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Researchers led by University of Tsukuba, based on the internal nitrogen status of a leguminous plant, have discovered peptide factors that function in the shoot and root systems to transport iron into the root nodules colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

The same phosphorous that fertilizes the thriving agriculture of the Midwest is also responsible for a vast “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi Delta.

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter.

Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local communities.

Discussions of solar energy can be quick to point out its intermittent nature: the Sun does not always shine in any one place all the time.