Tag: Agriculture

Credit: Earlham Institute Wheat is responsible for half of global calories consumed either directly or as animal feed and we ...

Credit: Photo credit Mary Tiedeman. Crops just can't do without phosphorus. Globally, more than 45 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer ...

Credit: Florence Pendrill, Chalmers University of Technology A sixth of all emissions resulting from the typical diet of an EU ...

Light-emitting diodes can replace high-pressure sodium lightingCredit: David Llewellyn In Canada, as in other higher latitudes, there is not enough ...

Findings could lead to new walnut varietiesCredit: UC Davis California produces 99 percent of the walnuts grown in the United ...

Effects of salinity on carrot germplasm evaluated Salinity stress is considered one of the most important abiotic factors that limits ...

Heritage apple cultivars identified LARAMIE, WYOMING--The Tremendous Supply of Apple Cultivars in Wyoming A study out of the University of ...

Credit: Patrick Mansell A new technique to spin starch fibers using Lego pieces could have future applications for lab-grown "clean" ...

Neil Rhodes named as fellowCredit: Photo by T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) ...

Credit: Courtesy of Joseph Sommer A system that helps tree-fruit growers avoid frost damage to their crops by using unmanned ...

In the future, a newly discovered mechanism in control of plant nutrition could help to achieve higher harvests in a ...

Greening of lakes will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: John A. Downing/Minnesota Sea Grant The good news is global and ...

Credit: Alessandro Bergna, Tomislav Cernava, Manuela Rändler, Rita Grosch, Christin Zachow, and Gabriele Berg St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Recent advances ...

New agbiotech startup company based on technology developed at the Boyce Thompson Institute is developing a novel seed treatment technology ...