together cuts pesticide use nearly in half
It shows that simply changing how crops are arranged in a field — something any gardener can do a...
Conserved and divergent gene regulatory networks for crop drought r...
Wheat, rice, and corn — the crops that make up most of your daily meals — could be engineered to ...
Creating artificial miR2118a/b to boost yield and broad-spectrum re...
It points toward soybeans (and potentially other crops) that need fewer pesticides and fungicides...
Genome editing generates high oleic soybean and eliminates beany flavors.
Soy-based foods like tofu, edamame, and soy milk could soon taste noticeably better and deliver h...
Interpretable multi-omics machine learning reveals drought-driven s...
Understanding exactly which soil microbes and plant compounds team up to fight drought could lead...
Harnessing diverse tRNAs and AI-guided mining for compact and effic...
It could accelerate the development of crops that resist drought, pests, and disease — meaning mo...
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Editing in FAD2 Gene to Enhance Oil Quality in...
Cooking oil in your pantry likely came from soybeans that require industrial processing to stay s...
Integrative translational genomics of the GA oxidase superfamily id...
Rising soil salinity from irrigation and climate change threatens the soybeans in your grocery st...
GmMYB84, a transcription factor, confers cadmium tolerance in soybe...
Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from industrial pollution and some phosphate fertilizers — silently...
GmRPS5 Promoter-Driven CRISPR/LbCas12a Efficiently Generates Soybea...
Soybeans in your grocery store—from tofu to soybean oil to animal feed—could soon be nutritionall...
Microbiome-metabolite signaling drives aluminum stress alleviation ...
The soybeans in your grocery store's tofu and edamame increasingly come from acidic soils where a...
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying cadmium (Cd) stress re...
Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from fertilizers, industrial runoff, and polluted soils — quietly a...
Development and Application of Prime Editors for the Induction of S...
Soybeans are in roughly 70% of processed foods you eat, and these new precision editing tools cou...
Sulfide-Infused FeS-Palygorskite Nanohybrid with Redox-Modulating P...
Iron-deficient alkaline soils cover vast stretches of farmland worldwide, and this discovery coul...
Legacy effects of cover cropping and crop phase on soybean health a...
The soybeans, corn, and edamame at your grocery store are increasingly threatened by soil pathoge...
Clay dust shields soybeans from pests and activates plant defenses
Dusting your vegetable garden with food-grade kaolin clay could do double duty: physically repell...
Editing one gene makes soybean plants produce far more seeds
Soybeans are one of the most widely grown crops on the planet, feeding livestock, people, and ind...
Prior film mulching alters cadmium dynamics at the soil-plant inter...
If your vegetables were grown in a field that previously used plastic mulch, the residual plastic...
Ethylene-driven enhancement of bioactive metabolites and in vitro f...
The sprouts and microgreens you grow on your windowsill or buy from an indoor farm could be made ...
Broad-Spectrum Disease Control and Enhanced Resilience in Wheat via...
Every loaf of bread you bake or buy depends on wheat surviving a gauntlet of fungal diseases that...
Bacterial Diversity and Functional Dynamics in the Soybean (Glycine...
The compost you choose for your vegetable bed isn't just feeding your plants — it's curating an e...
Gene-edited soybeans grow bigger seeds when planted close together
Soybeans planted in tight rows have historically produced smaller seeds, but this edit could let ...
The GmCYCLOPS paralogs regulate soybean nodulation and exhibit sign...
Every bag of soybean-based fertilizer or tofu you've ever touched exists partly because soybean r...
A GmWRKY20-GmbZIP9 transcriptional module synergistically activates...
Soybeans are in roughly 60% of processed foods — breeding drought-tougher varieties means more st...
A synthetic microbial community for soybean biofertilization design...
Soybeans grown with smarter microbial helpers could mean less synthetic fertilizer runoff reachin...
Pseudomonads associated to salt-stressed plants facilitate stress a...
Soybeans grown in fields edging toward salt-damaged soil—a creeping reality in many irrigated far...
Role of common arbuscular mycorrhizal networks in crop phosphorus u...
It points toward a way to grow more food with less synthetic fertilizer — meaning cheaper, more s...
A long-distance signaling loop promotes soybean nodulation and prod...
Soybeans and their bean-family cousins quietly fertilize themselves by hosting root bacteria — an...
Soybeans in shade recruit soil bacteria using sugar signals
If you've ever wondered why crops or garden plants crowded into shady spots underperform, this sh...
