Soil-derived nutrients by plant roots can be limited under increasing environmental stresses
such as higher incidence and duration of heat and drought, which affect agricultural …

Magnesium deficiency is a frequently occurring limiting factor for crop production due to low
levels of exchangeable Mg (ex-Mg) in acidic soil, which negatively affects sustainability of …

Amongst various environmental constraints, abiotic stresses are increasing the risk of food
insecurity worldwide by limiting crop production and disturbing the geographical distribution …

Phosphorus is a poorly bioavailable macronutrient that is essential for crop growth and yield.
Overuse of phosphorus fertilizers results in low phosphorus use efficiency (PUE), has …

During meiosis I the genome is reduced to the haploid content by a coordinated reductional
division event. Homologous chromosomes align, recombine and segregate while the sister …

Magnesium (Mg) is an essential nutrient for a wide array of fundamental physiological and
biochemical processes in plants. It largely involves chlorophyll synthesis, production, …

Beneficial rhizobacteria promote plant growth and protect plants against phytopathogens.
Effective colonization on plant roots is critical for the rhizobacteria to exert beneficial activities. …

Surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithms have been commonly used in extremely expensive
optimization problems. However, many existing algorithms are only significantly used in …

Fruit length is a prominent agricultural trait during cucumber (Cucumis sativus) domestication
and diversifying selection; however, the regulatory mechanisms of fruit elongation remain …

Maternal-to-filial nutrition transfer is central to grain development and yield. nitrate transporter
1/peptide transporter (NRT1-PTR)-type transporters typically transport nitrate, peptides, …