Tag: Agriculture

February 11, 2019

New GIS-based tool identifies best locations Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites ...

New insights into radial expansion of plants can boost biomass production

February 8, 2019

Besides the obvious longitudinal growth, plants also enlarge in the radial sense. This thickening of plant stems and roots provides ...

Open-access satellite data allows tracking of seasonal population movements

Credit: Nita Bharti, Penn State A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ...

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 ...

Samara Polytech scientists have developed medications and vitamins for residual soil

Complex blends and bioadditives are called 'LSF'Credit: @SamaraPolytech The highly efficient biotechnological complex "LSF" ("Living Source of Fertility") starts the ...

What is white chocolate? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Today, we're showing our love for white chocolate. Sure, it ...

CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia

CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree ...

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 ...

A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture

Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new ...

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