There have been four main races of phytophthora identified in Manitoba to date. Variety selection is the best defence against the disease. Photo: J. Morrison, University of Minnesota This shows ...

Many plants – legumes like peas, beans and soybean, for example – have evolved a relationship with soil bacteria ... The ...

A genetic “off switch” that shuts down nitrogen fixation when soil nitrate levels are high has been identified by a global ...

According to a University of Illinois crop sciences researcher, there has been a great deal of interest recently in the idea of using nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season to increase ...

What are bare root plants? Usually sold between November and March, it's little wonder that so many of you are keen to learn more about the apparent ‘dead sticks’ on sale at your local garden centre – ...

What are bare root plants? Usually sold between November and March, it's little wonder that so many of you are keen to learn ...

2016; Wang et al., 2019a; Anwaar et al., 2020). Soybean (Glycine max L.), an important agricultural commodity, is widely cultivated and the largest plantation worldwide. As a plant with enough water ...

The factors consisted of the control treatment (without Si) and four doses of Si (250, 500, 750 and 1000 mg pot-1 of SiO 2), and two soybean cultivars (BRS Tracajá and FTS Paragominas). Growth ...

Want to know whether your soybean inoculant is working? You can get a good sense if it is by evaluating the nodules on the plant roots once the crop reaches the vegetative stage, roughly six weeks ...

This process contributes to the formation of various bioactive peptides, including PSKs (PHYTOSULFOKINEs), PSYs (PLANT PEPTIDE CONTAINING SULFATED TYROSINE), CIFs (CASPARIAN STRIP INTEGRITY FACTOR), ...