To bee, or not to bee, a question for almond growers
Credit: Drs. Saez and Negri Pollination by bees is vital even when crops are assumed to be pollinator independent. That's ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
Beef consumption hurting river quality
New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United StatesCredit: University of ...
Beef consumption hurting river quality
New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United StatesCredit: University of ...
Soil life thrives between oil palm fronds
Research led by University of Göttingen finds high levels of activity in suspended soilsCredit: V Krashevska, University of Göttingen The ...
How three genes rule plant symbioses
Credit: Pierre-Marc Delaux For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and ...
How pest management strategies affect the bottom line
The economics of pest controlCredit: Ronald Stephenson A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management ...
The enemy within: How a killer hijacked one of nature’s oldest relationships
Credit: Henry Driver (commissioned by Essex County Council). Researchers have discovered how a notorious pathogen may have hijacked one of ...
Discovering what makes durian stink
First evidence of rare amino acid in plantsCredit: Martin Steinhaus Freising/Germany - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology ...
Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens’ health
Study: Flower losses due to shrinking habitats and climate change hurt prime pollinatorsCredit: Jim Whitfield Without enough sugar in their ...
Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big ...
Tyson Raper named Cotton Researcher of the Year
Honored at National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice ConferenceCredit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - Agriculture industry leaders have bestowed the ...
Illinois study shows universally positive effect of cover crops on soil microbiome
Credit: Maria Villamil, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops ...
Roadmap to a win-win against invasive weeds
Combining big data with citizen science provide answers to problems with terrestrial invasive species.Credit: Blair Cowie/Wits University Researchers at Wits ...
New functional indicators to detect human activity impacts in temporary rivers
Beyond traditional metricsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Functional metrics in ecology -indicators based on the biological features of the organisms, in ...
Scientists develop enzyme produced from agricultural waste for use as laundry detergent
Credit: University of Portsmouth An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be ...
Small farmers sink or swim in globalization’s tsunami
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Whether small-time farmers across the world get swept away by globalization or ride a ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
Climate change will cause a loss of olive production in Andalusia
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba We do not have to look as far away as the glaciers in Norway, the fires ...
New torula yeast product as digestible as fish meal in weanling pig diets
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Starting weanling pigs off with the right diet can make all the difference ...
Diversifying traditional forest management to protect forest arthropods
Forest arthropods and rivers: an unknown connectionCredit: Antoni Serra, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-CRBA The structure of vegetation and steam distance are ...
