Discovery of a mechanism plants use to toggle on photosynthesis chosen by top journal
Credit: WSU Harvesting sunlight to make energy is a complex reaction that plants do naturally, but isn't well understood. A ...
Tag: Agriculture
Fungus application thwarts major soybean pest, study finds
Credit: Photo by USDA-ARS CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The soybean cyst nematode sucks the nutrients out of soybean roots, causing more ...
Integrated crop-livestock systems in paddy fields: New strategies for flooded rice nutrition
Credit: Luiz G. Denardin Worldwide, flooded rice cultivation has degraded soil quality, reducing rice yield and requiring intense use of ...
New information about the transmission of the amphibian pathogen, Bsal
Social distancing works for newts, tooCredit: Image by T. Amacker. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--Researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture's ...
Mapping the evolution of coastal waters in Metro Vancouver: The Burrard Inlet
What did the Burrard Inlet look like in the past, compared to how it is now?Credit: Fanny Couture What did ...
Wearable health sensors will help detect disease in livestock
Credit: Biotangents Wearable biosensors are being developed to help monitor the health of livestock, particularly dairy cows, with the aim ...
Building a bean that resists leafhoppers
Credit: Tim Porch Leafhoppers are tiny insects. They are only about 3 millimeters long, smaller than a grain of rice. ...
Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease
Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more ...
Wild tomato resistance to bacterial canker has implications for commercial tomato industry
Credit: F. Christopher Peritore-Galve Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that leads to wilt, cankers, and eventually death. The ...
Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling
Credit: Cesar Valencia Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were ...
Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, ...
Study synthesizes what climate change means for Northwest wildfires
Credit: Darryl Lloyd Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest - from the Carlton ...
Robo-turtles in fish farms reduce fish stress
Underwater surveillance never looked this cuteCredit: Maarja Kruusmaa A sea cage can hold up to 200000 farmed salmon. If the ...
Oysters and clams can be farmed together
Rutgers study finds raising multiple species in the same area could benefit shellfish aquacultureCredit: Michael Acquafredda/Rutgers University Eastern oysters and ...
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