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Editing one gene makes soybean plants produce far more seeds

Backyard-style compost operations pose higher food safety risks

Mixing two common pesticides makes them deadlier to honeybees

Pest-killing soil worms also help plants defend themselves

Removing a molecular brake made rice plants yield more

Warmer springs make some trees end their growing season sooner

Cities with anti-light-pollution laws are protecting tree seasonal cycles

Passionflower's citrus perfume vanishes 90% by mid-morning

Engineered charcoal helps rice fight metal and plastic pollution

Tomato gene helps roots recruit helpful fungi for nutrients

Scientists fix a stubborn gene-editing tool's DNA-opening problem

Weed family and life cycle predict how long seeds stay dormant

Cover crops in garden walkways cut future weeds by 80%

Where flowers grow shapes which pollinators find them

Rare alpine flowers survive by sharing pollinators with common look-alikes

Butterflies pick flower color and shape over nectar volume

Gardeners are spotting monarch-friendly milkweed everywhere this week

Invasive weed's offspring adapt differently depending on parent population

Herbicide use strips soil from olive groves faster than cover crops

Weeds struggle most when they resemble their crop competitor

Trees are rewriting their growth rules as climate shifts

Chicken manure and crushed volcanic rock trap toxic lead in soil

Charcoal soil additive helps grass reclaim toxic mining waste land

Manure-treated farm soil harbors bacteria longer than rules assume

Cadmium in returned rice straw disrupts soil carbon and nitrogen

Bacteria turn vegetable scraps into a potent soil fertilizer

Invasive plants change soil life through their traits, not their numbers

Bees that cut leaves for nests need better plant menus

One protein controls how plant roots host helpful fungi

Pomegranate leaf spray helps barley beat heat and disease

Nano-sized charcoal helps soybeans shrug off toxic soil metal

Corn's internal clock shapes which bacteria live on its leaves

Fungus and bacteria team up to save sick citrus trees

Plants and microbes swap chemical scents to help each other

This colorful garden plant soaks up three toxic metals at once

Earthworm gut bacteria help chew through soil microplastics

Fruit tree genes could predict which orchards survive climate change

Plants use four coordinated tactics to fend off hungry insects

Less fertilizer helps gerbera daisies fight off powdery mildew

Buzz strength, not buzz complexity, shakes pollen loose from flowers

Ancient healing plants hold clues to fighting drug-resistant infections

This invasive purple wetland plant is spreading fast right now

Climate shapes plum tree gene activity more than dormancy itself

New open database captures seed traits from tropical forests worldwide

The invasive lake weed you could turn into fuel

Soil microbe teamwork could help crops survive worsening droughts

One gene controls cucumber's prickly skin and pest defense

Angolan vines found hoarding huge amounts of metal in leaves

Melatonin spray lets rice farmers cut fertilizer without losing yield

These two garden weeds germinate in opposite conditions, oddly enough

Heat-triggered jumping gene reveals how plants police their own DNA

Friendly soil bacteria boost wheat's protein and mineral content

New DNA tests spot nematode-resistant peach and almond rootstocks

Decades of same-field wheat cuts yields, but sprays help recoup losses

Machine learning helps pinpoint the toughest drought-resistant okra plants

One genetic marker reliably predicts more nutritious cassava roots

Combining resistant crops and pest control beats cassava's double virus threat

Scientists decode why some sugarcane survives freezing winters

DNA fingerprints now identify UAE's medicinal plants with near-perfect accuracy

Vermiculite-coconut fiber mix grows better cucumbers, fights root pests

Predictive breeding doubles medicinal compounds in a healing herb

African eggplant compounds show promise against uterine fibroids in rats

Africa's tiny stingless bees remain a scientific mystery worth solving

Plants use sugar and nutrient signals to fine-tune their hormones

Brazilian folk remedy bark extract eases inflammation and pain in mice

Chokecherry sightings surge as its fruit ripens this week

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps right now

This towering purple-berried plant is popping up everywhere right now

Jewelweed sightings are spiking across nature apps this week

That ghostly white plant in the woods is having a moment

Wild carrot sightings spike as naturalists log it everywhere

Stressed plants make their own leaves and flowers less uniform

Spruce trees remember their embryonic temperature for over a decade

AI plus crop science predicts apple harvest dates more accurately

Sixty years of weather data pinpoint wheat's safest planting window

Chickpea flowering genes shift timing but don't guarantee bigger harvests

Root traits don't follow leaf traits the way scientists assumed

Two sorghum pests split the plant into separate feeding turfs

Wild mustard plants rewrite their gene activity by elevation and season

Old exhaust filters can be turned into liquid plant fertilizer

Organic and conventional spinach farms host similar soil worm diversity

Bacteria-coated charcoal traps toxic chromium before lettuce can absorb it

Fermentation waste turns pig manure into cleaner, safer compost

Modified charcoal amendment locks toxic metals out of mining-area farmland soil

Wastewater byproduct could feed crops while trapping toxic cadmium

Farmed mushrooms in Fukushima forests test safe for radiation

Forest-disturbed soil fungi stay diverse, aiding tree restoration efforts

Wildflowers shorten their bloom time when pollinators visit more often

Asian bumblebees turn out to be a genetically distinct group

A plant's wound is what tells it to start healing

Rwanda's irrigation lags far behind its farmland potential

New gene-mapping tools untangle sugarcane's wildly complicated genetic code

Cereal crops adjust root hair growth to survive tough soil conditions

Fruit skin's waxy coating is a tunable trait for breeders

Scientists are programming soil bacteria to feed crops on cue

Leaf-sprayed nanoparticles help lettuce resist toxic mining pollution

