Wild tomato resistance to bacterial canker has implications for commercial tomato industry
Credit: F. Christopher Peritore-Galve Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that leads to wilt, cankers, and eventually death. The ...
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Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling
Credit: Cesar Valencia Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were ...
Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, ...
Study synthesizes what climate change means for Northwest wildfires
Credit: Darryl Lloyd Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest - from the Carlton ...
Robo-turtles in fish farms reduce fish stress
Underwater surveillance never looked this cuteCredit: Maarja Kruusmaa A sea cage can hold up to 200000 farmed salmon. If the ...
Oysters and clams can be farmed together
Rutgers study finds raising multiple species in the same area could benefit shellfish aquacultureCredit: Michael Acquafredda/Rutgers University Eastern oysters and ...
Impacts of cover crop planting dates on soil properties after 4 years
Credit: K. Koehler-Cole Cover crop impacts on soil properties depends on cover crop productivity. Planting cover crops early and in ...
Study offers new insight into the impact of ancient migrations on the European landscape
Credit: Fernando Racimo Neolithic populations have long been credited with bringing about a revolution in farming practices across Europe. However, ...
Almond orchard recycling a climate-smart strategy
The practice can create healthier soils, save water and yield more almondsCredit: Brent Holtz, UCANR Recycling trees onsite can sequester ...
Overcoming carbon loss from farming in peatlands
Credit: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompre In many regions of the world, farming must be done on areas of soil categorized as histosols. ...
Healthier chickens, happier consumers
New research to enhance chicken-raising practicesCredit: Photo courtesy the USDA ARS, image k10003-7 by S. Ausmus. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Smile, ...
‘Tequila’ powered biofuels more efficient than corn or sugar
Ethanol from agave could be used for transport fuel and hand sanitizerCredit: University of Sydney The agave plant used to ...
Exeter researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease
Credit: University of Exeter Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our ...
Copper boosts pig growth, and now we know why
Credit: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Pigs have better feed conversion rates ...
Reducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation
Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, ...
Beyond your doorstep: What you buy and where you live shapes land-use footprint
Credit: Courtesy of Lin Zeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering In recent years, the attention of scientists and environmentalists ...
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US ...
Surprise! Ammonia emitted from fertilized paddy fields mostly doesn’t end up in the air
Credit: Jianlin Shen Livestock production and nitrogen fertilizer used in croplands emit lots of ammonia, which is the most abundant ...
Ammonia has been wrongly missing in portraying air pollution impacts
Credit: Yuepeng Pan Nitrogen is essential for all living things. Synthetic fertilizer, which contains rich reactive nitrogen, has sustained food ...
‘Sushi parasites’ have increased 283-fold in past 40 years
Credit: Gonzalo Jara/Shutterstock The next time you eat sashimi, nigiri or other forms of raw fish, consider doing a quick ...
