Grapevine red blotch disease threatens US Grape industry
$3 million grant awarded to study causes, impact of grapevine virusCredit: Raul Girardello/UC Davis University of California, Davis, scientists will ...
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Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Credit: De-Wei Li, Neil P. Schultes, James A. LaMondia, and Richard S. Cowles Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are ...
Researchers find some forests crucial for climate change mitigation, biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western ...
Novel way to ID disease-resistance genes in chocolate-producing trees found
Discovery has implications for bolstering other crops, long-lived treesCredit: Penn State Chocolate-producing cacao trees that are resistant to a major ...
Discovery of a new protein gives insight into a long-standing plant immunity mystery
Credit: Robyn Roberts et al. When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch ...
What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 -- Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do ...
Animated videos advance adoption of agriculture techniques
Credit: Michigan State University In remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural ...
How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?
Researchers home in on core microbial community of tomato, one that is robust and stableCredit: Photo courtesy of Britt Koskella ...
Recycling nutrient-rich industrial waste products enhances soil, reduces carbon
Industrial and agricultural sustainability improved by SMB applicationCredit: Photo by D. O'Dell, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Recycling biotechnology byproducts ...
New tool to detect blackleg disease in potato has widespread application
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society Potatoes are important. They rank fourth among the world's staple crops. In the United States, ...
Lights on fishing nets save turtles and dolphins
Credit: ProDelphinus Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new ...
First ‘lab in a field’ experiment reveals a sunnier side of climate change
Credit: Phil Robinson Pioneering experiments using heated field plots to test the responses of crops to temperature have revealed an ...
Gene expression regulation in Chinese cabbage illuminated
Credit: Kobe University Doctoral student Ayasha Akter (Kobe University's Graduate School of Agricultural Science) and technical staff member Satoshi Takahashi ...
How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive cropsCredit: Photo by Duke University DURHAM, ...
Grant funding to study cattle genomics could breed profits
UTIA researchers explore value-added marketing opportunitiesCredit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A team of researchers at ...
Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database
Credit: University of Washington It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke. ...
Deer and elk can help young Douglas-fir trees under some conditions
Credit: Thomas Stokely, OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can ...
The wellbeing connection
Germany uses ecosystems in distant, often poorer regionsCredit: Original publication https://rdcu.be/bRP2s Soya and beef from South America, timber from Russia, ...
Water management grows farm profits
Credit: Jonathan Holt A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must ...
Purdue apple innovator elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Credit: Jules Janick/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Jules Janick, a distinguished horticulture professor in Purdue University's College of Agriculture, ...