Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations ...

Fruits and plant extracts contain bioactive compounds that can help treat or prevent diseases. To characterize and understand ...

Alabama agriculture officials are spreading the warning about packets of unsolicited seeds being delivered to mailboxes in ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective ...

In the unseen sphere of our vegetable gardens, plant pathogens including fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses are ...

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don't always know why.

Four faculty members at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association ...

A technique for integrating plant growth-promoting bacteria and agrochemicals for agricultural applications has been ...

A new study reveals plants, fungi, bacteria, protists, and even some viruses deploy venom-like mechanisms, similar to that of ...

Similar to the reports in 2020, mystery seed packages have once again found their way into some Alabama mailboxes. These ...

By discovering how plants defend themselves from pests, ag researchers aim to help farmers grow resilient crops.