Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead ...

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

In July 2023, heavy rains continued in southern Sri Lanka for days, soaking the lush greenery of the village of Hapugala in ...

An international team including engineers from Princeton has devised a way to watch, in stunning detail, as the hollow ...

But a lack of natural models to study these quiescent stages has led to gaps in scientists' understanding of how latency contributes to pathogen persistence and whether these stages can be ...

He turned to plant identification apps, but it was not possible to identify the mushroom. Intrigued, he sent the images to a network of botanists, hoping for a clue. The mushroom is about 15 ...

Pathogens that cause the bird flu, COVID-19, and a bat-borne virus that causes brain swelling pose a risk to public health and could lead to the next pandemic, biosecurity experts in the United ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A novel diagnostic technique using peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes achieves near 100% accuracy in identifying pathogens within three hours. This method, based ...

Abiotic stresses such as heat, drought, salinity, and intense light significantly impact plant productivity in varying ...