Sustainability hinges on water and energy use
Jun 24, 2018
A plant scientist, a water specialist and a petroleum engineer walk onto a panel, “how do you define sustainability?” one asks.
Results for food security
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Future for crop breeding is CRISPR and clear
Jul 1, 2018
Precision molecular tools derived from bacterial defence systems are transforming the theory and practice of genetic modification.
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Bacteria that boost plant pumps against drought
Jul 29, 2018
Adding certain types of bacteria to soil could help protect plants against drought by activating a proton pump in root cells.
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Reusing water to grow quality food in cities
Sep 9, 2018
Research to optimize aquaponics systems could inform a new era of urban food production.
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Mining bacteria from the desert
Feb 6, 2019
Desert bacteria protect food crops from salt toxicity.
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Metabolite stimulates a crop while suppressing a weed
Feb 25, 2019
A metabolic compound that regulates growth of rice plants and limits witchweed infestation could boost crop yields.
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Stressing the genetics in salt-tolerant crops
Mar 5, 2019
Unravelling the genes behind salt tolerance in crop plants is made easier using the latest sequencing and phenotyping technologies.
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A leap forward in estimating crop water use
May 1, 2019
High-resolution imaging data collected by small satellites could transform how we monitor freshwater use in agriculture.
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Directed evolution comes to plants
Jun 19, 2019
Accelerating plant evolution with CRISPR paves the way for breeders to engineer new crop varieties.
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Using an embryonic pause to save the date
Jul 7, 2019
A date palm seedling can pause its development to boost its resilience before emerging into the harsh desert environment.
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Finding ways to feed the world
Aug 22, 2019
Genome editing techniques have the power to transform crop yields and plant resilience to feed the growing global population.
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Date palms picky about bacterial partners
Sep 5, 2019
Cultivated date palms have co-evolved with desert bacteria for so long that their roots attract the microbes that provide the best chance for a long and healthy life.
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A symbiotic boost for greenhouse tomato plants
Oct 6, 2019
The colonization of tomato plants with a beneficial desert root fungus protects against effects of salt stress.
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A combat strategy for purple witchweed
Nov 27, 2019
Plant scientist Salim Al-Babili and his team are working across many fronts to save sub-Saharan African cereal crops from a menacing weed.
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Conferring leaf rust resistance in cereal crops
Dec 5, 2019
Identifying genes that confer resistance to leaf rust infections could help generate durably resistant cereal crops.
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Better anchor roots help crops grow in poor soils
Dec 26, 2019
A newly discovered plant metabolite that promotes anchor root growth may prove valuable in helping crops grow in nutrient-deficient soils.
