Tag: Agriculture

Credit: Doug Spaunhorst Weeds are thieves. They steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our food crops. In the case of ...

Credit: Kramer, Heather Anu; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Alexandre, Patricia M.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2019. High wildfire damage in interface communities ...

Credit: Daniel González-Tokman You mightn't think that the life of a dung beetle, a creature who eats poop every day ...

Some spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized ...

Sustainable, locally-sourced seafood could be available in land-locked locales in the near futureCredit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC Maryland Sea Grant ...

Start-up of the University of Bonn records trial plots with drones and analyzes them using artificial intelligenceCredit: (c) Photo: Barbara ...

Credit: CSHL/2019 As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome ...

Researchers identify 6 genes responsible for the production of plant antibiotics known for critical disease resistanceCredit: Eric Schmelz, UC San ...

First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails -- akin to a 2C rise for climate -- to create targets ...

Credit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019--A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that ...

York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 - ...

Grants from USDA, Elevate Ventures will help JUA Technologies International move past research and developmentCredit: Tom Campbell/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, ...

Pilot study evaluates potential for air quality impacts at facilities in Nevada and CaliforniaCredit: Vera Samburova/DRI The same chemicals responsible ...

Credit: Irish Lorraine B. Pabuayon Texas has a long history of growing cotton. It's a resilient crop, able to withstand ...

Credit: University of East Anglia Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered how nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron - ...

Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy impostersCredit: Jordan R. Brock/Washington University Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a ...

Credit: The University of British Columbia | Sea Around Us. Technological advances are allowing commercial fishing fleets to double their ...

Credit: Pat Tranel, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer ...

Credit: Included in photo When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really ...

Deforestation and Amazon fires grab headlines but 150-plus restoration projects in Latin America show where considerable advances at tackling climate ...