The use of beneficial bacterial strains is proposed as a nature based practice to support sustainable crop production. Strains exposed to extreme environmental stress may have developed robust stress ...

For decades, science has understood the basics of photosynthesis, the process by which plants turn sunlight into food.

To meet the food demands of the rapidly growing global population, it is urgent to increase food production by accelerating crop yield. While genetic modification of crops has been proposed as an ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around plants—could help improve soil health, boost crop yields, and restore degraded ...

Scientists have discovered that a molecule known for defending animal immune systems called itaconate also plays a powerful role in plants. Researchers showed that itaconate not only exists in plant ...