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Cardboard tubes in bee hotels invite the most parasites

Locals and loggers help pick native plants for landscaping

Nighttime lighting rewires which flowers bees and moths actually visit

Extreme weather throws plants and butterflies off schedule differently by season

Green manure and straw make lime fight rice cadmium better

A tiny pinch of organic soil protects wheat from disease

Night lighting swaps out moths for flies in mountain meadows

Mosquito spraying also kills off nearby pollinators and other insects

Hidden canopy bee in Fiji lost 99% of its population

A tiny genetic dimmer switch helps plants survive heat waves

Fertilizer hurts soil bacteria more than losing plant species does

Urban farm microbes are so local they reveal which farm grew your greens

Tobacco plants use their genes to recruit disease-fighting soil bacteria

A leaf yeast shares vitamins to keep a pathogen alive

Turning off one gene made wheat taller with bigger grains

Scientists find the gene switch behind year-round strawberries

Shorter PFAS chemicals climb into leaves, longer ones stay in roots

Chicken and cow manure clean toxic soil in different ways

Scientists map rice development cell by cell, start to finish

Simpler microbe mixes beat complex ones at helping plants

Simple weather math predicts grapevine timing better than complex models

Friendly soil fungi help soybeans breathe easier under heat and drought

Root fungi help mangrove trees survive salty, harsh coastlines

Corn's chemical toolkit for surviving drought and polluted soil

Comparing nearby climates can't fully predict how flowers respond over decades

Cover crop nitrogen reaches citrus fruit mainly after it decomposes

Magnesium mineral additive blocks plastic uptake in tomato plants

Two common acids trap nitrogen in compost, cutting ammonia loss

Plants balance two hormones to survive salty, nutrient-poor soil

Rice roots dial down a growth signal to survive drought

A shrub compound tunes plant growth up or down by dose

Garlic and onion's hidden sugars fight inflammation and boost immunity

Bacteria-algae teamwork cuts fertilizer needs in rice fields

Wheat seeds may pass helpful bacteria to the next generation

DNA tools reveal hidden soil microbes that help crops thrive

Microbe duo recruits helpful soil allies to supercharge sorghum

New glowing tag lets scientists watch RNA move through plants

Scientists just doubled the known number of plant viruses

Wildflower times its stink to match fly visitor hours

Wheat gene found that works against its own drought defenses

Damaged marsh grass leaves host way more microbes than healthy ones

Mapping microbe rivalries helped build a better corn disease fighter

Scientists find a gene switch that helps corn survive drought

Two rice genes found that control plant height and sturdiness

Trace mineral helps basil shrug off toxic cadmium soil

This floating pond plant pulls heavy metals from treated sewage water

Polluted soil breeds tougher microbes inside medicinal plants

Soil microbes plus AI could make sunflowers better water cleaners

Cameroonian tree bark slows breast cancer cells in lab tests

Dead soil microbes trap heavy metals from decades of fertilizer use

Avocado pits show real promise for preventing stomach ulcers

Lentils fight drought and salty soil using shared protein defenses

Carnivorous plant seeds need the right amount of winter chill

Old desert wisdom about soil microbes gets a science checkup

One mushroom turned out to be 22 hidden species

Scientists pinpoint the genes that let grapevines survive freezing winters

Fungal partners help cardoon plants pack in more antioxidants

Dublin shows how to count community gardens' hidden benefits

DNA pollen testing shows which flowers bees need after wildfires

Burned forest soils stay nitrogen-poor decades after trees fully regrow

Needle-prick method speeds up gene editing in a key medicinal herb

Invasive buckthorn sightings in Canada drop but stay high

This native woodland aster is everywhere right now

This toxic woodland wildflower is blooming everywhere right now

One insect species dominates rice fields, surprising scientists

Flooding rice soil with organic matter traps mercury, blocks toxic form

Marsh restoration carbon fix comes with a nitrogen tradeoff

Modified peanut shell charcoal boosts selenium, blocks cadmium in rice

Manure jumpstarts dead nitrogen cycling in mining waste soil

Fly larvae eating seafood shells make clean protein, mineral-rich poop

Some wild soil bacteria fertilize cover crops far better than others

Plant traits can predict extinction risk from habitat fragmentation

A chemical switch helps plants sense and survive UV light

Ancient Chinese medicine plant yields promising arthritis-fighting compound

Plant protein links damage alarm to disease defense system

Olive leaf trimmings transformed into liver cancer-fighting nanoparticles

Plant flavonoid quercetin helps immune cells fight stomach cancer

Plants dial down a growth signal to survive heat waves

Corn enzyme stays switched on to fight off drought

Pine trees grow secret tunnels to pump out defensive resin

Plants that react most to salt aren't the toughest ones

Plant cells reroute energy between organelles to survive drought or flood

Cash and peer support beat classroom training for climate farming

Scientists can now watch crop roots adapt to drought live

Soybeans quietly recruit soil microbes as natural fertilizer partners

Soybean's root bacteria help the plant cope with dry soil

Predators sniff out prey using leaked chemical scent trails

Plants handle too little and too much water differently

An herbal compound makes cow's milk fat healthier

Every ash tree shares a core set of leaf bacteria

Root microbes sense worm pests and fight back for plants

Scientists map hundreds of hidden microbes living in marsh grass roots

Flooded farm soils shift microbe mix, not overall diversity

Periwinkle plant has a built-in brake for its own poison

Rice and Arabidopsis use the same signal to grow roots

Trees use a hormone switch to soften wood under stress

