Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics

Credit: Tomilee Turner Agriculture accounts for more than a third of water use in the United States. In drier parts ...

Striving for a better understanding of pest resistance in experimental linesCredit: Gurjit Singh Tifton, Georgia: A study out of the ...

Credit: Project SHOWCASE SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and Ecosystem services to help farmers capitalising on native biodiversity (SHOWCASE) is ...

The CABI-led Plantwise programme, which has helped millions of smallholder farmers realise a 12-30% increase in crop-based activity and income, ...

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness ...

New technology is needed for our failing food systems; but anticipating trade-offs is crucial to making sure fixes do not ...

Credit: UniSA University of South Australia thermal energy researcher Professor Frank Bruno has been awarded almost $1 million by the ...

Incurable fungus, root rot and salinity threaten fruit productionCredit: UCR New grants totaling $6.3 million will help UC Riverside solve ...

Raman leaf-clip sensor would allow rapid diagnosis of nutrition deficiency in plants, enabling farmers to maximise crop yield in a ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Stem rust is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat and historically has caused ...

Credit: Mark Sisterson The bacterial plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a worldwide threat to perennial tree and vine crops and ...

For the first time, researchers from SMART have engineered a living plant-based sensor for the detection of arsenic in the ...

Scientists are getting closer to figuring out how to synthesize a plant pigment that could have medicinal usesCredit: Kumi Yoshida ...

Humans turned a weedy plant with tiny fruit into the tomato that we know today. That wild ancestor could lead ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve ...

Researchers use Raman spectroscopy for early detection of SAS, which can help farmers better monitor plant health and lead to ...

Credit: Janusz Pawliszyn A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks ...

Credit: Jianming Yu AMES, Iowa - Seed banks across the globe store and preserve the genetic diversity of millions of ...

The communist state's approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a University of Rochester historian arguesCredit: University of Washington ...

Growing biomass for jet fuel may become a viable option for farmersCredit: Photo by E. McArthur on Unsplash. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ...