USDA awards UToledo $500,000 for fertility research to help cattle industry
The three-year grant targets agricultural productivity, but also can advance ongoing human fertility research Every time a dairy cow is ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
A quarter of global harvests at risk if agriculture does not adapt to climate change
Shifts in weather patterns induced by climate change will increase extreme heat and reduce rainfall across major crop growing regions, ...
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
Researchers at the University of São Paulo discover that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides uses volatile compounds to manipulate insects and ...
UTIA professor receives community development early career achievement award
Sreedhar Upendram recognized for significant advancement of community development in Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Sreedhar Upendram, assistant professor in the ...
How do plants balance microbial friends and foes?
Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals that cause no harm or benefit, and mutualists that ...
Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage
Study reviews best practices for growers Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs and severe labor ...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
The success of Classical Biological Control in the Western Paleartic ecozone is rarely dependent on the released biological control agent, ...
Localized the gene for blue plum skin
Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence ...
Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers say A new global analysis says that greenhouse-gas emissions from food ...
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
If you're a beer drinker, you've noticed that hoppy beers have become increasingly popular. Most of the nation's hops come ...
From farm to plate: Where do global consumer dollars flow?
ITHACA, N.Y. - As soon as an ear of corn is taken off its stalk or a potato is pulled ...
Chip mimicking bovine endometrium used in study of factors that can jeopardize pregnancy
The device was used for the first time to culture two maternal endometrial cell types, revealing the effects of alterations ...
10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the ...
Substantial carbon dioxide emissions from northern peatlands drained for crop cultivation
A new study shows that substantial amounts of carbon dioxide were released during the last millennium because of crop cultivation ...
Role of women highlighted in study focused on the benefits of good farmer seed production
A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in ...
Male piglets less resilient to stress when moms get sick during pregnancy
URBANA, Ill. -When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune response may negatively affect ...
Future Pandemic? Consider Radically Altering Animal Agriculture Practices
FAU Bioethicist Offers Plausible Solutions to Mitigate Zoonotic Risk from Agriculture and Food Production for Public Health As early as ...
Researchers develop prototype of robotic device to pick, trim button mushrooms
Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a robotic mechanism for mushroom picking and trimming and demonstrated ...
Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of ...
UM research suggests social factors important for human-wildlife coexistence
MISSOULA - In bear country, it's normal to find bruins munching down on temptations left out by humans - from ...
