A new discovery by scientists could help protect crop production and reduce plant mortality due to drought, which accounts for a quarter of U.S. crop production losses.

Abstract Maize originated from teosinte parviglumis following a subspeciation event occurred in volcanic regions of Mesoamerica. The elucidation of the phenotypic changes that gave rise to maize have ...

A fitorremediação é uma técnica ecologicamente correta para limpar metais pesados de solo contaminado pelo uso de espécies vegetais produtoras de alta biomassa. Os quelantes podem ajudar a melhorar ...

It has received increasing attention as a cost-effective sorbent to treat metal-contaminated water due to attributes such as high porosity and the presence of various functional groups. The heavy ...

Selective metal sulphide precipitation was studied as a function of pH, contact time, and temperature. The results showed that it was possible to separate metals by accurately controlling the pH and ...

A new report says rice sold in U.S. stores contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. What's more, 1 in 4 samples exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ...

Free Fe in cells can disrupt the cell redox balance toward a pro-oxidant state, generating oxidative stress. The focuses of this review were to elucidate the Fe detoxification strategies used by ...