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Plants trade sugar and fat to fungi for underground nutrients

Invasive honeybees are starving bat-pollinated trees of fruit

Leaf-sprayed bacteria let tomatoes thrive on less fertilizer

Root fungus helps okra thrive in salty, metal-tainted soil

Plants build protective cell droplets to survive heat waves

Salt-loving grass genome reveals how it beats drought and salt

Gene-edited rice packs more nutrition and better flavor

Scientists find gene that makes wheat grain richer in iron

Gene-edited potatoes pack in more vitamin A precursor

Sorghum and biochar team up to clean oily soil fast

Compost helps soil soak up stormwater long after construction

Common pesticides quietly stress stingless bees without killing them

Disease-resistant watermelons recruit better bodyguard microbes in soil

Charcoal made from waste can heal soil and trap carbon

Genome study finds two genes controlling ginseng's medicinal potency

A single wheat protein blocks viruses from spreading between plant cells

Newly found bugs and fungi could help fight stone fruit disease

Freeze-drying beats oven-drying for preserving this herb's medicine

Rosemary extract eases fibromyalgia-like pain in animal study

That waxy white plant in your woods is trending on iNaturalist

This invasive purple wetland plant is blooming everywhere right now

Friendly microbes show real promise against banana-killing fungus

Composting alone destroys drug-resistant bacteria in manure, no biochar needed

Seafood shell waste locks toxic metals out of garden soil

Crushed eggshells lock up excess soil phosphorus and boost pak choi yield

Grass and straw turn toxic mine waste into living soil

Wild mountain plants sort into metal-trapping and metal-pulling specialists

Africa's rainforest fungi remain mostly undiscovered and boost tree growth

Drones collect insect DNA from crops to track farm biodiversity

New scanners let scientists watch root fungi trade nutrients live

Bacterial blend gives tomato plants bigger, healthier harvests

Plants use chemical memory to survive repeat droughts better

This cold-hardy corn variety is also more nutrient-rich

Restoring dead mine soil means feeding its invisible workforce first

One gene switch decides if tobacco fights disease or grows faster

Stressed vegetable roots recruit bacteria to clean plastic pollutants

Underground microbes are the hidden engine of resilient farming

Extra chromosome sets help invasive plants spread farther

Traditional Indonesian plant remedies show promise against drug-resistant malaria

