How do plants balance microbial friends and foes?
Credit: David Thoms, Yan Liang, and Cara H. Haney Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals ...
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Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage
Study reviews best practices for growersCredit: Hector Amezcua/UC Davis Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs ...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
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Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers sayCredit: From Tubiello et al., Environmental Research Letters 2021 A new ...
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
Credit: Douglas S. Higgins, Ross J. Hatlen, Jan M. Byrne, Monique L. Sakalidis, Timothy D. Miles, and Mary K. Hausbeck ...
From farm to plate: Where do global consumer dollars flow?
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - As soon as an ear of corn is taken off its stalk or a ...
Indigenous peoples were stewards of the Western Amazon
Study points to a history of indigenous sustainable use of the Western Amazon stretching back 5,000 yearsCredit: Álvaro del Campo ...
Substantial carbon dioxide emissions from northern peatlands drained for crop cultivation
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UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier
New journal paper explores the scientific complexitiesCredit: UMass Amherst As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are ...
Don’t like your greens? Blame it on Brassica domestication
New study shows genetic diversity of ancestor, wild Brassica rapa, came from domestication more than 3,000 years agoCredit: Illustration by ...
70-year-old coffee-killing fungus brought back to life to fight the disease
Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and ...
Role of women highlighted in study focused on the benefits of good farmer seed production
A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in ...
UN urges intense restoration of nature to address climate and biodiversity crises
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...
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