climate-adaptation

Trees in your local park or street aren't just pretty — they are literally keeping people alive d...

It suggests that simply grafting your tomato plants onto hardy rootstock could give their offspri...

It points toward a future where staple crops like wheat need less synthetic fertilizer — meaning ...

Ocean floors near coastlines may be doing more to slow climate change than the forests we've been...

It could dramatically speed up the development of crops that resist drought, pests, or disease — ...

Tomatoes you buy at the grocery store have lost much of their natural toughness over decades of b...

The wheat in your bread and the vegetables in your garden depend on precise temperature cues to k...

Mountain meadows and wildflower-rich grasslands many people hike through and depend on for clean ...

PFAS chemicals — found in nonstick pans, firefighting foam, and food packaging — have quietly con...

Sensors that 'listen' to your tomatoes or wheat could one day alert farmers and gardeners to wate...

It shows that simply changing how crops are arranged in a field — something any gardener can do a...

Disabling a single gene could allow breeders to cross wild rice relatives with cultivated rice, p...

Drought is one of the biggest threats to corn harvests worldwide, and this discovery points to a ...

As summers grow hotter and more unpredictable, the rice that feeds half the world's population is...

As summers get hotter, the vegetables and flowers in your garden are quietly accumulating more ge...

Rice varieties being developed through this research could increase yields on existing farmland —...

It brings us closer to a natural, spray-on fungal treatment that could help farmers grow more whe...

Fruits, vegetables, and grains you rely on are increasingly threatened by droughts made worse by ...

It suggests the seeds you plant already carry their own stress-survival kit, meaning future crop ...

Wild plants disappearing from meadows, wetlands, and forests near you are being quietly replaced ...

Apples at your grocery store or farmers market depend on a delicate balance of bees and weather, ...

Wheat, rice, and corn — the crops that make up most of your daily meals — could be engineered to ...

The tomatoes wilting in your garden and the trees lining your street are entering an era of more ...

The corn on your dinner plate could become harder to grow and more expensive as droughts intensif...

Farmers and gardeners who water with tap water or live near coastal areas are unknowingly salt-st...

Every tomato plant, wheat stalk, and oak tree in your garden uses this exact molecular alarm to d...

Poplar trees lining your streets or growing along riverbanks are quietly directing underground ba...

The tomatoes, wheat, and corn your food comes from are being pushed toward their stress limits by...

The fruits and vegetables you buy at the grocery store depend on crops bred for yesterday's clima...

Every loaf of bread you buy depends on wheat surviving droughts that are becoming more frequent, ...

Rising seas and climate-driven flooding are turning farmland salty and waterlogged worldwide, and...

The wheat in your bread, pasta, and cereal is one of the crops most threatened by intensifying dr...

Beneficial bacteria already living in your garden soil could be cultivated or applied as a natura...

Oak and beech trees in your local park or forest are quietly cooperating underground, and underst...

More efficient rice plants could mean higher food production on the same farmland — helping feed ...

It could help farmers and seed companies quickly identify drought-resistant crops, meaning more r...

A simple, one-time soil treatment could let home gardeners and farmers grow significantly more to...

Weeds in your yard or local park may already be quietly evolving in response to pollution, and un...

Same invasive rhododendron overtaking Scottish hillsides is widely sold in garden centers, and es...

It suggests plants are far more electrically 'wired' than we imagined — meaning the garden plants...

It could lead to herbicide-tolerant rice and other crops that regulators classify as non-GMO, pot...

If you've ever grown a century plant or seen one in a park or garden, this event is a reminder th...

Trees and wetlands near coastlines — the same kinds of natural buffers that protect beaches, fish...

If you add biochar to your garden or raised beds, you could more than double the helpful fungi th...

Understanding how plants like ferns maximize energy from shifting light could inspire smarter pla...

It means the hot peppers in your garden or on your plate could be grown with far less water, help...

It shows that the humble mosses you see blanketing forest floors and tundra are quietly working a...

Food on your plate — from the wheat in your bread to the tomatoes in your salad — could soon be g...

Rice on your plate — and global food prices — depends on scientists solving a yield crisis now, b...

Vegetables and fruits grown in PFAS-contaminated soil — including produce from farms near industr...

