Next-generation sequencing used to identify cotton blue disease in the United States
Credit: Plant Management Network and Judith K. Brown St. Paul, MN (October, 2019)--Cotton blue disease, caused by Cotton leafroll dwarf ...
Tag: Agriculture
How roots grow hair
'Smoke detectors' in plants also control the growth of root hairCredit: Andreas Battenberg / TUM The roots of plants can ...
Changes in photochemical reflectance index can be used to monitor crop condition
Lobachevsky University researchers improve methods for remote monitoring of the condition of crops grown in fields and greenhouses, including the ...
SUTD’s breakthrough research allows for 3D printed chocolate without temperature control
SUTD's new approach to the 3D printing of chocolate using cold extrusion instead of conventional hot-melt extrusion method eliminates the ...
Photosynthesis olympics: can the best wheat varieties be even better?
Credit: Dr Viridiana Silva-Perez/CoETP Scientists have put elite wheat varieties through a sort of "Photosynthesis Olympics" to find which varieties ...
Old friends and new enemies: How evolutionary history can predict insect invader impacts
Credit: Jeff Garnas/University of New Hampshire About 450 nonnative, plant-eating insect species live in North American forests. Most of these ...
First Genome of Spotted Lanternfly Built from a Single Insect
Credit: ARS-USDA HILO, HAWAII, October 16, 2019--Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, in cooperation with Pacific Biosciences and Penn State University, ...
UC Riverside helps secure the future of food
$3 million program to train tomorrow's plant scientistsCredit: Stan Lim/UCR If you're eating fruits, nuts, grains, or vegetables in a ...
Clemson researcher creating perennial grasses that need less water and are fuel source
Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Clemson University College of Science Professor Hong Luo has received a $500,000 grant ...
How hunger makes food tastier: a neural circuit in the hypothalamus
Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways that cause hunger-induced increases in the ...
Bolivian forager-farmers with amazing heart health are split over what makes a good life
Lifestyle may be central to maintaining health in a small society undergoing change in livelihood and nutrition, Baylor University researcher ...
Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
Credit: Deborah Samac Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye ...
Harnessing plasmonics for precision agriculture worldwide
A Moore Inventor Fellowship is supporting a Duke engineer in her quest to develop a small, inexpensive hyperspectral cameraCredit: Jon ...
New survey confirms muscadine grapes are affected by parasitic nematodes
Credit: Ganpati B. Jagdale Native to the Southeastern United States, muscadine grapes are a superfruit. With high levels of resveratrol, ...
New research to boost global date fruit production
New major project aims to improve global date palm production and protectionCredit: King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) ...
Genetics to feed the world
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Wheat provides 20% of the total calories and protein content for the world's population and is ...
CABI scientists track wheat aphids and their natural enemies for better pest management in Pakistan
For the first time, CABI scientists have studied the distribution and population dynamics of wheat aphids and their natural enemies ...
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter wintersCredit: Frank Peairs, ...
BTI researchers unlocking hornworts’ secrets
Figuring out the genetic underpinnings of hornworts' weird biology could help researchers boost agricultural output, use less fertilizer, and gain ...
Researchers find multiple effects on soil from manure from cows administered antibiotics
Credit: Carl Wepking/CSU Use of antibiotics is under heightened scrutiny due to the increased prevalence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. While the ...