(via BBC Earth) Grown all over the mountains of southern Mexico, “giant maize” and its mysterious mucus could help feed the planet and end farming’s toxic reliance on chemical fertilisers. As long as ...

Al toxicity reduces growth of the plant root system, making crops more susceptible to water stress and mineral deficiency, which reduces yield. The toxic effect of Al can strongly affect the maize ...

Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Maize seeds were immersed in water for 3 hours and twenty seeds were placed in a 1 L pot ...

Maize is a key crop in Nigeria and essential for food security. The new spatial simulations show that pest-related crop losses could range from 18% to 75% in the coming decades—more severe than ...

However, some plants exhibit tolerance to heavy metal contamination, offering potential interventions to improve farming. “There was this…observation that maize accumulates less arsenic compared than ...

In addition to reducing crop production, increased metals/metalloids toxicity also disturbs plants’ demand and supply equilibrium. Counterbalancing toxic metals/metalloids toxicity demands a better ...