Soil bacteria networks help soybeans survive salty ground
Salty farmland is spreading worldwide from irrigation and drought, and this research points to so...
Biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles increase soybean resistance t...
Soybeans in your local fields and in virtually every processed food you eat are under growing thr...
Host transcriptional and microbiome metatranscriptomic changes in s...
The same fungus that gardeners and farmers already spray on pests to kill them can quietly take u...
Methylobacterium spp. and biological control of phytopathogenic Fus...
Fusarium mold silently rots seeds in your vegetable garden before they ever sprout, and these nat...
A promoter indel in GmSTOP1a drives soybean adaptation to low-phosp...
Soybeans grown in tropical gardens and smallholder farms across South America and Southeast Asia ...
Soybean varieties with air-bubble-resistant stems kept yields stead...
Soybeans bred for drought-resistant plumbing could keep yields stable through the dry summers tha...
Diversity recruits resilience via metabolite signaling.
The more diverse the soil life beneath your garden beds, the better your plants may weather a dry...
Long-Term Inorganic Nitrogen Fertilization Drives a Trade-Off in th...
Every time you skip synthetic fertilizer on your garden beans and let them fix their own nitrogen...
Soybean chemical helps plants seal up during drought stress
If you've watched tomatoes or beans wilt in a summer dry spell, this points to a natural plant co...
Diversity-triggered 2-naphthoic acid exudation recruits keystone mi...
Farmers growing soybeans through increasingly brutal summer droughts may one day treat seeds with...
Host-specific fluorescence dynamics in legume-rhizobium symbiosis d...
Bacteria living in legume roots do the invisible work of turning air into plant food, potentially...
WOX5 expression stimulated by the transcription factor NF-YAc repro...
Every legume cover crop you turn under to rebuild your garden soil is running this exact genetic ...
Cyclophilin A-mediated cis/trans isomerization modulates RIN4 to co...
Every bag of dry lentils, every snap pea clinging to your trellis, every patch of clover feeding ...
A single gene switch controls when soybeans decide to flower
Soybeans are notoriously fussy about day length, which limits where farmers can grow them; unlock...
New soybean gene variant boosts quality without shrinking seeds or ...
Soybeans grown from seeds with this trait could deliver better oil and nutritional profiles witho...
GmENDO-like 1, a structurally divergent homolog of S1/P1-type endon...
Soybean breeders now have a precise genetic dial for controlling flowering time — the same kind o...
Fermented food microbiome: influence on oral and gut microbiota, an...
The sauerkraut and kimchi you ferment from your garden cabbage aren't just preservation tricks — ...
Microbial co-inoculation and extracellular vesicles: new frontiers ...
The same nitrogen-fixing bacteria that make soybean fields self-fertilizing can be harnessed in h...
Biochar paired with zinc-selenium nanoparticles boosts soybean nutr...
Soybeans grown with better antioxidant profiles and richer fatty acids like linoleic acid end up ...
ClearDepthIAS enables automated high-throughput quantification of r...
Farmers and plant breeders are racing to develop crops whose roots dig deeper into soil — which m...
Soybean Protein Quality and Quantity: Genetic Control and Environme...
Every tofu block, edamame pod, and soy milk carton you reach for reflects a decades-long tug-of-w...
Wild soybean gene helps crops survive salty soil
If you've ever watched a garden bed struggle after road salt runoff or coastal flooding, this poi...
Scientists mapped the genes that help soybeans survive drought and heat
Soybeans quietly anchor the protein in everything from tofu to livestock feed, and the genetic to...
Hormone-optimized hypocotyl-epicotyl-cotyledonary tri-complex expla...
Soybeans feed billions of people and fix nitrogen into soil — and this breakthrough means researc...
Soybeans recruit soil bacteria to feed themselves with less fertilizer
Soybeans fix their own nitrogen from the air through root partnerships with soil bacteria, and un...
Nano-sized charcoal helps soybeans shrug off toxic soil metal
If you garden on old industrial land, near a road, or in a city lot with questionable soil histor...
miR164c-CUC2 Module Modulates Salinity Stress Tolerance in Soybean ...
Soybean fields worldwide are slowly losing ground to creeping soil salinity, and this discovery h...
Weeds struggle most when they resemble their crop competitor
The broadleaf weeds choking out your soybean patch aren't losing by accident: they're being crowd...
Soybean induced resistance to Spodoptera eridania herbivory.
