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23-Jul-2025

Researchers identify key survival strategy for soybeans during heat and drought

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Missouri recently discovered that soybeans have a natural defense strategy — called differential transpiration — that helps protect the plant’s reproductive tissues (flowers and seed pods) during extreme weather conditions. Think of it as nature’s version of targeted air conditioning.

Journal: Physiologia Plantarum

23-Jul-2025

New chlorophyll fluorescence imaging technique enables early detection of rice fungal diseases

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team leverages chlorophyll fluorescence (ChlF) imaging, a cutting-edge technique, to identify reliable pre-symptomatic diagnostic indicators for rice blast and brown spot.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

23-Jul-2025

New multi-angle drone model improves accuracy of wheat nitrogen assessment

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

A research team has developed an innovative remote sensing model that significantly improves the accuracy of monitoring nitrogen accumulation in wheat crops.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

23-Jul-2025

Uncovering the secrets of maize roots: High-throughput phenotyping reveals genetic drivers of growth

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team pioneers an automated, high-throughput pipeline using open-source tools to quantify over 50 root traits in diverse maize genotypes, enabling researchers to investigate how genetics, hormones, and developmental stages influence root growth.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

23-Jul-2025

New study unlocks molecular defense against devastating potato pathogen

American Phytopathological Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, researchers discovered that potato plants rely on salicylic acid (SA)—a plant hormone best known for its role in triggering immune responses—to protect their roots from this unusual invader

Journal: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Funder: Northwest Potato Consortium, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

23-Jul-2025

Can certain fungi boost the micronutrient content of bread wheat?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat’s micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it with a specific type of fungus.

Journal: Plants People Planet

22-Jul-2025

Sustainability Accelerator selects 41 new projects with potential for rapid scale-up

Stanford University
Grant and Award Announcement

The latest awards enable development and implementation of cross-disciplinary projects tackling real-world sustainability challenges in food and agriculture, industry, water, electricity, and biology.