It opens a path to developing disease-resistant citrus trees and faster-growing poplars without t...

Understanding exactly how corn and other grass crops regulate water loss through their leaves cou...

Vegetables, grains, and fruits you rely on are increasingly threatened by extreme heat and drough...

Rice you eat could become chalkier, gummier, and lower quality as nights get warmer — and this re...

Soil salinity is quietly destroying farmland worldwide — and the genetic tools found in a tough c...

Understanding how plants naturally manage stress through GABA could lead to crops that survive dr...

'eco-friendly' compostable bags you use for garden waste or groceries may be leaving behind soil ...

Rice feeds half the world, and finding a way to grow it while reducing planet-warming methane gas...

Seeds behind 70% of the food on your plate are under threat from climate change, and this researc...

Wheat feeds roughly 35% of the world's population, and the ability to surgically remove problem c...

Food on your plate and the plants in your garden could soon be bred not just for yield or taste, ...

Strawberries you buy at the store — or grow in your garden — may soon be protected by beneficial ...

It could make home greenhouses and commercial food production cheaper and greener — imagine a sim...

Cowpea is a vital protein source for millions of people in hot, food-insecure regions, and as sum...

Foods we rely on are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather, and investing in hardier, nutrie...

Nitrogen washing off farms into rivers and lakes is what causes the toxic algae blooms that choke...

Rising soil salinity from irrigation and climate change threatens the soybeans in your grocery st...

Crops growing in farmers' fields and even backyard gardens could one day be quietly pulling carbo...

Invisible world of microbes in your garden soil is one of the most powerful tools we have for gro...

It could help farmers grow more rice with less water — important as droughts become more frequent...

Understanding exactly how plants sense drought at the cellular level could lead to crops that sur...

It could lead to drought- and disease-resistant versions of the fruits, vegetables, and grains yo...

Bread, rice, and corn on your plate could soon come from crops engineered to survive the hotter, ...

Vegetables, grains, and fruits you eat are increasingly threatened by droughts and heat waves, an...

Ancient genetic blueprints being recovered from preserved plant remains could help breed tougher,...

Health of your garden, local park, or nearby forest depends on invisible soil life that doesn't a...

Way farmers till the soil in fields near you directly affects the carbon in the air, the health o...

Vegetables and grains you eat could soon be bred to naturally withstand the increasingly erratic ...

Grains that make up most of the world's food supply — wheat, rice, corn — could be engineered to ...

As summers get hotter, the canola oil in your pantry and the rapeseed crops in farmers' fields ar...

Vegetables and grains you eat are growing in an increasingly CO2-rich atmosphere, which may be qu...

Understanding exactly which soil microbes and plant compounds team up to fight drought could lead...

Microbes living in your garden soil are in a constant, ancient negotiation with your plants — and...

If drought conditions can program a plant's offspring to host different soil microbes, gardeners ...

Tiny microbial hitchhikers inside every seed you plant — or every vegetable you eat — may hold th...

Drier winters — increasingly common with climate change — can quietly degrade the soil health ben...

Beneficial microbes already living inside the plants in your garden and grocery store could soon ...

Wheat in your bread, pasta, and cereal is under serious threat from droughts and heatwaves, and t...

Wheat is in the bread, pasta, and cereal you eat every day, and droughts are becoming more freque...

Rice feeds more than half of humanity, and the strategies outlined in this research could directl...

Early spring cold snaps paired with dry conditions are a leading cause of corn crop losses, and u...

The wheat in your bread, the strawberries in your garden, and the cotton in your clothes all carr...

The tomatoes, wheat, and vegetables in your garden or on your plate are increasingly threatened b...

The tomatoes and wheat behind your next meal could survive droughts and disease outbreaks far bet...

Quinoa's secret to surviving salty soils could soon be engineered into the vegetables in your gar...

The wheat, rice, and vegetables heading to your plate could soon be redesigned to survive drought...

The microbes living in your garden soil are quietly working to keep your tomatoes both growing vi...

The tomatoes, wheat, and corn you eat could soon be engineered to survive droughts, pack more nut...

Salty, degraded farmland already threatens the food on your plate, and this fungus offers a natur...

The vegetables in your garden already use this hidden molecular memory system to decide when to f...

The sugar beets and chard in your garden under a dry summer spell may quietly become a better mea...

