Science briefs

The discovery of the mutant plant s544 provides a new material for the study of the brassinolide pathway and a novel ornament in the balcony scenery of cities. Photo by Sang Xianchun.

PLASTOCHRON1 regulates rice leaf inclination through brassinolide pathway

November 20, 2020

Oat plants growing at a University of Wisconsin–Madison greenhouse under speed-breeding system evaluation. Left: cultivar Antigo at 53 days after planting in the normal (left) and speed-breeding (right) system. Right: night picture of oat plants growing in greenhouse under the speed-breeding system. Photos courtesy of Lucia Gutiérrez.

Speed breeding and early harvest shortens oat cycle

November 19, 2020

New research in Crop Science reports on the effects of a range of Mn availability on switchgrass. Source: Wikimedia Commons/SEWilco.

The influence of manganese on switchgrass and pearl millet

November 19, 2020

Photo of a soybean trial conducted in central Argentina using common farmer technology. Photo courtesy of Lucas Vitantonio-Mazzini.

Three key variables help achieve high soybean yields

November 17, 2020

Evaluating four soft red winter wheat heads for Fusarium head blight severity, which represents the percentage of infected spikelets with a bleached appearance, within a wheat head. Photo by Amanda Holder.

Multiple traits better than one for predicting fusarium head blight resistance in wheat

October 26, 2020

Corn under different fertilization histories at the National Field Observation and Research Station of Hailun Agroecosystems, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo by Lu-Jun Li.

Fertilization histories influence soil organic carbon mineralization

October 25, 2020

Manoel Teixeira Souza Junior with oil palms in the greenhouse. Photo by Vania Souza.

Insights for more efficient use of the American oil palm

October 25, 2020

Water quality impacts were compared in fall-planted winter oilseed–soybean intercropping systems (shown here in late June) with other cover-cropped and fallow systems. Photo courtesy of Carrie Eberle.

Winter oilseeds reduce surface runoff

October 25, 2020

Timothy Neher collects a water quality sample from a wetland located in the Black Hawk Lake watershed. Photo by Ji Yeow Law.

Catchment-wide conservation practices reduce phosphorus, sediment losses

October 25, 2020

First author, Ph.D. student Xiang Lin, working in the field to collect samples of clay-rich sediments. Photo by (Max) Qinhong Hu.

Relative humidity controls water distribution in clayey materials

October 25, 2020

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