Choosing the right cover crop to protect the soil
Credit: Dennis Bowman Farmers around the world are keen to protect their most important asset: their soil. The soil supports ...
Tag: Agriculture
Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report
Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature's accelerating declineCredit: Convention on Biological ...
Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic CO2 fixing enzyme Rubisco
Credit: Credit: Modified Fig. 1A of Matsumura et al. Molecular Plant (2020). A research group consisting of Associate Professor FUKAYAMA ...
Global study reveals time running out for many soils – but conservation measures can help
A major new international study has provided a first worldwide insight into how soil erosion may be affecting the longevity ...
Some but not all US metro areas could grow all needed food locally, estimates study
Researchers estimate potential for locally sourced food based on land needs for different dietsCredit: Tufts University BOSTON (Sept. 14. 2020, ...
Winds of change move western smoke into the Pacific
Credit: NASA Worldview NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured these series of images (made into an animated GIF) showing the winds ...
How plants ensure regular seed spacing
Plant research: publication in Current BiologyCredit: HHU / Nozomi Kawamoto If you open up a pea pod, you will find ...
First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plan
The research suggests that a range of invasive alien plants pose a series risk to the County - home to ...
Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement
A team of scientists has completed one of the largest genetic analysis ever done of any agricultural crop to find ...
Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation
Credit: University of Adelaide AWRI Australian wine scientists are shedding scientific light on the processes underlying traditional practices of Australian ...
Dietary changes could produce big offsets to carbon emissions
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Eating less meat and dairy products in favor of plant-based proteins like those ...
NASA’s Terra highlights aerosols from western fires in danger zone
Credit: NASA Worldview The year 2020 will be remembered for being a very trying year and western wildfires have just ...
Bumblebees benefit from faba bean cultivation
Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates influence of 'greening measures' on pollinatorsCredit: Nicole Beyer About one third ...
University of Illinois awarded $4.5 million to develop commercial carbon credit tools
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois has been awarded $4.5 million from the U.S. Department ...
Bacteria are in key role for successful recirculating aquaculture farming
Credit: University of Jyvaskyla Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors globally. Due to continuous growth, ecologically, ...
New process boosts lignin bio-oil as a next-generation fuel
Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech A new low-temperature multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use ...
Wild cousins may help crops battle climate change
Wild relatives of our domestic crops already cope with harsh conditions and resist disease; can we use them to help ...
California’s creek fire creates its own pyrocumulonimbus cloud
Credit: NASA Worldview On Friday September 4, 2020 at about 6:44 PM PDT the Creek Fire began in the Big ...
Plant Science Research Network releases decadal vision 2020-2030
Research network presents action plan for the plant science community to maximize impact on pressing global issues such as human ...
NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP captures fires and aerosols across America
Credit: NOAA/NASA On Sep. 07, 2020, NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite provided two different views of how fires are affecting the ...
