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A new study published in Plant Physiology opens the door to developing more robust and cold-resistant tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties. The findings reveal that increasing glycosylated sterol ...

Pumpkins, squash, zucchini and their relatives accumulate soil pollutants in their edible parts. A Kobe University team has ...

Oram Award-winning electronic artist Helen Anahita Wilson tells us how she generated the music for her new album from ...

A research team at Hosei University and the University of Tokyo has achieved the world’s first stable production of edamame ...

Plant proteins are a good alternative to animal-derived proteins, but there is a need to identify further plant protein sources, especially ones that appeal to modern consumers by being grown locally ...

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Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

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In a surprising twist to one of biology’s most fundamental processes, a new study published on October 17, 2025, in the open-access journal Carbon Research has revealed that plant roots can actively ...

Tatsuya Nobori brings high-resolution multiomic approaches to plant biology to map how plants interact with microbes on a ...

A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.