Cashing in on marine byproducts
Seafood shells full of nutrients and flavor -- researchCredit: Flinders University As exploitation of wild fisheries and marine environments threaten ...
Tag: Agriculture
Ecology award for agroecologist
Professor Teja Tscharntke at University of Göttingen receives British Ecological Society's March AwardCredit: University of Göttingen The agroecologist, Professor Teja ...
Why lime juice burns your skin in the sun (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, September 4, 2020 -- Did you know that making margaritas and then heading to ...
A spicy silver lining
Habanero peppers provide ecofriendly way to synthesize silver nanoparticlesCredit: SPIE Distinctive thermal and electrical characteristics make silver nanoparticles perfect for ...
Natural pest control saving billions
Credit: The University of Queensland Biological control of insect pests - where 'natural enemies' keep pests at bay - is ...
Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
Credit: José Manuel Reyes Mendoza Breeding programs for crops with limited per-plant seed yield require one or more generations of ...
Plant pathogens reorder physical structures of effectors to escape plant recognition
Credit: The American Phytopathology Society Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete, or water mold, that causes the devastating potato disease known ...
Newly identified gene grants tomatoes resistance to bacterial speck disease
Boyce Thompson Institute researchers are working to create tomatoes that are protected from a devastating diseaseCredit: Greg Martin Bacterial speck ...
Biological control agents can protect soybeans from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)
Credit: Ahmad M. Fakhoury Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of ...
Climate change could increase rice yields
Credit: Rachel Schutte Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where ...
Inari secures total of $145 million to advance corn, wheat, soybean seed research
Funding will help Inari enhance its 'toolbox' of seed technologies to reduce the world's agricultural footprint and increase crop and ...
$1.3 million DOE grant funds study of how fungus may help grow sorghum for biofuels
Findings will help advance basic understanding of the genetic mechanisms by which plants control their associations with potentially beneficial root-associated ...
Dodder uses the flowering signal of its host plant to flower
The plant parasite eavesdrops on its host and uses the host's mobile floral stimulus for timing its own floweringCredit: Jingxiong ...
Scientists unlock crops’ power to resist floods
Tweaking proteins in staple foods could help feed a warming worldCredit: University of Oxford/PNAS Enzymes that control a plant's response ...
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California’s smoky skies
Credit: NOAA/NASA NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires ...
Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time
Scale of marine intrusion comparable to that on landCredit: Bugnot et al., 'Current and projected global extent of marine built ...
Study finds insect shows promise as a good, sustainable food source
Credit: Christine Picard, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- With global food demands rising at an alarming rate, a study led by IUPUI ...
Eating your vegetables is easier said than done
The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers ...
Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn
Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Iowa - Environmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders ...
Farmers’ quick sale of poultry during outbreaks may increase deadly virus transmission
Credit: Alexis Delabouglise, CIRAD/Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Small-scale poultry farmers in Vietnam tend to respond to viral outbreaks ...