X-ray scanners reveal secret underground world of roots and microbes

Scientists want to engineer plant microbiomes for tougher crops

Math models could design better microbe teams for crops

Plants and humans use surprisingly similar chemical chats with bacteria

Scientists edit coffee plant genes without leaving DNA behind

Scientists combine soil science and gene editing to fight double crop stress

One protein family quietly runs plant growth and stress defense

Cotton plant's leaf-drop trigger points to better machine harvesting

Turning off one gene makes grass roots grow longer

Gene editing tweak makes cattle feed corn more nutritious

Cotton clothes vanish in soil fast, polyester barely budges

Composting then planting cleans oil-polluted soil better together

Tiny plastic bits become bacterial hubs that spread and break down pollution

Soil microbes turn out to be the best plastic-eaters around

Plant-based compost outperforms fertilizer at cleaning polluted industrial soil

Why plant biology still needs real lab experiments, not just AI

Soil microbes plus nanoparticles could boost crop disease resistance

Ancient liverwort separates fungal partnerships from root-hair growth

Scientists crack the century-old mystery of how plants sense gravity

Cells' hidden anchors to their walls control drought toughness

Plant hormones team up to cope with phosphorus-starved soil

One plant protein family may fight many fungal diseases at once

Scientists can now see how single plant cells fight stress

Plant cell walls act as sensors, not just scaffolding

Trimming and treating cashew trees together beats disease and lifts yield

Tropical tree compound targets cancer cells, spares healthy ones

New AI catches tiny apple leaf diseases other tools miss

Root-damaging worms found lurking in Turkey's major crop fields

Vermicompost plus targeted weed spray boosts wheat profits

Hibiscus relative's flower extract shields eye cells from blue light

Gene activity mapped across yellow rose petal growth stages

Chemical mutagen creates trackable DNA changes in potato plants

Radiation breeding doses must be tailored to each aster variety

Extra fertilizer barely boosts rice yield over standard dose

Copper-flavonoid combo fights colon cancer cells in lab tests

New model predicts corn stress in salty farm soil daily

Fenugreek supplements show little effect on liver enzymes overall

Researchers weigh pollen grains to decode how pollination works

Pollinator prediction models need real biology, not just statistics

Seeds run on a father-mother gene tug-of-war

Native orchid confirmed growing wild in North Carolina woods

Naturalist spots native turkey mullein thriving in southern Oregon

Root-tapping boreal plant confirmed growing in Denali National Park

Scientists build matching 3D laser maps of European forests

Some 'green' road salts release more toxic metal than plain salt

AI helps turn sugarcane waste into fuel and charcoal

Gypsum mining dust reshapes soil chemistry far below the surface

Plant cells use molecular tags to fine-tune growth signals

Healthy soil and healthy crops are one connected system

Sixty years of hybrid sorghum breeding transformed China's dryland farming

Scientists untangle who's inheriting what in plant-microbe breeding

Antibiotic pollution stunts fruit flies by starving their gut bacteria

One chloroplast protein controls how well plants grow roots and shoots

Plant toxins get retooled into glowing tools for medical research

Scientists share blueprint for programmable on-off switches in plants

Microplastic dust is quietly rewiring soil bacteria communities

Anxiety drugs are slipping past river-cleaning wetland plants

Plant scraps and microbes can filter toxic metals from water

Plant-based plastics are closing the gap with petroleum plastic

Coastal hibiscus relative spotted thriving near Hawaiian state park

Invasive umbrella tree spotted spreading near Hawaii state park

Invasive small balsam confirmed spreading in Metro Vancouver forests

Native red huckleberry spotted thriving near Oregon City forests

Scientists map plant proteins in 3D to unlock new crop traits

Native evergreen shrub confirmed growing in a Surrey neighborhood

Carnivorous underwater plant confirmed growing in Alberta wetland

Verified sighting maps where great burnet grows in Alaska

Native mint spotted growing wild in rural Alberta roadside

Native prairie wildflower confirmed growing in an Edmonton neighborhood

Native wetland wildflower spotted thriving in rural Alberta ditch

Western sword fern spotted growing wild in Victoria neighborhood

Pungent native wildflower confirmed blooming in Mount Hamilton hills

New open map dataset predicts crop yields across South Asia

Iron, sulfur and conductive particles speed up oil spill cleanup underground

Fiber-rich diets may protect gut and heart health

Microbial slime colonies act as nutrient recycling powerhouses everywhere

Fighting drug pollution needs prevention and cleanup together

Graphene coating makes bamboo building material tougher and crack-resistant

Anchoring fungi to carriers boosts drug removal from wastewater

Blue-green algae skip a sugar shortcut scientists thought they used

Computer models reveal how moldy grain toxin harms kidneys

Study probes how peanuts talk to their root microbes

Scientists mine global soil DNA data for new gene editors

Congo rainforest wildlife sorts itself into distinct vertical neighborhoods

Arctic falcons and their chicks struggle as summers heat up

Insect pests may reuse fat-shuttling proteins to dodge pesticides

New chemistry toolkit sorts plastic waste from microbe byproducts

Certain soil bacteria can slowly break down old flame retardants

Plastic-eating enzymes alone can't solve our waste problem

Weathered tire dust becomes more toxic and reactive over time

New labeling tricks capture split-second protein handshakes in cells

Scientists see how fruit fly noses detect mating signals

Sewage sludge could hide the next generation of antibiotics

Bacteria team locks toxic uranium into harmless crystals in water

Indigenous business owners get culturally sensitive digital marketing coaching

New bird parasite species identified in Brazilian rainforest tanager

Yeast infection research has no connection to plant science

New nanotech approach could transform lung infection treatment

Brain tumor protein fuels resistance to chemotherapy drug