Tag: Agriculture

Lakes, rivers and some private wells are becoming saltier, largely thanks to high levels of road salt sprinkled on streets ...

Discovery may be key to understanding nutrient and water uptake in crops ST. LOUIS, MO, February 13, 2019 - Agricultural ...

A probiotic aimed at eliminating a disease which costs the world poultry industry $6 billion a year is being developed ...

Credit: Jordan Noble, Michigan State University Center for System Integration and Sustainability Even as the world gets on the same ...

Research on population trends will inform EU biodiversity and agricultural policiesCredit: Martin Warren A major new EU Pilot Project will ...

Credit: Virginia Tech Unemployment, poverty, and violence have driven many Honduran youth to the U.S. and Mexico borders in search ...

As the European Commission marks 20 years of policies devoted to supporting gender equality in research and innovation, CIRAD is ...

Previously, this pathway was thought to be present only in grasses ST. LOUIS, MO, February 11, 2019 - Small RNAs ...

New GIS-based tool identifies best locations Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites ...

Besides the obvious longitudinal growth, plants also enlarge in the radial sense. This thickening of plant stems and roots provides ...

Credit: Nita Bharti, Penn State A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ...

In a first-ever study researchers found a 32 per cent seafood mislabelling rate with the rate compounding as the fish ...

Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...

Complex blends and bioadditives are called 'LSF'Credit: @SamaraPolytech The highly efficient biotechnological complex "LSF" ("Living Source of Fertility") starts the ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Today, we're showing our love for white chocolate. Sure, it ...

CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree ...

Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new ...

Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the ...

Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...