This study involved growing both modern and ancestral soybeans from seeds in a greenhouse and measuring mesophyll conductance ...

More than 3 billion years ago, on an Earth entirely covered with water, photosynthesis first evolved in ancient bacteria. In ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary path from C3 to C4 photosynthesis, discovering key regulatory changes that could enhance crop resilience and efficiency. This groundbreaking research paves the ...

Around 95 percent of plants use C3 photosynthesis, in which mesophyll cells — green spongy cells that live inside leaves — ...

Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers ...

Nitrogen and potassium are fundamental nutrients for plant growth, but imbalances frequently disrupt agricultural systems.