On the steep farming slopes of China, researchers are finding ways to improve economic and environmental stability. They studied intercropping with corn and either setaria grass or chili peppers. On ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Plant growth and water use are interrelated processes influenced by genetically controlled morphological and biochemical characteristics.

Setaria viridis, a grass species similar to corn and sorghum, engineered to produce a natural purple pigment, anthocyanin, for use as a visual reporter on the presence of chemicals in the environment.

In this issue of Nature Plants, Huang and colleagues 1 demonstrate a fast translational pipeline from discoveries in the grass model Setaria viridis to maize. For a decade now, researchers have ...

"The improved varieties are of guinea grass, setaria grass, two varieties each of hybrid napier (cross between napier grass and bajra) and cowpea," said Datta. Speaking at the national group meet ...