Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have ...
Tag: Agriculture
Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati ...
Poplars genetically modified not to harm air quality grow as well as non-modified trees
Credit: Photo by T. Rosenstiel, Portland State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Field trials in the Northwest and Southwest show that ...
Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study
Researchers look at unlogged forests in IndiaCredit: Anand Osuri As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the ...
Grower citizen science project uses collaboration to improve soil health
Credit: Natasja van Gestel West Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, ...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Credit: Michelle Pawlowski, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a ...
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
Credit: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) - Kees van Oers, Perro de Jong & Brechje van Beek It's no secret ...
Brassica crops best for crop rotation and soil health in potato production systems
Credit: Robert Larkin Crop rotation is vital to any crop production system. Rotating crops maintains crop productivity and soil health ...
Plants can improve your work life
The mere sight of an indoor plant can reduce stressCredit: Masahiro Toyoda A study out of the University of Hyogo ...
First study to compare citrus varieties with combination of metabolomics and microbiome
Credit: Emily M. T. Padhi, Nilesh Maharaj, Shin-Yi Lin, Darya O. Mishchuk, Elizabeth Chin, Kris Godfrey, Elizabeth Foster, Marylou Polek, ...
Long-dormant disease becomes most dominant foliar disease in New York onion crops
Credit: Frank S. Hay, Sandeep Sharma, Christy Hoepting, David Strickland, Karen Luong, and Sarah J. Pethybridge New York is the ...
Better anchor roots help crops grow in poor soils
Credit: © 2019 KAUST A metabolite in plants that regulates the growth of anchor roots--vital for sustaining water and nutrient ...
Which of these mushrooms could kill you? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2019 -- There are tens of thousands of mushroom species out there, ...
Overuse of herbicides costing UK economy £400 million per year
Widespread use of herbicides leading to resistant black-grass is costing UK millions in profitCredit: Helen Hicks Scientists from international conservation ...
A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space
Credit: Lippman lab/CSHL, 2019 Farmers could soon be growing tomatoes bunched like grapes in a storage unit, on the roof ...
When good plants go bad
Some native plants can behave as invasive speciesCredit: Lyn Gettys, University of Florida A study out of the University of ...
New research shows domestic animals link virus spread among humans and wildlife
How domesticated animals hold key to spread of virusesCredit: Swansea University Our domesticated animals - both pets and livestock - ...
Predatory lacewings do not care whether their prey detoxifies plant defenses or not
Lacewing larvae are able to detoxify plant toxins too, but in a different manner as their prey: Caterpillars of the ...
The delicate water lily: A rose by another name?
Genome duplication event may have contributed to floral scent biosynthesis and other traits of early-diverged flowering plantsCredit: Photo of specimen ...
Fossils of the future to mostly consist of humans, domestic animals
Credit: Karen Koy, Missouri Western State University. As the number and technology of humans has grown, their impact on the ...
