Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land

The scaffolds can then be primed and seeded with human stem cells to optimize their growth in the lab dish and, ultimately, create novel biomedical implants

“The seagrass appear to combat bacteria, and this is the first research to assess whether that coastal ecosystem can alleviate disease associated with marine organisms,” said lead author

There is immense potential for the genome sequence to help scientists understand quinoa and therefore modify it for more widespread, commercial use

For a plant, the evolutionary pathways to becoming a carnivore may be limited, researchers say

Breeding new varieties of chickpeas with desirable traits is not only difficult, but also "tedious and inefficient," researcher says

With a warming climate battering the coast with more severe storms, the research suggests that, to protect coastal communities, managers may want to give weight to the virtues of the non-native species.

As yet these duckweeds have not been cultivated, but simply 'harvested' from bodies of water

The secret lies in a chemical called Piperlongumine 

The pathogen's effects aren't limited to the decimation of Ireland's potato crop 170 years ago