The tomatoes, wheat, and corn at your grocery store are quietly running out of genetic tricks to ...

The tomatoes and wheat in your grocery store may soon be bred with better internal clocks, helpin...

The rice on your plate likely grew in paddies where invisible soil microbes are quietly helping t...

Flooding destroys roughly 20% of global crop yields in wet years, threatening the vegetables, gra...

A natural plant extract could help the corn in drought-stressed farming regions stay productive l...

When foresters choose which oak trees to plant in your local park or watershed, picking trees who...

The wheat in your bread, pasta, and cereal is increasingly threatened by droughts that climate ch...

The bread, pasta, and flour in your pantry all depend on wheat crops that are increasingly vulner...

The food on your plate may one day require far less synthetic fertilizer to grow, because the mic...

The corn in your grocery store—and the tortillas, cornbread, and animal feed it becomes—could sta...

Soggy weather before harvest can cause wheat grain to sprout right on the stalk, ruining the flou...

Flowers in your garden, the fruit trees at your local farm, and the wildflowers in your park all ...

The tomatoes or beans in your garden may quietly inherit stress-resistance blueprints from the so...

Every tomato, strawberry, and cup of green tea owes its stress-fighting chemistry to the same fla...

The tannin-rich plants already growing in your garden — grapevines, blueberry bushes, apple trees...

The dirt beneath your food crops holds as much carbon as all Earth's living plants combined, and ...

Understanding how plants adjust their water and gas exchange under rising CO2 could help predict ...

Understanding how plants naturally defend themselves against disease could help scientists breed ...

Cadmium from contaminated farmland ends up in the food you eat, and this approach shows that farm...

Heavy metals from mining and industry contaminate soils worldwide, and this naturally-occurring b...

Contaminated soil near old industrial sites, mines, or agricultural land affects the safety of fo...

Friendly bacteria already living in your garden soil could be supercharged to help your seeds spr...

Vegetables, grains, and fruits you eat could soon be bred to withstand droughts, produce more foo...

Invisible communities of microbes living in your garden soil and on plant roots are increasingly ...

It means the fertilizers of the future could be made from fruit scraps rather than petrochemicals...

Understanding hybrid vigor in rice directly drives the development of higher-yielding varieties t...

Rice feeds more than half the world's population, and these new genetic tools could help breeders...

Understanding how plant roots 'talk' to soil microbes could lead to farming practices that grow m...

Waxy coatings on your vegetable garden's flowers and leaves are quietly adapting to rising temper...

Roughly half the world's arable land is too acidic for many crops, and this research points towar...

Microscopic life in your garden soil and on plant leaves may be the difference between a thriving...

Vegetables, grains, and fruits in your grocery store are increasingly threatened by droughts and ...

It points toward a compost-based, chemical-free way to protect your tomato crop from one of the m...

Contaminated soil from industrial sites, old farms, and roadside runoff affects the safety of gar...

Houseplants or garden herbs you already grow may be quietly protecting your lungs by releasing fr...

As droughts become more frequent, the microbes living in forest soil could be a natural, low-cost...

Rice feeds more than half of humanity, and understanding the molecular dials that control how ric...

These discoveries could lead to crops that produce more food, taste better, or survive droughts a...

Food on your plate — wheat, rice, corn — may soon come from crops engineered to survive droughts,...

Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from fertilizers, industrial runoff, and polluted soils — quietly a...

As climate change brings more frequent droughts and saltier soils to farming regions worldwide, t...

Animals and insects that eat fruit and scatter seeds are the invisible workforce behind every for...

Vegetables in your garden and the wheat in your bread could soon be bred to survive droughts and ...

Understanding how plants naturally defend themselves could lead to new, eco-friendly alternatives...

Understanding how plants naturally recruit helpful soil microbes could lead to smarter farming pr...

Understanding how plants rewire their internal transport systems under stress could directly lead...

Herbs you grow in your garden or see at the farmers' market may actually be quietly rebuilding th...

Same gene that tells a plant how to keep growing and regenerating itself could soon help scientis...

Vegetables, grains, and fruits we eat are constantly battling heat waves, drought, and soil stres...

Understanding how plants open and close their leaf pores could lead to crops that use water more ...

