Research

Plant movement has long fascinated many researchers. Legumes are a group of plants famous for exhibiting various leaf movements, including "nyctinastic movement," in which the leaves open in the day...

Growing in the heart of the world's deepest valley are two plants that have fooled scientists for decades. Two species of the "touch-me-not" genus (Impatiens)—the Blue Diamond (Impatiens namchabarwensis) and...

A machine vision system capable of locating and identifying apple king flowers within clusters of blossoms on trees in orchards was devised by Penn State researchers—a critical early step in...

FEFU scientists managed to create an organic-based fertilizer, which is intended for growing plants in a soilless environment. It is based on the substance of anfeltia algae - the Far...

The collection of the Herbarium is replenished annually by about 20,000 specimens. All collected material must be carefully prepared and mounted.Scientists at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, within...

The researchers used the new high-throughput stable isotope probing (HT-SIP) pipeline and metagenomics to get the first look at the active microbiome surrounding a beneficial plant symbiont, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi...

As climate change is expected to lead to more frequent periods of drought, researchers are increasingly working to make discoveries that can help plants adapt to prolonged water stress. Researchers...

The ecological international outdoor tomato cultivation project was launched in Germany in 2003 and already has up to 34 experimental varieties. The project involves research centers, professional agronomists and amateur...

Researchers from Wageningen have completely unraveled the genetic makeup of the onion. Mapping the genome of the vegetable was 'quite a puzzle', says researcher Richard Finkers of Wageningen University & Research...

Limited resources and little foreign trade have fostered innovation in Israeli agriculture. Today, Israel’s agtech sector is second only to the US.