Cleaner air has boosted US corn and soybean yields, Stanford-led research shows
Credit: Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can ...
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How information beyond the genetic sequence is encoded in plant sperm
Credit: John Innes Centre Hereditary information is passed from parent to offspring in the genetic code, DNA, and epigenetically through ...
Good food in a nice setting: wild bees need diverse agricultural landscapes
Research team investigates influence of different mass-flowering crops on pollinatorsCredit: N Beyer Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba ...
From meadow to plate: The cultured meat that replaces animals with grass
An affordable lab system that uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat has been developed at the University ...
New approach can add diversity to crop species without breeding GMOs
Genetic technique edits every chloroplast in a plant, but does not change nuclear DNA of offspringCredit: Image by Hiroko Uchida ...
Slowing the sugar rush to yield better grapes
Credit: Image supplied by University of Adelaide. One of the many challenges for grape growers posed by climate change is ...
New research lifts the clouds on land clearing and biodiversity loss
Credit: Tim Macuga, QUT QUT researchers have developed a new machine learning mathematical system that helps to identify and detect ...
Study seeks to understand, prevent ice recrystalization
Research should improve long-term cold storage of everything from foods to medicinesCredit: Photo by V. Dia, courtesy UTIA. Have you ...
Study shows effectiveness of suppressing female fruit flies
Credit: Photos by Akihiko Yamamoto and Amarish Yadav, NC State University. Populations of Drosophila suzukii fruit flies - so-called "spotted-wing ...
New findings to boost barley yields at higher temps
Credit: The University of Adelaide An international team of researchers has identified a novel mechanism in barley plants, which could ...
New study sheds light on evolution of photosynthesis
Credit: Florian Raunecker New Brunswick, N.J. (June 28, 2021) - A Rutgers-led study sheds new light on the evolution of ...
COVID-19’s socio-economic fallout threatens global coffee industry
Credit: Zack Guido New Brunswick, N.J. (June 28, 2021) - COVID-19's socio-economic effects will likely cause another severe production crisis ...
Impact of cocoa agroforestry on bird diversity
Smithsonian conservation research briefCredit: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Did you know chocolate comes from cocoa beans grown ...
Kiwi disease study finds closely related bacterial strains display different behaviors
Credit: Elodie Vandelle Over the last decade, severe outbreaks of bacterial canker have caused huge economic losses for kiwi growers, ...
Greater Yellowstone area expected to become warmer, drier
New report highlights climate change effects on greater Yellowstone ecosystemCredit: USGS Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic ...
A new site for banana-related research
The Alliance-managed website MusaNet collects and shares global resources on banana (Musa) across the whole value chain - from collecting ...
We must transform the food system to achieve climate and sustainable development goals
A revolutionary approach to nourishing 10 billion people on a hotter planet without destroying the ecosystems on which we all ...
Compost improves apple orchard sustainability
Credit: Greg Peck As the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. But what's the key to ...
Study reveals agriculture-related injuries more numerous than previously known
Credit: Linda Fetzer, Penn State A new study by Penn State researchers, who looked at emergency room admissions across the ...
Illuminating the mechanism behind how plants regulate starch synthesis
Credit: Modified Fig. 9 of Fukayama et al. Plant, Cell & Environment (2021) In a world-first, a Kobe University research ...