UTIA researchers target food loss and waste reduction
COVID-19 effects on consumer and grocer behaviors included in studyCredit: Image by Shutterstock. Research suggests that 40% of food produced ...
Tag: Agriculture
$1.4 million grant increases coverage of Mississippi River Basin
Walton Family Foundation grant will create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, covering agriculture, water and environmental issues ...
Protein crop’s potential unlocked by deciphering anti-nutrient biosynthesis
Credit: Frederick Stoddard, University of Helsinki Faba beans are an excellent source of food protein, but about 4% of the ...
Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases
Credit: Qingshan Wei, NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" ...
From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops
Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving agricultural biodiversity. For the first time, ...
Research enhances understanding of switchgrass, an important bioenergy crop
Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University Bioenergy crops are an alternative energy source that, unlike fossil fuels, could positively impact the ...
New broadly applicable tool provides insight into fungicide resistance
Credit: Jingyu Peng, Hyunkyu Sang, Tyre J. Proffer, Jacqueline Gleason, Cory A. Outwater, Geunhwa Jung, and George W. Sundin Succinate ...
Potential of faba beans, rich in protein, has been unlocked
Credit: Fred Stoddard Faba beans have been an excellent source of food protein since pre-historic times, but about 5% of ...
A protein complex from plant stem cells regulates their division and response to stress
Credit: CRAG A multidisciplinary research team, led by the CSIC biologist at CRAG, Ana I. Caño Delgado, and the physicist ...
Sentinel-2 constellation of satellites used for the ongoing monitoring of grasslands
Credit: University of Córdoba A research group at the University of Cordoba has conducted study focused on evaluating the potential ...
Belowground microbial solutions to aboveground plant problems
Credit: Stéphane Hacquard Land plants - plants that live primarily in terrestrial habitats and form vegetation on earth - are ...
At what temperature the weather becomes a problem
Climate change leads to increasing heat strain for humans, animals and cropsCredit: U. Benz / TUM "We have studied which ...
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 ...
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 ...
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