Cryofixation and electron tomography reveals novel compartment in arbuscular mycorrhiza
Discovery may be key to understanding nutrient and water uptake in crops ST. LOUIS, MO, February 13, 2019 - Agricultural ...
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Poultry probiotic to tackle global disease in anti-biotic fight
A probiotic aimed at eliminating a disease which costs the world poultry industry $6 billion a year is being developed ...
Keeping SDGs from being a zero-sum game
Credit: Jordan Noble, Michigan State University Center for System Integration and Sustainability Even as the world gets on the same ...
Butterfly monitoring project will enable improvements to Europe's environment
Research on population trends will inform EU biodiversity and agricultural policiesCredit: Martin Warren A major new EU Pilot Project will ...
Virginia Tech investigates how Honduran youth respond to crime and violence
Credit: Virginia Tech Unemployment, poverty, and violence have driven many Honduran youth to the U.S. and Mexico borders in search ...
Gender-SMART — a European partnership on gender issues in agricultural and life sciences
As the European Commission marks 20 years of policies devoted to supporting gender equality in research and innovation, CIRAD is ...
Research characterizes evolution of pathway for reproductive fitness in flowering plants
Previously, this pathway was thought to be present only in grasses ST. LOUIS, MO, February 11, 2019 - Small RNAs ...
Re-establishing oyster beds to maximize their ecological benefits
New GIS-based tool identifies best locations Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites ...
New insights into radial expansion of plants can boost biomass production
Besides the obvious longitudinal growth, plants also enlarge in the radial sense. This thickening of plant stems and roots provides ...
Open-access satellite data allows tracking of seasonal population movements
Credit: Nita Bharti, Penn State A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ...
Seafood mislabelling persistent throughout supply chain, study finds
In a first-ever study researchers found a 32 per cent seafood mislabelling rate with the rate compounding as the fish ...
Ben-Gurion University, Bayer and Netafim to collaborate on research optimizing drip irrigation
Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...
Samara Polytech scientists have developed medications and vitamins for residual soil
Complex blends and bioadditives are called 'LSF'Credit: @SamaraPolytech The highly efficient biotechnological complex "LSF" ("Living Source of Fertility") starts the ...
What is white chocolate? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Today, we're showing our love for white chocolate. Sure, it ...
CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia
CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree ...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new ...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...
Gypsum as an agricultural product
This common ingredient in drywall can increase yields, improve soilCredit: Warren Dick Warren Dick has worked with gypsum for more ...