A Japanese research team found that the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) may protect heart tissue by modifying a key ...

By 2050, we will need to feed almost 1.8 billion more people, when our global population reaches around 10 billion.

For example, root exudates from legume plants (e.g., peas, clover, soybeans) serve as a signal to certain species of Rhizobium, which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This signal attracts the ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

The balance between two types of molecules – reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) – plays a crucial role in tackling drug-resistant bacteria, according to a new study from ...

In many areas they are the most common non-legume nitrogen fixers and are often the pioneer species in successional plant communities. Actinorhizal plants are found in many ecosystems including ...

A Gippsland dairy farm has cut nitrogen use by as much as 90 per cent through using multi-species swards.

A new study appearing Nov. 16 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution has concluded that the cycad species that survived relied on symbiotic bacteria in their roots, which provide them with nitrogen ...

"The research highlights how treatments that boost reactive nitrogen species might be good for fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, while treatments that mainly boost reactive oxygen species ...