Tag: Agriculture

New study shows genetic diversity of ancestor, wild Brassica rapa, came from domestication more than 3,000 years ago Delicious to ...

Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and how its ...

A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in ...

Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and parasitic wasps kill and eat pest ...

URBANA, Ill. -When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune response may negatively affect ...

FAU Bioethicist Offers Plausible Solutions to Mitigate Zoonotic Risk from Agriculture and Food Production for Public Health As early as ...

Popcorn. What would movies and sporting events without this salty, buttery snack? America's love for this snack goes beyond these ...

Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a robotic mechanism for mushroom picking and trimming and demonstrated ...

First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from water Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes ...

Experiments aboard include studying how water bears tolerate space, whether microgravity affects symbiotic relationships, analyzing the formation of kidney stones, ...

Similar trends are seen around the world A new study of dozens of wild fish species commonly consumed in the ...

Scientists confirm that certain insect larvae host bacteria that help shut down plant defense mechanisms Although insect larvae may seem ...

New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey beesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which ...

Doug Hayes honored by the American Oil Chemists' SocietyCredit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A researcher and professor in ...

The loss of genetic diversity is a crisis tied to mass species extinctions and climate change; it could be just ...

Credit: John McLaughlin Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), also known as scab, is a significant disease of small grain cereals, such ...

Credit: HIROKI IRIEDA, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY It is said that 10 to 15% of the world's agricultural production loss is caused ...

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Most people don't think much about the food ...