Juicy genomics
Study reveals DNA secrets of 100 tomato typesCredit: Zachary Lippman When Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award winner Kendrick Lamar rapped ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
Crop residue decisions affect soil life
Credit: Rachel Schutte In some ways, farming is like cooking. Cooking would be much easier if we could leave the ...
Cattle vs. hippopotamus: Dung in rivers of the Savannah
Credit: Gabriel Singer In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, ...
Agroforestry is ‘win win’ for bees and crops, study shows
First observed evidence that agroforestry boosts pollinator numbers and crop pollination in temperate climatesCredit: Alexa Varah Planting woody plant species ...
Coffee, cocoa and vanilla: an opportunity for more trees in tropical agricultural landscapes
Research team from Göttingen University investigates the land-use history of agroforestry systemsCredit: Kristina Osen The cultivation of coffee, cocoa and ...
Cell wall research reveals possibility of simple and sustainable method to protect crops
Credit: Antonio Molina While crop diseases have devastating consequences on agriculture, causing losses of up to 30% in some crops, ...
Fuel walking and cycling with low carbon diets, researchers say
Credit: University of Otago Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we ...
Plant cell gatekeepers’ diversity could be key to better crops
Credit: Annamaria De Rosa, CoETP Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic ...
Free online tool will enable farmers to deliver environmental benefits
E-Planner helps decision-making over which agri-environment options to introduce and where they are likely to work bestCredit: UKCEH A free ...
Soil biology research can help create a more sustainable future
Credit: Ru. Hartnop, from the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas Soils are home to more than 25 percent of the earth's ...
An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
Mechanosensitive channel transporting ions induces program of cell suicideCredit: (Washington University in St. Louis) After a dry spell, a rainy ...
Crop pathogens ‘remarkably adaptable’
Credit: Clare Thatcher Pathogens that attack agricultural crops show remarkable adaptability to new climates and new plant hosts, new research ...
Effects of potassium fertilization in pear trees
Credit: Courtesy of P.B. Sete. The amount of exchangeable potassium (K) contained in native soil does not always meet the ...
UC Riverside and Eurosemillas partner to bring the next generation of avocados to market
Eurosemillas will test some of UCR's avocado scion and advanced rootstock selections on other continentsCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside UC Riverside ...
Simple way of ‘listening’ to chicks could dramatically improve welfare
Credit: Katherine Herborn, University of Plymouth A simple and low-cost method of 'listening' to chicks may allow welfare issues to ...
Reusing chicken litter shows benefits
Credit: Adelumola Oladeinde Chicken is the most consumed protein in the United States. According to the National Chicken Council, the ...
Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance
Credit: Plant Disease Citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing of HLB), transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, is currently the biggest threat ...
Invasive rushes spreading in upland farm fields
A new study shows invasive native species of rushes are spreading across UK upland farms and have the potential to ...
Threats to global food security from emerging fungal crop pathogens
Credit: University of Exeter Amongst the world's most challenging problems is the need to feed an ever-growing global population sustainably. ...
New light for plants
Scientists: Use of glass-ceramics in greenhouse lamps will facilitate plants' growthCredit: Anastasiia Babkina Many may have seen bright pink light ...
