In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Beans plants evolved nitrogen-fixing tricks - an ancient secret that could help crops grow with less fertilizer and transform ...

Farmers could save billions of dollars using the University of California-Davis’ new wheat plants, which stimulate the ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

Key pointsLow nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Farmers compensate by adding nitrogen-rich ...

Anja Murray has been writing 'Nature File' for RTÉ Lyric FM since 2017 and wants readers to indulge their own biophilia with ...

Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him. He is, after all, a weed scientist specializing in the most ...

Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...

Plants are master strategists. Even the staples on our plates include quiet assassins, stealthy amphibians. Take a look.

Thermophiles thrive in hydrothermal features where scalding temperatures would burn other life. What can we learn from the ...

Haveri: The unrelenting rains over the past week have left farmers in Haveri district in deep distress as acres of groundnut ...

Once dismissed as ‘tasteless hippy fodder’, the humble bean is suddenly everywhere – cheap, sustainable and packed with ...