The team traced isotopically labeled nitrogen from the air into corn plants, confirming that gene-edited microbes successfully transferred ... Bruno Basso, an environmental science professor, ...

Forever Growing Needs As the world population keeps rising, our need for more food is increasing as well. We will need to significantly grow more food by 2050 if we are to avoid food deprivation. In ...

"We need to convince these bacteria to maintain high levels of BNF in environments ... It is also the first peer-reviewed ...

Peer-reviewed research published today in Scientific Reports describes a new technology that could revolutionize a ...

Moderate to severe drought conditions across the Corn Belt provided ideal conditions for fast harvest, but it also draws ...

Mums are a beautiful addition to any garden. If you need help growing them, a simple bathroom staple can give these plants a ...

Beck’s Hybrids has pioneered a unique protocol for growing single corn plants in root boxes to study the root architecture of ...

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties, but the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing curren ...

Researchers uncover a seven-gene pathway enabling corn and rice to fix nitrogen directly from the air, eliminating fertilizer ...

Food productivity is dependent on the availability of fertilizer, says Utah State University biochemist Lance Seefeldt."We need ...

An international, Gates Foundation-funded collaboration reports new knowledge that could simplify genetic transfer of ...