Warming climate is shrinking the growing season for wine grapes

A fig tree's leaves outperform a standard anti-parasite drug

Zinc form determines whether alfalfa absorbs more forever chemicals

Rare disease-resistant white pines found deep in Mexico's forests

Boosting one rice gene creates a natural pest-repelling scent

Earthworms and rotating drums make faster, cleaner compost

Soil fungi help plants shrug off lead contamination in soil

This wetland grass traps toxic nickel safely in its roots

Microbe and amino acid combo keeps lead out of wheat

The protein that lets plant cells stretch and grow

Friendly microbes and minerals help beans fight off three diseases

Your houseplant rubber tree has a hidden medicine cabinet

Wild thyme extract kills stored-grain beetles, no pesticides needed

Rust disease alerts help Ethiopian wheat farmers spray at better times

Traditional herbs show liver safety limits and brain activity effects

Ethiopian communities rely on wild plants to survive food shortages

Red banana stem sap is safe but won't fight cancer

Ocotillo's lab-grown cells follow a strict, orderly growth blueprint

Europeans fear pesticide residue more than gene-edited watermelon

How plants read daylight length to decide when to flower

Red fig leaves make better antioxidants and stronger silver nanoparticles

Salty water shrinks tomato plants but fights off disease and boosts flavor

This radish's crunchy texture comes down to specific genes

Root-dwelling bacteria help soybeans beat salt and poor soil

Wheat's faint photosynthesis glow reveals hidden ozone pollution damage

One gene switch makes tobacco leaves bigger or smaller

Pairing corn with a toxic-metal weed backfires for food safety

Plant family trees reveal ancient climate's fingerprint on pollinators

The weed in your lawn may fight gum disease

Thai villagers use 129 plants to treat fevers naturally

AI is quietly rewiring how scientists study and breed plants

Light scanning replaces slow chemistry to grade herbal plant powders

Common herbal teas and supplements can weaken your prescription drugs

Chokecherry sightings spike as this native shrub fruits nationwide

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature apps this week

Ragweed sightings are spiking, and so is pollen season

Pokeweed sightings are spiking across the country this week

Jewelweed sightings are surging across nature apps this week

Wild rice seeds need months of drying before they'll sprout

Recovering mined forests can out-produce old growth in food for wildlife

Rain garden soil traps forever chemicals but stresses the plants

Insect waste compost cuts toxic metal uptake in medicinal herb

Peat soil additive slashes cadmium in rice, but raises arsenic

Varied diets and local grain quality raise selenium in Tibetan bodies

Freeze-thaw cracks break down biochar's grip on soil metals

Mountain willow disabled half its stress-defense enzymes to survive

Fig tree scents track family ties more than shared pollinators

Plant roots and microbes use nutrients as location signals

Plants use stress molecules as switches to control branching

How flowers time pollen release down to the hour

Plant cells build defense alarms inside their own organelles

Plant cell walls use pectin enzymes as stress alarm systems

Flowering plants may owe their success to smarter leaf pores

Two chickpea genes turn on during drought and salt stress

New skin patch for plants reveals stress chemical dropping in real time

Farmer training and extension access drive climate-smart farming uptake

Tiny gene switches could keep toxic cadmium out of your food crops

Two corn hybrids beat drought using totally different survival tricks

Soil fungi help beans handle heat, but temperature reshapes the partnership

A rotten-egg gas may help crops survive salty soil

Plant compounds show promise fighting breast cancer in lab studies

New soil method reveals bacteria hitchhiking on fungal threads

Microscopic plastic bits mess with underwater plants' pollution cleanup

Winemaking leftovers could become a heart-healthy supplement

Tiny metal particles could help crops survive climate stress, carefully

Cilantro roots pick up antibiotic-resistant bacteria from wastewater irrigation

Nanoparticles from plants may help fight signs of aging

Hidden yeasts are quietly everywhere in soil and plants

Licorice nasal rinse beat steroids for hay fever symptoms in trial

Traditional herb eases gout-linked kidney damage in mouse study

Traditional herb extract blocks cancer growth pathway in lab tests

Pine gene makes poplar branches upright, but not the reverse

Cheaper DNA test spots gene-editing results in rice plants

Butterflies lost a gene and lost their chemical flexibility

A 400-million-year-old genetic switch shapes how all plants grow

Rice genes labeled 'broken' turn out to control pollen fertility

A tiny rice RNA molecule controls whether plants can make seeds

Gene editing lets scientists fine-tune rice for better eating quality

Certain plants can help clean up toxic coal ash dumps

This fern eats arsenic, and scientists finally know how

Soil bacteria can break down stubborn crop fungicide residues

Silicon nanoparticles and melatonin help peppers survive toxic soil metal

Not all compostable plastics break down at the same speed

Mulberry trees absorb 'forever chemicals,' harming silkworms that eat the leaves

Bigger bacteria dose helps plants clean up worse toxic soil

Plants and their fungal partners didn't evolve together after all

Plant growth hormone system evolved by recycling ancient gene switches

New math model predicts how species will evolve under climate stress

How plants evolved thousands of scent and defense chemicals

How plants feel heat and grow taller because of it

Lab-grown prickly pear cactus makes a stronger natural pesticide

Root chemicals let plants talk to soil microbes underground

Plant cells follow a precise location-based genetic script

Seaweed extracts could help crops survive increasingly salty soil

One gene family may control growth patterns in all plants

A molecular timer keeps pollen-making cells from overworking themselves

Roots and soil microbes coordinate teamwork using hormones and gene switches

Papaya leaves and other plants may ease sickle cell symptoms

Plants store fat to survive heat, drought, and salt stress

Plants and insects wage a hidden chemical tug-of-war

Plants use a chloroplast damage signal to fine-tune growth

Ancient ginkgo tree extract gets high-tech medical delivery upgrade

Methanol pulls the most healing compounds from this medicinal shrub's leaves

How AI and cheap microchips are automating farms

New fungal disease found rotting aloe vera plant tips in India

New AI can spot weeds it has never seen before

Drone-sprayed weed killer works almost as well as tractors

Buddha's hand citron yields new compounds that may protect the liver

Sesame oil may shield fertility from a common transplant drug

New AI test reveals plant disease chatbots aren't ready yet

New microscopy protocol reveals hidden compartments inside plant cells

Wild carrot sightings are surging on nature-tracking apps right now

Invasive floating pennywort confirmed spreading in an Oregon waterway

Invasive tree-of-heaven confirmed spreading in Oregon suburb

Ghostly white parasitic wildflower confirmed growing in Wisconsin woods

Weathered plastic bits change how wetland soils handle nitrogen

Fool's gold minerals help wetland microbes clean up oil faster

Cadmium-cleanup mineral stresses one earthworm species, spares another

Farm pest control's next leap builds on decades of small wins

Tiny genetic switches could make millets tougher and healthier

Milling waste from wheat could become a health-boosting food ingredient

Chicory root fiber boosts farm animal gut health and yields

Olive bacteria produce a natural skin-soothing soap compound

Why beet-red plant pigments fade, and how to stop it

Kelp uses two separate chemical tricks to make hydrocarbons

Algae air purifiers show promise but lack real-world proof

Native buckwheat spotted thriving along LA fire road

Native blue elderberry shrub confirmed growing in Oregon roadside habitat

Mung bean starch makes the sturdiest Red Bull jelly candy

Orange-flowered kerosene tree spotted along a Kauai highway

Toxic climbing vine spotted growing wild in Seattle neighborhood

Native strawberry bush confirmed growing wild in South Carolina

Common yarrow spotted thriving on a Portland street curb

Colt's-foot spotted and confirmed growing in Kingston

Red-berried elder confirmed growing on an Anchorage street

Native Alaska wildflower confirmed growing right in an Anchorage yard

Invasive butter-and-eggs plant spotted along Wisconsin roadside

Native chokecherry spotted thriving along Bend's Deschutes River Trail

Plant-derived ring peptides inspire precise new drug designs

Decades of data reveal the best recipes for turning waste into gas

Fungi and mealworms show promise for breaking down styrofoam waste

Bacterial slime films break down oil pollution faster than free-floating microbes

Plant-fiber food wrap's water resistance depends on manufacturing, not chemistry

Sewage bacterium breaks down antibiotics and excess nitrogen together

The plant nutrient boron may also matter for human health

Turmeric's active compound doesn't undo pesticide damage in lab cells

Hydrogen-breathing bacteria quietly release arsenic into river sediments

Plant-based nanoparticles emerge as a tool against gut inflammation

Running gene-editing tests twice cuts false leads in insect pests

Mapping which proteins grab pollutants first could improve cleanup

Journal issues correction notice for earlier aloe vera gene study

Bacterium cleans wastewater nitrogen and drugs together

New cell-mapping tools could help fight parasitic worm infections

Swiss river study shows sewage plants fuel antibiotic resistance spread

New AI tool predicts gene-editing success in mice, humans

Farm worker safety depends more on relationships than rulebooks

Scientists gather to discuss AI models of living cells