Star fruit could be the new ‘star’ of Florida agriculture
Credit: Ariel Friedenreich It's not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United ...
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Shifting the balance of growth vs. defense boosts crop yield
Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a ...
Seasonal forecasts challenged by Pacific Ocean warming
Credit: CSHOR CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a ...
Agricultural parasite avoids evolutionary arms race, shuts down genes of host plants
Credit: Claude dePamphilis, Penn State A parasitic plant has found a way to circumvent an evolutionary arms race with the ...
NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite views New South Wales fires raging on
Credit: NOAA-NASA NOAA-NASA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over the New South Wales fires in Australia on December 16, 2019 and ...
Research brief: New methods promise to speed up development of new plant varieties
Credit: Michael Maher, University of Minnesota. A University of Minnesota research team recently developed new methods that will make it ...
New review study shows that egg-industry-funded research downplays danger of cholesterol
Researchers explain how faulty, industry-funded studies can harm public healthCredit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON--Controversial headlines claiming that eggs ...
Limiting the loss of nature
Credit: The University of Queensland With only about half of Earth's terrestrial surface remaining as natural vegetation, a University of ...
Scientist breaks down chemistry in iconic cartoons: SpongeBob SquarePants and Popeye
Are bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, ...
The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger
The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species; these ...
Beyond ‘shovelomics’: Growing cassava in the air helps study the plant’s mysterious roots
Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real-time, suspended in the air. The innovative ...
Yule log chemistry trivia — 4 hours cozy fireplace for your nerdy holiday parties (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2019 -- Ready to kick back and relax by the fire this ...
Team finds bovine kobuvirus in US
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan ...
Harnessing nature’s defences against tsunamis
International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise ...
Russian scientists studied the effect of selenium on the properties of basil
A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University discovered that micromolar selenium doses increase the levels of useful ...
Researchers analyze artifacts to better understand ancient dietary practices
Credit: Shanti Morell-Hart New research from anthropologists at McMaster University and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), is shedding light ...
Plant researchers examine bread aroma: Modern and old wheat varieties taste equally good
Publication by HHU and the University of Hohenheim in Food Research InternationalCredit: BeckaBeck The scientists compared taste and aroma of ...
Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
Credit: Jake Shreckhise You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This ...
Multi-species grassland mixtures increase yield stability, even under drought conditions
Credit: John Finn The benefits of multispecies mixtures were so strong that yields from a mixture of four species under ...
Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain
New research shows that for every £1 invested in pollinator monitoring schemes, at least £1.50 can be saved, from otherwise ...