Soil beneath your vegetable garden is teeming with microscopic allies that could soon be the key ...

Same biological tricks that let certain exotic plants survive brutal droughts could potentially b...

Gardeners and farmers struggling with dry summers may be able to use low-cost chloride-containing...

Same molecular switches that tell a tomato when to ripen, a seedling when to reach toward light, ...

Saltier soils — driven by irrigation and climate change — are already reducing crop yields worldw...

Plants in your garden — like aloe vera — may hold the key to reducing livestock's contribution to...

Design and location of your garden — whether it's in a city or the suburbs, small or large, and e...

Rice feeds more than half the world's population, and as droughts become more frequent with clima...

It brings us closer to a domestically grown, water-efficient source of natural rubber, which coul...

Wheat in your bread may be grown in soils stressed by pollution and drought, and these low-cost s...

As soil salinity and alkalinity expand due to irrigation and climate change, understanding how cr...

Understanding how plant hormones work is the key to growing more food with less water and fewer p...

Tweaking how a plant senses light and heat could lead to tomatoes, rice, and wheat varieties that...

The tomatoes in your garden and the wheat in your bread respond to drought by releasing a hormone...

When your tomatoes or roses face a dry spell followed by a fungal outbreak — a scenario becoming ...

The tomatoes, wheat, and corn in your grocery store could one day be bred to thrive with far less...

Barley in your bread and beer is increasingly threatened by the spreading salinization of farmlan...

The potatoes in your grocery store are increasingly grown under water-stressed conditions, and th...

The tomatoes, peppers, and herbs in your garden could soon be treated with a soil drench made fro...

The carrots, wheat, and tomatoes in your food supply depend on healthy roots that keep growing al...

Every tomato, wheat grain, and leafy green in your grocery store depends on plants surviving heat...

Every tomato, apple, and grain of wheat on your plate depends on a plant successfully reading its...

The tomatoes and wheat in your grocery store may soon be bred to withstand both drought and disea...

Grapevines in wine regions worldwide are already struggling with longer, hotter dry seasons — thi...

Tomatoes, wheat bread, and rice on your plate could become more reliably abundant as breeders use...

The seeds locked away in genebanks around the world may hold the genetic keys to keeping your fav...

If you're trying to restore a dry garden patch or a drought-stressed lawn, there's a real moistur...

Strawberries, bananas, and tomatoes at your grocery store could soon be bred to resist disease an...

Rice is the staple food for half the world's population, and these molecular tools could soon pro...

The corn, wheat, and rice that make up most of the world's food supply are under growing threat f...

The tomatoes, wheat, and rice that stock your grocery shelves could soon be engineered to survive...

The tomatoes and lettuce in your garden are quietly negotiating with billions of soil microbes ri...

The herbs you grow for teas or tinctures — echinacea, valerian, holy basil — may be stronger medi...

Crops that know how to efficiently hunt for nutrients in uneven soil could feed more people using...

The wheat in your bread and pasta is increasingly threatened by hotter summers, and new AI-powere...

Rice prices at your grocery store are quietly tied to monsoon reliability in South Asia — and thi...

The bread, pasta, and cereals on your grocery store shelves depend on wheat farmers being able to...

Tomatoes, wheat, and other crops you eat could soon be grown with less pesticide and more resilie...

The vegetables and wildflowers in your garden time their sprouting and flowering by reading both ...

Trees in your local park, the wood in your furniture, and the paper in your books all depend on t...

Researchers studied the fungal communities living alongside coffee leaf rust infections...

As summers get hotter and droughts more frequent, the wildflowers and native plants in your backy...

The crops on your dinner plate — wheat, rice, corn — carry millions of tiny RNA molecules that fo...

Rice varieties grown in your region exist because their ancestors evolved to flower at exactly th...

Tiny particles made from shrimp shells could soon help the tomatoes in your garden — and the crop...

If warming winters start shifting when native fruit trees like pawpaws ripen, backyard gardeners ...

An adaptable wild orchid quietly colonizing city streets is a reminder that nature is constantly ...

Understanding BBX proteins could lead to crop varieties that produce more food, stay healthier un...

Same molecular switches that help a tomato plant survive a drought or fight off disease could be ...

If citric acid — a cheap, food-safe compound — can protect vegetables grown in lead-contaminated ...