Soybean fields that host naturally resistant varieties can fight back against armyworm caterpilla...
Biochar plus iron pyrite protects soybeans on cadmium-tainted soil
If you garden in soil near old industrial sites or busy roads, this points to a low-cost soil ame...
Certain grain proteins tell your liver to make less sugar
The oats and barley you might grow or cook with contain proteins that feed specific gut bacteria,...
Root bacteria help soybeans block toxic metals from spreading
If you grow vegetables in soil with any history of industrial contamination or old paint, the sam...
Metal nanoparticles help crop seeds survive drought and salty soil
If you've ever watched a struggling tomato plant wilt during a heat wave, this research points to...
Soybean bacteria use one genetic system to sniff out roots
The bacterial inoculants many gardeners and farmers add to bean and pea seeds work by literally s...
Bushier soybean plants make pest-control wasps far less effective
If you release beneficial insects in a vegetable patch or orchard, this shows the plant's own sha...
Gene-tracing tool finds soybean's salt-stress alarm switch
If you've ever watered a raised bed with well water high in salts or gardened near a de-iced side...
Nanoparticles could unlock cancer-fighting power of everyday plant ...
The turmeric in your spice rack, the green tea in your cup, and the grapes on your counter all co...
Scientists map soybean's pollen-making cells gene by gene
Hybrid soybean breeding depends on controlling male fertility, and this cell-by-cell map hands pl...
Tiny helper proteins could make crops tougher in a changing climate
The tomatoes ripening on your vine and the rice on your plate both depend on these microscopic pr...
Root-dwelling bacteria help soybeans beat salt and poor soil
If you've ever struggled with a garden bed that's both nutrient-poor and crusted with salt from f...
Plant protein powder didn't build muscle in older men
The pea and soy protein powders lining health-food store shelves as "muscle-friendly" plant alter...
Scientists pinpoint exact soil bacteria that devour farm waste
The compost pile in your backyard runs on the same principle these researchers just mapped in det...
Nutrient-based nanoparticles help crops survive heat better than others
If you grow tomatoes or peppers through a brutal summer, the same heat-stress biology this review...
One soybean gene largely decides how much vitamin E it makes
The cooking oil made from soybeans on grocery shelves owes its shelf-stability and nutrition part...
A single soybean gene shapes branching and regional adaptation
If you've ever wondered why a soybean or bean variety that thrives in one garden zone sprawls or ...
Two soybean proteins team up to build seed oil
The tofu, edamame, and cooking oil in your kitchen all trace back to how efficiently a soybean se...
Nuclear dynamics in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
White mold quietly kills lettuce, beans, sunflowers, and dozens of other garden vegetables every ...
Neuroprotective Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding Combined With Di...
Soybeans and legumes you grow or buy at the farmers market may do more than feed you — the protei...
Metformin-phytochemical combination therapy in metabolic dysfunctio...
Milk thistle growing along your fence or in a sunny patch of disturbed soil has been producing si...
Root-damaging worms found lurking in Turkey's major crop fields
Soil that looks perfectly healthy on the surface can still be hosting microscopic worms quietly c...
Scientists chart a path to healthier, better-absorbed soy foods
If you grow edamame or soybeans in your garden, the variety you pick trades off yield against the...
New gene test catches fake camellia oil in your kitchen
The premium camellia oil you might buy for cooking or skincare is a common target for cheap oil s...
New method maps gene activity cell-by-cell in plant tissue
The soybean nodules that fix nitrogen in your garden's bean roots, the rice paddies feeding half ...
Multigram-scale stereoselective synthesis of neurosteroid isomers b...
Waste left over from foods you already eat — sugarcane molasses and the pulp from soybeans — can ...
Soybean breeding's AI tools exist but don't talk to each other
The tofu, edamame, and cooking oil in your kitchen all trace back to soybean varieties bred throu...
Lab fungus naturally fights soybean blight, then gets a CRISPR cleanup
Soybeans in fields near you face a water mold called Phytophthora that rots roots and can wipe ou...
Soybean-fed fish grow tougher guts thanks to one bacterium
The soybean meal in your garden's compost or in farmed fish feed turns out to reshape gut bacteri...
Hospital feeding tubes may need a whole-food makeover
The same corn and soybean oil that dominate industrial ICU nutrition are grown in the vast monocu...
Omics technologies in aquafeed: unlocking the black box towards sys...
Soybean meal quietly inflames the intestines of farmed salmon and tilapia in ways their keepers c...
