Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics

Popular new crop needs research-based dataCredit: Photo by G. Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Blühen Botanicals and the University ...

New study works with historically disenfranchised communities to combat sudden oak death

Credit: Richard C. Cobb, Noam Ross, Katherine J. Hayden, Catherine A. Eyre, Richard S. Dodd, Susan J. Frankel, Matteo Garbelotto, ...

Plant probe could help estimate bee exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides

Bee populations are declining, and neonicotinoid pesticides continue to be investigated -- and in some cases banned -- because of ...

Giving a chip about masa

Credit: Mark Holmes Products we commonly buy at the supermarket, such as tortillas and corn chips, are made from food ...

Tending the future of data analysis with MVApp

July 16, 2019

Backed in black: How to get people to buy more produce

July 16, 2019

Backgrounds colors matter when getting veggies to pop at the grocery storeCredit: BYU Photo Researchers from BYU and the Netherlands' ...

More farmers, more problems: How smallholder agriculture is threatening the western Amazon

July 15, 2019

Credit: Jacob Socolar, Princeton University A verdant, nearly roadless place, the Western Amazon in South America may be the most ...

Researchers publish new study on citrus greening disease

July 15, 2019

Orange juice is a staple on many breakfast tables, but the future availability of citrus products is threatened by the ...

Yield-boosting stay-green gene identified from 118-year-old experiment in corn

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - A corn gene identified from a 118-year-old experiment at the ...

National conference to enhance beef reproduction scheduled for Knoxville

Researchers and extension specialists to discuss industry needs, trends KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Beef is produced in every state in the ...

Study: Global farming trends threaten food security

Credit: Martin Husemann Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. ...

Lack of crop diversity and increasing dependence on pollinators may threaten food security

New research suggests that global trends in farming practices are undermining the pollinators crops depend on and putting agricultural productivity ...

Oh! The places you will go! at the Annual ASHS Conference in Las Vegas

Once you have developed horticultural expertise, the world calls, presenting you with opportunities to travel, learn, develop research ideas and ...

Discovering vertical farming and hydroponic growing at the ASHS Conference in Las Vegas

Access to the largest and most technologically advanced Indoor Vertical Farming facility ever designed and implemented in this country The ...

Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide

Clemson University scientists announce genetic breakthrough in cereal cropsCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A ...

Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the ...

Heat, salt, drought: This barley can withstand the challenges of climate change

Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop ...

Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects

July 9, 2019

Credit: RIPE Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response ...

Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean

July 9, 2019

Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's ...

Indian Ocean causes drought and heatwaves in South America