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Mar. 8, 2021 —Researchers have found that nitrogen-fixing legume trees can support themselves and surrounding trees not only with increased access to nitrogen, but with other key nutrients through enhanced mineral ...
Oct. 28, 2021 —Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant's close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The finding ...
May 8, 2021 —The most comprehensive study of the family tree for legumes, the plant family that includes beans, soybeans, peanuts, and many other economically important crop plants, reveals a history of ...
May 11, 2021 —Tepary beans -- a high protein legume common to the southwest United States and Mexico -- may hold the key to adapting bean crops for the increasingly harsh conditions brought on by a changing ...
Oct. 3, 2022 —A botanist has discovered a beautiful new species from the Iridaceae family high up in the Langeberg Mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa. The name of the new species, Geissorhiza seracina ...
Aug. 14, 2023 —More mock seafood options are needed because of unsustainable fishing and aquaculture practices, which can harm the environment. Now, researchers have a new approach for creating desirable vegan ...
Nov. 24, 2020 —Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the ...
Sep. 16, 2020 —Research helps farmers pick the best cover crops to keep their soil and nutrients in the ...
Oct. 26, 2020 —The dynamic change in root growth of plants plays an important role in their adjustment to soil conditions. Depending on the location, nutrients or moisture can be found in higher or lower soil ...
Jan. 20, 2022 —Researchers have described a new legume tree from flowers embedded in several lumps of amber recovered from deep within an amber mine in the mountains of the Dominican ...