Biological control agents can protect soybeans from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)
Credit: Ahmad M. Fakhoury Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
Climate change could increase rice yields
Credit: Rachel Schutte Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where ...
Inari secures total of $145 million to advance corn, wheat, soybean seed research
Funding will help Inari enhance its 'toolbox' of seed technologies to reduce the world's agricultural footprint and increase crop and ...
BASF and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill enter research partnership
Scientific collaboration between industry and academia to address global challengesCredit: UNC RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and CHAPEL HILL, NC, September ...
$1.3 million DOE grant funds study of how fungus may help grow sorghum for biofuels
Findings will help advance basic understanding of the genetic mechanisms by which plants control their associations with potentially beneficial root-associated ...
Eating your vegetables is easier said than done
The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers ...
Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn
Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Iowa - Environmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders ...
Farmers’ quick sale of poultry during outbreaks may increase deadly virus transmission
Credit: Alexis Delabouglise, CIRAD/Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Small-scale poultry farmers in Vietnam tend to respond to viral outbreaks ...
Land use change leads to increased flooding in Indonesia
International team led by Göttingen University investigates effects on local water cycleCredit: Jennifer Merten, University of Göttingen While high greenhouse ...
Genomes published for major agricultural weeds
Credit: Steve Bowe, BASF URBANA, Ill. - Representing some of the most troublesome agricultural weeds, waterhemp, smooth pigweed, and Palmer ...
New genetic markers of glucosinolates in rapeseed may help improve oil composition
Credit: Rim Gubaev et al./Genes A group of scientists from Skoltech and Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops in ...
Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism
Credit: (c) University of Queensland A strong association between the genes influencing cattle temperament and autism in humans has been ...
Char application restores soil carbon and productivity
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Kaiser. Intensively tilled soils have lost up to 50% of their original C with the ...
University of Illinois to lead two of seven new national artificial intelligence institutes
NSF- and USDA-NIFA-funded institutes will each receive about $2 millionM over 5 yearsCredit: Photo courtesy University of Illinois Board of ...
UC Davis to lead new artificial intelligence institute for next generation food systems
Credit: UC Davis The University of California, Davis, has been awarded $20 million as part of a multi-institutional collaboration to ...
SciLifeLab fellows part of new Plant Biotechnology National Center
Credit: Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research The six-year-long program is part of a large-scale initiative from the SSF, aligned with ...
New approach uses wild genes to improve biological nitrogen fixation in soybeans
Credit: Thi Nguyet Minh Dao and Svetlana Y. Folimonova. One of the top four crops grown worldwide, soybean has been ...
Fossil leaves show high atmospheric carbon spurred ancient ‘global greening’
A unique New Zealand deposit opens insights into how modern climate change may proceedCredit: Jennifer Bannister/University of Otago Scientists studying ...
Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program August 19, 2020 - Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, ...
Enzyme cocktail developed in Brazil powers production of second-generation ethanol
Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for the production of enzymes that break down sugarcane trash ...
