Alors que les cancers se multiplient et que la biodiversité s’effondre, le gouvernement s'apprête à voter le retour de deux pesticides interdits pour calmer la colère agricole. Face à cette impasse, 2...

High planting densities expose field crops to competition for light, which typically induces shade avoidance responses such as stem elongation. While adaptive in natural environments, these responses...

Recent advances in genotyping and phenotyping technologies have yielded large-scale interdisciplinary data that can help predict genetic impacts on ec…

Addressing biodiversity and climate crises requires a new generation of plant scientists, yet interest in plant-related careers is declining globally. A survey of 421 plant biologists revealed that t...

Wheat varietal mixtures modulate the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch disease symptoms through specific plant–plant interactions, with mixtures

Plant diversification—such as cultivar mixtures, intercropping, agroforestry, and rotations at the field scale, or hedgerows, grasslands, and crop mosaics at the landscape scale—is a key strategy for enhancing pest control while providing strong ecological benefits. However, its adoption is hindered by socioeconomic barriers, including low short-term profitability, rigid agricultural sectors, and limited support from public policies. A multi-stakeholder approach at the territorial scale is essential to promote its widespread adoption.

This study demonstrated that neighbor relatedness alters root signaling (–)-loliolide levels and soil microbial responses followed by improvement of grain yield in closely related rice cultivar mix...

Rice blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is the most important disease of rice globally. Variety mixture can greatly reduce the incidence …

Increasing crop diversification is crucial for developing more sustainable agricultural systems, and cereal-legume intercropping is a promising strate…