Oct. 2, 2020 — Agricultural scientists and engineers have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost ...
Oct. 2, 2020 — Research sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers to adopt modern technologies because of the ...
Sep. 21, 2020 — Scientists have engineered a key plant enzyme and introduced it in Escherichia coli bacteria in order to create an optimal experimental environment for studying how to speed up photosynthesis, a holy ...
Sep. 21, 2020 — New research shows substantial markets for cultured meat and movements towards meat reduced diets across Germany and ...
Sep. 21, 2020 — New bioarchaeology research has shown how infectious diseases may have spread 4000 years ago, while highlighting the dangers of letting such diseases run ...
Sep. 18, 2020 — A new study finds that glyphosate residue from herbicides in manure fertilizer decrease the growth of strawberry and meadow fescue as well as runner production of ...
Sep. 18, 2020 — New research has demonstrated a clear fluctuation in the trade of wildmeat in and around the High Niger National Park in Guinea, West ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — If you want a dog to hunt something down, it helps to let them sniff an item to pick up the scent. Now, researchers have found that scent training honeybees might work in a similar way -- and that ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — Preserving terrestrial biodiversity requires more ambitious land-conservation targets to be established and met. At the same time, 'bending the curve' on biodiversity loss needs more ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — The collaboration revealed that the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi provides nitrates to plants, which could lead to reduced fertilizer ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — Researchers have uncovered the mechanics of how plant cell walls balance the strength and rigidity provided by cellulose with its ability to stretch and compress. This discovery helps explain how ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — An international team of plant scientists have shown the potential to rapidly improve the quality of barley grain through a genetic tool known as CRISPR or gene ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — Research helps farmers pick the best cover crops to keep their soil and nutrients in the ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — Slower growing broiler chickens are healthier and have more fun than conventional breeds of birds, new evidence from an independent commercial scale farm trial has ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — Tropical forest soils play a crucial role in providing vital ecosystem functions. They provide nutrients for plants, store carbon and regulate greenhouse gases, as well as storing and filtering ...
Sep. 15, 2020 — A research group have succeeded in greatly increasing the catalytic activity of Rubisco, the enzyme which fixes carbon from carbon dioxide in plant photosynthesis. The research team also hypothesized ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — For the first time, scientists have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable 'surrogate sires,' male animals that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of donor ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — Researchers found more than 90 per cent of the conventionally farmed soils in their global study were thinning, and 16 per cent had lifespans of less than a century. These rapidly thinning soils were ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — How local could food be in the U.S.? A modeling study estimates the distance within which metro centers could meet food needs if they tried to feed themselves locally. Some -- but not all -- could ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — A team of researchers conducted a study over two seasons at the Port of Savannah, Georgia to inventory nonnative plant seeds that entered the U.S. on refrigerated shipping containers; determine their ...
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