Understanding exactly how apple trees sense and survive freezing could help breeders develop fros...

Same fungi quietly working in your garden soil could be harnessed to detoxify polluted vacant lot...

Rivers used to grow food crops and supply drinking water are quietly accumulating drugs and cosme...

Faster, more precise plant breeding could soon bring you tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes that are...

Leftovers from making your olive oil, apple juice, or wine could soon help protect the vegetables...

Vegetables and grains grown in contaminated soils can absorb cadmium, which accumulates in your b...

Rising soil salt levels — from irrigation, drought, and coastal flooding — are quietly killing ga...

Lemongrass could turn the worn-out, abandoned patches of land in your region into productive gree...

China grows more apples than any other country, and knowing exactly where those orchards are help...

Playing sound near your garden or crops might one day be a science-backed way to help roots grow ...

Every tomato, rose, and oak in your garden is running a sophisticated molecular alarm system righ...

The weeds taking over your garden, the wildflowers creeping into new climate zones, and the crops...

Rice feeds more than half the world's population, and the salty, degraded farmland spreading acro...

The wheat in your bread relies on invisible communities of root bacteria to survive dry spells — ...

Every tomato blight, rose black spot, and wheat rust that ruins crops or gardens exploits gaps in...

Tef is the grain behind injera, the flatbread eaten daily across Ethiopia and increasingly found ...

Flooding is destroying more harvests every decade as extreme weather increases, and understanding...

Cheap, plant-based soil restoration means degraded land near mining communities — land that could...

Every fruit, vegetable, and flower in your garden belongs to a group of plants whose leaf veins a...

Heavy metals like lead and cadmium quietly accumulate in vegetable gardens near roads, old indust...

Roughly 20% of irrigated farmland worldwide is already too salty to grow crops reliably — and tha...

Fruit scraps destined for the compost bin could become a cheap, natural drought-proofing treatmen...

The wheat in your bread could soon be grown with far fewer chemical fertilizers — a soil bacteriu...

Ginger and turmeric from your spice rack could soon be grown under solar panels, meaning the food...

Rare alpine wildflowers and mountain trees found nowhere else on Earth are where they are largely...

Protecting the patchwork of subtly different soils within a nature reserve or wild area may be ju...

Fall armyworm already chews through corn, sorghum, and vegetable gardens on every inhabited conti...

The iris spreading across your garden bed, the bamboo colonizing a neighbor's yard, and the ginge...

If winter-blooming shrubs like witch-hazel are flowering weeks ahead of schedule, the insects tha...

Underground fungal networks ghost pipe depends on are the same networks that support the trees in...

Understanding how plants lock in survival traits and form new species could help breeders develop...

Same friendly bacteria already living in healthy garden soil could soon be harnessed to protect y...

Understanding how a single plant gene can boost drought and salt tolerance could help scientists ...

Bees, butterflies, and other insects that pollinate your garden rely on CO2 and humidity cues to ...

Microplastics are now found in garden soil, tap water, and the vegetables you eat — and understan...

Clothes we wear are often dyed with toxic chemicals, and this research brings us closer to afford...

Better gene editing tools could lead to crops that are more resistant to drought, disease, or pes...

Understanding how plants cope with stress at the cellular level could lead to hardier crops and g...

Invisible microbes living on grass and plant leaves influence how ecosystems respond to fertilize...

It means the specific acorn or seed you plant — not just the soil or environment you provide — ca...

Understanding how plants naturally defend themselves at the molecular level could lead to crops t...

It means that what you grew in your garden or farm field last season could be quietly sabotaging ...

Humble sweet potato — something you might already grow in your garden — could be a frontline solu...

Cassava feeds over 800 million people worldwide, and understanding how its roots build starch and...

Rising soil salinity from irrigation and climate change is quietly reducing the productivity of f...

These beneficial bacteria are already living in the soil of your garden and farm fields — underst...

Sulfur is a nutrient that affects the flavor of vegetables like broccoli and garlic, the health o...

Cancer drug in your garden's yew hedge — or the Pacific yew in old-growth forests — is one of med...

Same seeds you plant in your garden are at the frontier of new technologies that could one day pr...

Plants growing in your local pond or wetland may be quietly cleaning up industrial pollution that...

