Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism
Credit: (c) University of Queensland A strong association between the genes influencing cattle temperament and autism in humans has been ...
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Char application restores soil carbon and productivity
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Kaiser. Intensively tilled soils have lost up to 50% of their original C with the ...
University of Sydney commits to climate action, sustainability
Ambitious targets to help change our worldCredit: University of Sydney The University of Sydney has announced it is committing to ...
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UC Davis to lead new artificial intelligence institute for next generation food systems
Credit: UC Davis The University of California, Davis, has been awarded $20 million as part of a multi-institutional collaboration to ...
Getting to the root of the problem
Credit: James Burridge Roots play a vital role in crop plants. They take up water and nutrients for the plant ...
Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth
Future possibilities include controlling size of crop leavesCredit: Photo by Hirokazu Tsukaya, CC BY Clinging to the walls of tropical ...
Researchers successfully replace fishmeal, fish oil in farm-raised carnivorous fish
Best performing "fish-free" diet contains algae oil rich in essential omega-3 fatty acidsCredit: © Ocean Era, Inc. Researchers in Kona, ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite shows smoky pall over most of California
Credit: NASA Worldview More than 650 wildfires are blazing in California after unprecedented lightning strikes, storms, and a heatwave that ...
Strigolactones increase tolerance to weevils in tobacco plants
In a crosstalk with other plant hormones, these novel plant hormones regulate the resistance to endophytic Trichobaris mucorea larvaeCredit: Anna ...
NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights California wildfires at night
Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA/William Straka U of W-Madison/CIMSS/SSEC Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images ...
Göttingen professors share their expert opinions on more sustainable nutrition
Germany's Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) submits recommendations to the Federal Minister of ...
Microfluidic chip technology enables rapid multiplex diagnosis of plant viral diseases
Early detection of diseases of crops at a gene level and protection of food safetyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF ...
New approach uses wild genes to improve biological nitrogen fixation in soybeans
Credit: Thi Nguyet Minh Dao and Svetlana Y. Folimonova. One of the top four crops grown worldwide, soybean has been ...
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