Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed
Credit: Hidekazu Sumi Citrus fruits from the mandarin family have important commercial value but how their diversity arose has been ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots
Credit: Temur Yunusov and Alfonso Timoneda Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi - called ...
Cattle losing adaptations to environment, MU researchers find
Researchers pave the way for genetic tests of cattle that can look for the presence of specific adaptations, such as ...
New PlantwisePlus program launched to help farmers produce more and higher quality food
PlantwisePlus will build on CABI's Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes, which have already helped millions of farmers in over ...
Reaping the benefits: Training in rice growing system ups yields and well-being
Study shows randomized Bangladesh-based trial of training in agronomy method has advantages for rice output and profits, as well as ...
Research shows microbes play critical role boosting vigor of hybrid corn
Credit: Shannon Sermons. LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gives new detail ...
Farm consolidation has negative effect on wild pollinators
Traditional smallholder farming landscapes in China are being consolidated, leading to reduced wild pollinator diversityCredit: Dr Yi Zou A new ...
US corn and soybean maladapted to climate variations, study shows
Credit: Laura Mabry, College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly ...
Kelp for corn? Illinois scientists demystify natural products for crops
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn growers can choose from a wide array of products to make the ...
A new sensitive tool for the efficient quantification of plant disease susceptibility
Credit: APS While several biology techniques have undergone significant technical advances that have allowed their high-throughput implementation, assessing the resistance ...
Experts tackle modern slavery in Greek strawberry fields using satellite technology
Credit: Ioannis Kougkoulos, Kornilia Hatzinikolaou A consortium of modern slavery experts, led by the University of Nottingham, have assisted the ...
NTU Singapore converts tamarind shells into an energy source for vehicles
Credit: Credit to NTU Singapore Shells of tamarind, a tropical fruit consumed worldwide, are discarded during food production. As they ...
Genome studies: More is not always better
Credit: Arthur Korte What the fruit fly is to zoologists, the thale cress is to botanists. The widespread herb with ...
DNA from 1,600-year-old Iranian sheep mummy brings history to life
Credit: Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum and Zanjan Cultural Heritage Centre, Archaeological Museum of Zanjan. A team of geneticists and archaeologists from ...