Pond plants quietly cleaning your local wastewater could soon power homes — turning something you...

Same bacterial molecules that help plants absorb iron in polluted soils could one day be used to ...

Plants in your grocery store's 'meat' aisle — soy, peas, wheat — are being engineered into ultra-...

Tiny microbes living inside the plants in your garden, on your farm, or in your local park are al...

Vegetables and legumes you grow in your garden may do more than just feed you—they could be resha...

Rice feeds over half the world's population, and developing varieties that need less fertilizer w...

Understanding exactly where healing compounds form inside medicinal plants — or how your garden p...

Understanding which microbes help lavender thrive in near-desert conditions could lead to natural...

Invisible world of soil microbes is what keeps your garden fertile — understanding how fire disru...

Understanding how plants molecularly 'decide' to fight disease or tolerate drought could lead to ...

Understanding how plants manage internal stress signals could lead to crops that are more resilie...

Understanding how plants fine-tune their stress responses at the molecular level could lead to cr...

Crops in your grocery store, the trees in your local park, and the wildflowers in your garden are...

Lithium leaching from battery manufacturing and mining sites can accumulate in garden soils and f...

Camelthorn is a tough desert plant that stabilizes eroding soils and cleans up heavy metal pollut...

Understanding how rice survives drought, cold snaps, and salty soils could help scientists breed ...

Wheat in your bread increasingly faces climate disruptions at planting time, and this research sh...

As soil salinization expands due to irrigation and climate change, understanding how oilseed crop...

Crops most vulnerable to drought — maize and sorghum — are staple foods for millions of people, a...

Compacted soil — caused by heavy farm equipment, foot traffic, or even heavy rain — is quietly re...

Several of the plants studied — saffron, ginseng, and Rhodiola — are already available in gardens...

Understanding which wheat genes switch on during drought could help breeders develop varieties th...

Every hybrid seed packet you buy—whether for corn, canola, or sunflowers—exists because breeders ...

Fast-growing bamboo planted near contaminated industrial or post-nuclear sites could pull radioac...

Fertilizing degraded sandy land to grow more food can quietly undermine the soil's own nutrient-r...

The mustard on your supermarket shelf and the canola oil in your pantry could soon come from plan...

Understanding how dandelions shrug off waterlogged soil after heavy rain could help breeders deve...

The mist that settles on your garden at dawn could be quietly keeping your plants alive during dr...

The vegetables and grains at your grocery store increasingly come from soils turning salty due to...

Cotton in your jeans, linen on your table, and hemp in your bag could soon be grown with far less...

Adding a simple charcoal-based amendment to your garden soil, alongside beneficial fungi already ...

Better understanding these molecular conversations in plants could help scientists breed crops th...

The invisible microbes packed into forest soil — right under pine and spruce trees — are quietly ...

Wheat and other staple crops could become more drought- and disease-resistant by borrowing traits...

The plant tonic and fertilizer combo you use in your garden could be remarkably effective or near...

The melons in your grocery store may soon be grown with a third less water by farmers using simpl...

Bacteria quietly working in your garden soil produce enzymes that help your plants fight drought,...

The sesame seeds in your tahini and hummus come from plants increasingly threatened by a soil fun...

Choosing the right lupin variety for your garden or plate could meaningfully boost the protein or...

Mulberry trees feed silkworms, anchor soil, and increasingly show up in edible landscaping — know...

Phosphorus-starved soils limit the growth of trees in parks, urban forests, and managed woodlands...

The tea in your morning cup could become scarcer and more expensive as climate change stresses te...

The mix of managed and protected forests in a region is what keeps rare wildflowers, ferns, and u...

Salt-tolerant wild plants have tiny surface structures that actively filter salt out of their tis...

Knowing exactly when the tomatoes in your garden or the trees on your street are dangerously thir...

Coating seeds with helpful bacteria instead of synthetic fertilizers is a practical path toward f...

Planting climbing beans next to your corn patch can feed the soil, crowd out weeds, and put more ...

The herbs in your kitchen spice rack and the seed oils in your pantry could become harder to grow...

Tepary beans grown as cover crops could help your garden soil store nitrogen naturally, reducing ...

The bermudagrass in your local park or sports field can bounce back after heavy flooding partly b...

