SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
UBC researchers explore an often ignored source of greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide is released during irrigation with lake water In a new study from UBC's Okanagan campus, researchers have discovered ...
Understanding peppers and chilis from around the world
A comprehensive multinational review of Capsicum species: 'Capsicum--An Abbreviated Compendium' GRIFFIN, GEORGIA--A comprehensive and multinational review of peppers/chilis (Capsicum species) ...
Biologists identify honeybee 'clean' genes known for improving survival
York University research may help save rapidly declining bees TORONTO, February 15, 2019 - The key to breeding disease-resistant honeybees ...
Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalization
Credit: Sam Sapin Researchers have uncovered new evidence about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could ...
Researchers find 14 percent of sausages mislabelled in Canada, down from last University of Guelph study
Researchers found meat species not indicated on the label in 14 per cent of sausage samples selected from grocery stores ...
Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy
Credit: Pushpendra Rana, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra ...
Future of US citrus may hinge on consumer acceptance of genetically modified food
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening ...
Poultry probiotic to tackle global disease in anti-biotic fight
A probiotic aimed at eliminating a disease which costs the world poultry industry $6 billion a year is being developed ...
Keeping SDGs from being a zero-sum game
Credit: Jordan Noble, Michigan State University Center for System Integration and Sustainability Even as the world gets on the same ...
Seasons change: Researchers provide new definition for major Indian monsoon season
Credit: Sara Vankm TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India ...
Seafood mislabelling persistent throughout supply chain, study finds
In a first-ever study researchers found a 32 per cent seafood mislabelling rate with the rate compounding as the fish ...
Ben-Gurion University, Bayer and Netafim to collaborate on research optimizing drip irrigation
Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...
Gypsum as an agricultural product
This common ingredient in drywall can increase yields, improve soilCredit: Warren Dick Warren Dick has worked with gypsum for more ...
Growing the tallest is not always the best option
Chloroplast retrograde signalling discovered to be key to attenuate the elongation response to shade in plantsCredit: Jaume Martinez-Garcia Plants need ...
Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Credit: Ruby O'Grady Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild ...
Where do the best strawberries grow?
Scientists investigate positive effects of hedgerows on pollinationCredit: Denise Castle Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting ...