Silica increases water availability for plants
Bayreuth researchers discover a way to enhance food securityCredit: Photo: University of Bayreuth. As a result of climate change, more ...
Tag: Agriculture
How plants in the cabbage family look inward when sulfur is scarce
Kyushu University researchers identify two key enzymes that release sulfur from health-beneficial chemicals in thale cress to promote growth in ...
Local genetic adaption helps sorghum crop hide from witchweed
Credit: S.M. Runo, Kenyatta University Sorghum crops in areas where the agricultural parasite striga, also known as witchweed, is common ...
Hot climates to see more variability in tree leafing as temperatures rise
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory found ...
Bayreuth researchers discover new arsenic compounds in rice fields
Risk or opportunity for rice cultivation?Credit: Photo: José Miguel Leon Ninin. University of Bayreuth researchers, together with scientists from Italy ...
‘Rule breaking’ plants may be climate change survivors
Credit: Dr Annabel Smith Plants that break some of the 'rules' of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have ...
Adding sewage sludge on soils does not promote antibiotic resistance, Swedish study shows
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg Adding sewage sludge on soils does not promote antibiotic resistance, a study from University of ...
No clear path for golden rice to reach consumers
Seed choice study reveals flawed assumptions behind hotly debated GMOCredit: Courtesy Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University in St. Louis Heralded ...
Biodiversity yields financial returns
Credit: Valentin Klaus Many farmers associate grassland biodiversity with lower yields and financial losses. "Biodiversity is often considered unprofitable, but ...
Bacterial influencers — rhizosphere microbiome mediates root metabolite exudation
Credit: J. Szymanski / IPK Gatersleben, 07.02.2020 Roots are plant organs, that typically absorb water and minerals from soil. It ...
Next generation of greenhouses may be fully solar powered
Credit: Brendan O'Connor, NC State University Many greenhouses could become energy neutral by using see-through solar panels to harvest energy ...
Alaska’s national forests contribute 48 million salmon a year to state’s fishing industry
Value of these 'forest fishes' from Tongass, Chugach National Forests exceeds $80 millionCredit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service Alaska's Tongass ...
AOCS Research Awards go to five UMass Amherst food science Ph.D. students
Student researchers work in lab of renowned food scientist Julian McClementsCredit: UMass Amherst Five food science Ph.D. students at the ...
Humanity’s greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists
Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth, 2020, a 50-page synthesis ...
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