New tools needed to prevent plant disease pandemics
Plant disease surveillance, detection can preserve food securityCredit: NC State University Plant diseases don't stop at a nation's borders and ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
Cypriot grapes perform well in heat and on taste
Credit: University of Adelaide Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found several grape varieties native to Cyprus, which tolerate ...
Discovery of flowering gene in cacao may lead to accelerated breeding strategies
Credit: Sarah Prewitt, Penn State For the first time, Penn State researchers have identified a gene that controls flowering in ...
Climate change threatens one-third of global food production
New estimates show that if greenhouse gases continue growing at current rates, large regions at risk of being pushed into ...
The first frost is the deepest
Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it ...
Kelp, maggots and mycoprotein among future foods that must be mass-farmed to combat malnutrition
Credit: Image courtesy of Vaxa, Iceland. Radical changes to the food system are needed to safeguard our food supply and ...
Backyard chickens, rabbits, soybeans can meet household protein demand
Credit: Allison Mills/Michigan Tech In 2020, stores sold out of garden seed, coops and rabbit cages. Now, we have an ...
Symbiotic bacteria in root cells may be key to producing better crops, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, N.J. (May 12, 2021) - A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize ...
Defining climate-smart pathways towards tree crop yield intensification
The trajectory for palm oil production in Indonesia raises sustainability concerns due to deforestation and biodiversity impacts; researchers modeled climate-smart ...
Mapping citrus microbiomes: The first step to finding plant-microbiome treasures
Credit: Tess Deyett Due to their complexity and microscopic scale, plant-microbe interactions can be quite elusive. Each researcher focuses on ...
The legume family tree
Massive molecular study uncovers clues to the evolution and diversification of essential plant familyCredit: Yiyong Zhao, Chien-Hsun Huang, and Hong ...
Novel matrix-based slow-release urea improves crop production
Credit: Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) The applied nitrogen in crop production is easily lost through ammonia emission and ...
Winning gene combination takes all
Credit: Image supplied by researchers in the Osbourn laboratory at the John Innes Centre Researchers have traced the remaining last ...
UMD researchers study metabolism and liver function in embryonic chickens and hatchlings
Findings could improve both animal and human health, providing insights into liver and metabolic disease in animals and humansCredit: Edwin ...
Scientists and stakeholders work together to help farmers respond to climate change
AgMIP climate change assessments benefit vulnerable farmers through interdisciplinary, multi-scale, and multi-model approachCredit: World Scientific "The global food system is ...
Soybean cyst nematode is the most damaging soybean pathogen–and it’s rapidly spreading
Credit: Christopher Marett and Gregory Tylka The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pathogen of soybean in the ...
Revealing the secret cocoa pollinators
International research team led by Göttingen University investigates landscape and farm-level man-agement in cocoa agroforests in IndonesiaCredit: Manuel Toledo The ...
Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop
Credit: Debamalya Chatterjee/Penn State An abnormal build up of carbohydrates -- sugars and starches -- in the kernels and leaves ...
Vision for ultra-precision ag: Machine learning, plant sensing, robots tending crops
Credit: Photo by Ashlyn Rairdin and courtesy of Soumik Sarkar/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A gardener hoping for a ...
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Credit: Sean Nealon, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and ...