Landmark field trials show potential of gene-editing
Credit: John Innes Centre Field trials investigating healthy compounds in agronomically important brassica crops have underlined the "immense potential" of ...
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NTU and global nonprofit The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific launch new undergraduate course
Credit: (Credit to NTU Singapore). Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (GFI APAC), ...
Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on Pennsylvania farms
Credit: Surinder Chopra/Penn State With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, Penn State researchers, in ...
RUDN University biologists develop a rapid test for detecting the fire blight in plants
Credit: RUDN Unviersity RUDN University biotechnologists have created a method for detection of bacterial infection in apple, pear, hawthorn and ...
‘Unshackled’ palm-destroying beetles could soon invade Australia
Credit: The University of Queensland A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home ...
New models predict fewer lightning-caused ignitions but bigger wildfires by mid century
Credit: Photo by Andrew Meigs CORVALLIS, Ore. - Human-caused wildfire ignitions in Central Oregon are expected to remain steady over ...
USDA awards UToledo $500,000 for fertility research to help cattle industry
The three-year grant targets agricultural productivity, but also can advance ongoing human fertility researchCredit: Daniel Miller, The University of Toledo ...
Scientists discover unreported plant body part
Credit: Timothy Gookin For many, the Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) is little more than a roadside weed, but this plant ...
A quarter of global harvests at risk if agriculture does not adapt to climate change
Credit: Sue Wing et al. 2021 Shifts in weather patterns induced by climate change will increase extreme heat and reduce ...
UTIA professor receives community development early career achievement award
Sreedhar Upendram recognized for significant advancement of community development in TennesseeCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Sreedhar Upendram, assistant ...
How do plants balance microbial friends and foes?
Credit: David Thoms, Yan Liang, and Cara H. Haney Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals ...
Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage
Study reviews best practices for growersCredit: Hector Amezcua/UC Davis Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs ...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
The success of Classical Biological Control in the Western Paleartic ecozone is rarely dependent on the released biological control agent, ...
Localized the gene for blue plum skin
Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence ...
Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers sayCredit: From Tubiello et al., Environmental Research Letters 2021 A new ...
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
Credit: Douglas S. Higgins, Ross J. Hatlen, Jan M. Byrne, Monique L. Sakalidis, Timothy D. Miles, and Mary K. Hausbeck ...
From farm to plate: Where do global consumer dollars flow?
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - As soon as an ear of corn is taken off its stalk or a ...
Indigenous peoples were stewards of the Western Amazon
Study points to a history of indigenous sustainable use of the Western Amazon stretching back 5,000 yearsCredit: Álvaro del Campo ...
Substantial carbon dioxide emissions from northern peatlands drained for crop cultivation
Credit: Angela Gallego-Sala A new study shows that substantial amounts of carbon dioxide were released during the last millennium because ...
UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier
New journal paper explores the scientific complexitiesCredit: UMass Amherst As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are ...