The kale and canola on grocery shelves could become more reliably available even as extreme weath...

Cold spring soil is one of the main reasons your vegetable seedlings stall out after transplantin...

Sorghum grain feeds hundreds of millions of people in Africa and Asia, and understanding exactly ...

Same chemical pathways that help a plant fend off a fungal attack also produce the antioxidants i...

Those small plastic-coated fertilizer pellets you spread in your garden or that farmers use on cr...

It offers a low-cost, chemical-free toolkit — using plant's own signaling molecules — that farmer...

Bacteria already living inside the roots and stems of your garden plants are silently fighting of...

Every vegetable in your garden is quietly reducing the number of tiny pores on its leaves as atmo...

Hardening seedlings before transplanting them outdoors — a trick experienced gardeners already us...

Quinoa's ability to grow on salty, drought-prone land could soon give smallholder farmers in some...

Computer programs that predict how plant proteins work are helping breeders develop drought- and ...

Cold-hardy soil bacteria pulled from fermentation waste could one day replace chemical fertilizer...

Two-spotted spider mites destroy crops and garden plants worldwide, and they're thriving as tempe...

Understanding how microbes tolerate salt stress at a genetic level is a crucial stepping stone to...

Native shrubs you plant to save water in a dry climate may quietly lose their drought-tolerance w...

The wheat, corn, and vegetables feeding you are increasingly failing under record droughts and he...

Mangoes grown in coastal regions or on farms irrigated with brackish water are increasingly threa...

Understanding how a desert-hardy plant recruits helpful soil microbes could teach us how to grow ...

The wildflowers and grasses in your nearest meadow or prairie are quietly running very different ...

The same climate patterns that turned a lush, rainy Sahara into today's desert are now shifting a...

Same molecules that make wood strong and vegetables crisp could inspire new biodegradable materia...

Understanding how plants convert sunlight into energy at the microscopic level could unlock break...

Heavy metals from urban runoff and industrial pollution silently accumulate in the soil and water...

PFAS chemicals from industrial pollution and treated sewage sludge used as fertilizer have contam...

Rivers and streams that feed your garden hose, your local park's pond, and your drinking water su...

Compost that could end up in your garden or on the farms that grow your food might one day be mad...

Microbes living in your garden soil are constantly breaking down dead plant material, and underst...

Heavy metals from pollution, fertilizers, and industrial runoff can accumulate in garden soil and...

Invisible microbes living in your garden soil are what make your plants grow — and losing them to...

Thawing permafrost could release enough carbon to undermine global climate targets, making the so...

Quercetin in your garden onions, the isoflavones in your homegrown soybeans, and the puerarin in ...

Spring bloom of brittlebush is a reliable signal that desert ecosystems are waking up, and tracki...

Eastern redcedar is rapidly expanding its range into grasslands and open fields near many communi...

Redstem Stork's-bill is one of the most common weeds invading lawns, gardens, and parks across No...

Osoberry is one of the first native shrubs to flower each spring, meaning its observation surge i...

Sugars plants could soon be engineered to produce include ones found in your food, medicines, and...

Oil-contaminated soil is dead soil — nothing grows in it — and this research points toward a natu...

Vegetables, legumes, and fruits you grow or buy at the farmers market aren't just good for your h...

Understanding how plants manage their internal fats could lead to crops that survive droughts bet...

Understanding how plants protect their cellular 'power plants' from damage could help scientists ...

Stinknet is aggressively invading California's desert parks and wild spaces — the same places you...

Tracking when common wildflowers like Virginia Springbeauty bloom each year helps scientists dete...

Bloodroot's fleeting bloom is one of the first signs that spring has truly arrived in eastern for...

Cut-leaved toothwort is one of the first wildflowers to carpet forest floors each spring, and tra...

Tracking when and where native wildflowers like giant white fawn lily bloom each year helps garde...

Tracking when and where native shrubs like Red-flowering Currant bloom helps gardeners, conservat...

Osoberry is one of the first native shrubs to flower each spring, meaning tracking its bloom timi...

Bioplastics made from plant materials could replace the plastic mulch films, pots, and packaging ...

Compostable packaging, biodegradable mulch films, and plant-based bags that gardeners and consume...

