Agriculture

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1-Aug-2025

Tracking stone cell formation in pears with in vivo lignification imaging

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has revealed how gritty stone cells form and expand in pear fruit flesh by using a cutting-edge imaging technique based on bioorthogonal click chemistry.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

31-Jul-2025

Frontiers Forum Deep Dive series: Microbial map reveals countless hidden connections between our food, health, and planet

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

Explore how omics-based mapping of interconnected microbial networks is transforming our understanding of food system microbiomes—and how these insights could help protect planetary and human health.

31-Jul-2025

Healthy food systems: Microbial map reveals countless hidden connections between our food, health, and planet

Frontiers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Published in Frontiers in Science, the map of ‘agri-food system microbiomes’ reveals how players at every stage of the food system can restore and protect dwindling microbiomes to help boost human and planetary health. 

Journal

Frontiers in Science

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland, APC Microbiome Institute, Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, European Union

30-Jul-2025

Merging genes, models, and climate: a new approach to predicting rice flowering

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team used flowering data from 169 rice genotypes—each with over 700,000 SNP markers—across multiple environments to develop a robust framework for phenotypic prediction.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

30-Jul-2025

Unlocking the green code: how CsCHLI drives chlorophyll synthesis in tea plants

Maximum Academic Press

A research team has identified a key gene, CsCHLI, that plays a central role in chlorophyll biosynthesis and leaf coloration in tea plants.

Journal

Beverage Plant Research

30-Jul-2025

Unlocking the aroma secrets of gardenia tea: scientists decode its signature scent

Maximum Academic Press

A research team systematically analyzed the volatile compounds and key odorants that define its fragrance using advanced analytical technologies and chemometric tools.

Journal

Beverage Plant Research

30-Jul-2025

Seeing the unseen: New hyperspectral-metabolomics pipeline accelerates salt-tolerant crop screening

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

A research team has developed a powerful two-stage screening pipeline that integrates hyperspectral imaging and metabolomic profiling to rapidly and accurately identify salt-tolerant crop mutants before visible symptoms appear.

Journal

Plant Phenomics