Don’t like your greens? Blame it on Brassica domestication
New study shows genetic diversity of ancestor, wild Brassica rapa, came from domestication more than 3,000 years agoCredit: Illustration by ...
Tag: Agriculture
70-year-old coffee-killing fungus brought back to life to fight the disease
Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and ...
Role of women highlighted in study focused on the benefits of good farmer seed production
A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in ...
UN urges intense restoration of nature to address climate and biodiversity crises
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...
Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...
Male piglets less resilient to stress when moms get sick during pregnancy
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. -When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune ...
Future Pandemic? Consider Radically Altering Animal Agriculture Practices
FAU Bioethicist Offers Plausible Solutions to Mitigate Zoonotic Risk from Agriculture and Food Production for Public HealthCredit: Adam Bernstein As ...
Better popping potential for popcorn
Credit: Maria Fernanda Maioli Popcorn. What would movies and sporting events without this salty, buttery snack? America's love for this ...
Researchers develop prototype of robotic device to pick, trim button mushrooms
Credit: Penn State Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a robotic mechanism for mushroom picking and ...
New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from waterCredit: Northwestern University Phosphate pollution in ...
SpaceX CRS-22 mission to space station launches water bears, squid, solar panels
Experiments aboard include studying how water bears tolerate space, whether microgravity affects symbiotic relationships, analyzing the formation of kidney stones, ...
Declining biodiversity in wild Amazon fisheries threatens human diet
Similar trends are seen around the worldCredit: Sebastian Heilpern A new study of dozens of wild fish species commonly consumed ...
Partners in crime: Agricultural pest that relies on bacteria to overcome plant defenses
Scientists confirm that certain insect larvae host bacteria that help shut down plant defense mechanismsCredit: Professor Gen-ichiro Arimura, Tokyo University ...
Fungus fights mites that harm honey bees
New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey beesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new ...
Scientists call for international investment to tackle major wheat losses
Credit: John Innes Centre Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which ...
Biosystems engineering professor named fellow
Doug Hayes honored by the American Oil Chemists' SocietyCredit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A researcher and professor in ...
Conserving and monitoring genetic diversity will benefit nature and society
The loss of genetic diversity is a crisis tied to mass species extinctions and climate change; it could be just ...
Scientists discover a protein that naturally enhances wheat resistance to head scab
Credit: John McLaughlin Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), also known as scab, is a significant disease of small grain cereals, such ...
Immune function of small chloroplasts in the epidermal cells of plants
Credit: HIROKI IRIEDA, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY It is said that 10 to 15% of the world's agricultural production loss is caused ...
Food scraps get a bold new life
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Most people don't think much about the food ...