Scientists rewrite crop genes to fight off plant diseases

Grapevines get multi-gene edits with no foreign DNA left behind

Deleting one gene throws off moth mating signals and dances

Gene-activating CRISPR tool maps a key plant hormone's assembly line

Corn's built-in chemical defenses against drought and toxic soil

Rice gene shuttles its own disease-fighting chemical to work

Bacteria team-up eats toxic dye, helps chickpea seeds sprout

This yellow wildflower sucks strontium right out of contaminated soil

AI model predicts how well sunflowers clean toxic soil

Pig manure redirects arsenic into liquid during fern waste breakdown

Salt-loving plants may double as boron pollution cleaners

Chemical messengers help worms turn sludge into compost faster

Alfalfa pulls rare earth metals out of coal ash waste

Rice paddy bacteria fully digest toxic petroleum pollutants in days

Herbicide dose, not viruses, decides if soil bacteria clean it up

AI tool spots drought-tough rice genes by combining data layers

Stevia extract shields diabetic rat livers from damage

Bacteria's tiny cargo pouches could help crops survive stress

Saffron extract eased stress-linked anxiety and blood sugar problems in rats

Kousa dogwood's full genetic blueprint mapped for the first time

Plant cells coordinate an internal relay team to survive salty soil

How dying leaves recycle their nutrients for new growth

How plants sense gravity could unlock denser, sturdier crops

New computer models forecast corn yields before harvest arrives

Not all soil fungi tests catch urban pollution equally well

Veggie scraps could filter dye pollution out of dirty water

Brazilian health workers and healers team up on medicinal gardens

Botanists uncover a hidden new sedge species in China

A fungus's anti-duplication defense quietly reshapes its working genes too

Plant chemicals remain a huge untapped source for new medicines

Western redcedar sightings are surging across Canada this week

Dogwood sightings drop as Canadian fall season advances

A spiky wetland sedge is suddenly everywhere on iNaturalist

New England aster sightings drop as fall bloom fades

This weedy fall wildflower is still topping nature-spotting apps

Volunteer spots invasive acacia tree in Honolulu's protected watershed forest

Scientists turn household trash into pollution-cleaning materials

Cells have a backup recycling system scientists just mapped

Plant and mushroom sugars show promise for tuning the immune system

Zapping crops with electricity could make farming cleaner and smarter

Electric gas treatment wakes up seeds, but how remains murky

Scientists map sugarcane's drought survival traits for breeders

Tree bark compounds fight piglet diarrhea via gut microbes

Your gut bacteria quietly rework plant coumarins after you eat them

Highly active nodule gene turns out to be dispensable

Gene editing helps algae survive stress, boost yields

Rhubarb root extract helps sunlight clean dye-polluted water

Bacterial enzyme rapidly clears leftover plastic-bottle breakdown chemicals

Pollen shells treated with thyme and mint soak up dye pollution

Scientists seek smarter recipes for making soil-boosting charcoal

Two bacteria teamed up to clean antibiotic pollution from water

One protein family quietly shapes plant growth and stress defense

A hundred years of figuring out how plants cope with stress

Chickpea protein may calm inflammation in hard-training cyclists

Rosewood's inner wood chemistry helps confirm its family tree

Poor pasture soil linked to more gum disease in cattle

Soil bacterium's enzyme breaks down tough plant compounds

Seed chemistry helps place silver cockscomb on the plant family tree

AI tool spots bad wheat kernels in real time

More weeding controls rice field weeds but not final harvest size

New machine turns raw bamboo into sticks at home

Saw palmetto spotted and verified in coastal Florida scrubland

Native cowparsnip spotted and confirmed in Alberta's Elkwater area

Native black tupelo tree confirmed growing in rural Maryland

A Caribbean shrub turns up verified and thriving in Honolulu

Invasive periwinkle vine confirmed spreading along Princeton roadside

Spanish moss confirmed thriving on a Florida street tree

Volunteer spotter confirms native wildflower thriving in Wisconsin preserve

Rare blue wildflower confirmed growing along Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail

Native evening-primrose spotted thriving along Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail

Drought-tough Sleepy Morning plant confirmed growing on Kauai campus

Licorice fern confirmed growing roadside in Langley, BC

Five new root bacteria genomes mapped from poplar trees

Scientists read protein signals to spot pollution damage early

Seawater bacterium breaks down antibiotic pollution in two days

River mud bacteria carry genes that break down plastic waste

Charred bamboo traps toxic metals in waste-based concrete better

Identical-looking soil amoebas turn out to be metabolically distinct

Why mapping gene activity inside plant cells is so much harder

Thousands of sightings mapped for an overlooked desert plant family

Verified coconut palm spotted outside a Kauai hotel

Hawaii's classic beach shrub spotted thriving at a Kauai harbor

New tool tells researchers how deep to sequence microbial DNA

Blocking one gene makes crop-eating moths nearly sterile

Agriculture students learn farming with sensors and AI, not just books

Engineered microbes turn plant and plastic oils into plastics

Paper examines how farm robots and people work together

A pinch of oxygen helps bacteria destroy detergent pollution faster

Green attitudes, not eco-facts alone, drive organic purchases

Breast cancer drug harms fish immunity, algae extract helps

Wasp venom chemistry hijacks host insects from the inside out

Scientists map full genome of invasive Australian mosquitofish

Bacteria-mimicking vaccine coating boosts immune attack on tumors

Light-driven chemistry builds tougher sugar molecules for new medicines

A cell motor protein spins a built-in left-right switch

Lab-grown blood vessels pinpoint which cell type drives rapid aging damage