Invisible microbes living in and around plants directly affect how healthy and resilient your gar...

Soil salinity is quietly devastating farmland worldwide — the same process threatening fields in ...

It shows that giving exhausted, overgrazed land a chance to recover can directly improve the food...

Western skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge each spring — often pushing through sn...

Every tomato, rose, and lawn grass you grow has inherited a UV-defense system from ancient plant ...

The fruit trees, shade trees, and timber species smallholder farmers grow alongside their crops r...

Plants you might recognize — olive trees and African cordia — are being lost to farmland clearing...

Desert wildflowers already carry the genetic toolkit to survive both scorching droughts and freez...

Biochar made from wood or crop waste is increasingly sold as a climate solution and a soil amendm...

Shifting growing seasons on the Tibetan Plateau ripple downstream into the water and carbon cycle...

Wild roses from Central Asia are the ancestors of many garden roses you grow today, and understan...

The lemon balm you grow for tea or calm nerves could soon come in hardier, more potent varieties ...

Roseroot supplements on your pharmacy shelf come from wild plants under pressure in the Himalayas...

Contaminated brownfields and roadside soils laced with asphalt-related chemicals could be cleaned...

Jute bags, rope, and burlap in your home come from a crop that's increasingly threatened by flood...

Familiar backyard and garden plants you may already grow — mugwort, wormwood, and related Artemis...

Corn bred to stay productive through a surprise cold spell and stretch scarce soil nutrients furt...

Antibiotics that survive wastewater treatment end up in rivers and soils — the same water used to...

Plants that can pull toxic metals out of soil could help clean up contaminated gardens, former in...

PFAS 'forever chemicals' from non-stick cookware, food packaging, and industrial runoff are now d...

Understanding exactly how insects overcome a plant's natural chemical defenses could help us desi...

Nevin's Brickellbush is a rare Southern California native that supports local pollinators, and kn...

Tracking when and where native wildflowers like Blue Dicks bloom each year helps gardeners, land ...

Tracking where eastern white pine is thriving — or struggling — helps gardeners, foresters, and p...

Skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to bloom each spring, and tracking when and where people...

Fairy-slipper orchids are sensitive to soil disturbance and disappear quickly when forests are lo...

Better food packaging means the fruits, vegetables, and bread you buy stay fresh longer, reducing...

Peatlands store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined, and better tools to stu...

Finding a Douglas-fir in an Arizona canyon hints at how these iconic timber trees may cling to is...

Beavertail Pricklypear is a low-water, high-impact native plant that thrives in hot, dry conditio...

Documented sightings of native plants like Bigelow's Spikemoss help conservationists and local la...

Tracking where native plants like Bigelow's Spikemoss still survive helps conservationists and la...

Yaupon Holly is a drought-tolerant, native alternative to imported teas and coffees that you coul...

Same flawed tests that fail to accurately measure chemical breakdown are used to approve pesticid...

Tracking where native wildflowers like felt paintbrush are thriving helps conservationists and lo...

Understanding how water moves through soil and peat directly affects the health of every plant, w...

American beech trees anchor forest ecosystems you hike through by producing beechnuts that feed d...

Roughly 10% of the world's food exports pass through Egypt's Nile Delta, and the irrigation water...

Joshua Trees near Desert Center mark the southern edge of a shrinking range — knowing exactly whe...

Holm oaks are drought-tolerant Mediterranean trees increasingly planted in California cities, and...

Tracking where native ferns like maidenhair spleenwort naturally grow helps gardeners and conserv...

Community-documented sightings of native desert cacti like Branched Pencil Cholla help scientists...

Rubber Rabbitbrush is a tough, drought-tolerant native shrub that pollinators depend on in late s...

Tracking where native cacti like walkingstick cactus are growing helps conservationists and local...

Sea grape is a salt-tolerant, wildlife-friendly native plant that thrives in Florida gardens and ...

Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists monitor where native trees like bigleaf ma...

Tracking where native wildflowers like orange bush monkeyflower are thriving helps gardeners and ...

Seagrass meadows, the same coastal plants that filter your local estuary and nursery fish you mig...

Every bottle of coconut-derived soap or lotion on your shelf currently comes at a cost to farmlan...

The compost or manure you spread on your vegetable beds releases different amounts of nutrients a...