Plants face simultaneous abiotic (drought, salinity, heat) and biotic (pathogens, pests) stresses in natural and agricultural ...

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Bacterial exopolysaccharide and biofilm formation stimulate chickpea growth and soil aggregation under salt stress Aisha Waheed Qurashi *; Anjum Nasim Sabri Department of ...

Researchers from the Center for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) at Murdoch University have led the generation of a pan-genome tailored specifically to Australian chickpea varieties, paving the way for ...

THE FUTURE of Chickpea Breeding Australia is up in the air after the New South Wales Government decided to end its involvement in the organisation. The move means the Grains Research and Development ...

Additionally, the fermentation of prebiotics by gut bacteria produces short-chain fatty acids that support metabolic health. Through the gut-brain axis, modulation may also affect stress, which can ...

ChiChi Foods, an Iowa-based startup, is making waves with its high-protein chickpea breakfast cereal. The company, founded by college students Chiara Munzi and ...

Stress due to water deficiency in plants can significantly lower the agricultural yield. It can affect many visible plant traits such as size and surface area, the number of leaves and their color, ...

Most of the research (87%) focused on abiotic stress, while the remaining portion comprised biotic stress. The study was conducted over 33 separate groups, with drought (22.2%) emerging as the ...

Global food security is a pressing issue in our society. Maintaining food security in coming years will require improving crop yield, as well as increased resiliency to abiotic and biotic stress.

Want to live a longer, happier and healthier life? According to Dr. Sharon Bergquist at Emory University, the key may be to start living a lifestyle a little less stress-free.

The impact of plant breeding on flavonoid-mediated biotic resistance is unclear. In this study, we analyzed ten soybean cultivars subjected to herbivory by Spodoptera cosmioides using ultrahigh ...