The findings offer a non-invasive and efficient method for early disease detection, crucial for timely intervention and better disease management. Rice is a vital global food staple, contributing ...

What if the monitoring system being used to protect the Finger Lakes from toxic algae blooms is actually blind to them? What ...

Crops utilize carbon dioxide (CO 2) through photosynthesis to create organic matter, with enhanced photosynthetic rates crucial for meeting global food demands. While crop phenomics has focused on ...

Heat and water deficit stresses tend to impede and restrict the efficiency of photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and maximum photochemical quantum yield in plants based on their characteristic ...

A new perspective highlights why plant traits should be built into photosynthetic efficiency models to improve estimates of global vegetation productivity. Instead of relying mainly on climate ...