Tag: Agriculture

CABI scientists have updated the first major study of potential biological controls that could be used in the fight against ...

New research to explore seaweed for ocean, economic health

Credit: Photo courtesy of the Island Institute A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be ...

Flower diversity may mitigate insecticide effects on wild bees

Research team led by the University of Göttingen emphasizes the benefits of diversifying flower resourcesCredit: F Klaus/University of Göttingen A ...

Improving photosynthesis: our best bet to create a food secure world

Credit: Produced by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and the Australian Academy of Science Australian agriculture plays ...

Some food contamination starts in the soil

Credit: Matt Limmer When most people hear "food contamination," they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or ...

Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields

February 2, 2021

Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plantCredit: photo/©: Anne Fabricant The Venus flytrap (Dionaea ...

Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees

Credit: Penn State Winter survival of honey bee colonies is strongly influenced by summer temperatures and precipitation in the prior ...

Newly discovered trait helps plants grow deeper roots in dry, compacted soils

Crops with stronger, stiffer, lignin-armored roots penetrate hard substrates, promise higher yieldsCredit: Hannah Schneider, Penn State A previously unknown root ...

Increasing snow depth prevented wintertime soils from cooling during the warming hiatus

Credit: Myriams Fotos from Pixabay Soil temperature has a significant impact on land-atmosphere interaction within the Earth system, affecting surrounding ...

Just add mushrooms: Making meals more nutritious

Understanding the nutritional impact of adding a serving of mushrooms on usual intakes and population nutrient adequacy using NHANES 2011-2016 ...

Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

January 29, 2021

Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to ...

The decline in grazing practices threatens the existence of a Basque cheese

January 28, 2021

The Lactiker research group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is working from a range of different perspectives ...

Neural network has learned to identify tree species

January 28, 2021

Credit: Svetlana Illarionova et al., IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Skoltech scientists have ...

Turning food waste back into food