A lawn is better than fertilizer for growing healthy blueberries
Intercropping with grasses is an effective and sustainable alternative to chemical treatments for maximizing blueberry yield and antioxidant content in ...
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When coyote parents get used to humans, their offspring become bolder, too
Credit: Steve Guymon/National Wildlife Research Center Across North America, coyotes are moving into urban environments, and regardless of how they ...
Biologists have studied enzymes that help wheat to fight fungi
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Two conferences to focus on citrus research and diseases that threaten citrus industry
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David versus Goliath: the fight against environmental crimes
The world of ecological trialsCredit: Ernest Prat i Rieradevall "What? The river looks like milk?" is the hard-hitting sentence that ...
Ecological vineyards help protecting bird population in the environment
Benefits of ecological cropsCredit: Conservation Biology Group - University of Barcelona Ecological farmlands help protecting bird populations and reducing the ...
Impact of urbanization on wild bees underestimated
Credit: Paul Glaum ANN ARBOR--Wild bees are indispensable pollinators, supporting both agricultural productivity and the diversity of flowering plants worldwide. ...
Insect food webs
Credit: Photo: AG Klein The decline in biodiversity and the associated loss of plant species are greatly affecting our ecosystems. ...
Modern beer yeast emerged from mix of European grape wine, Asian rice wine yeast
For thousands of years brewers made beer using specialized strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The historical origins of ...
MSU lands $5 million NIH grant to connect dots between pesticides and Parkinson’s
A Michigan State University researcher is hoping to make a connection between pesticides, olfactory impairment and early symptoms of neurodegenerative ...
Source of citrus’ sour taste is identified
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The cancer-causing contaminant in everyday food
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A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought
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Biodiversity crisis: Technological advances in agriculture are not a sufficient response
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