Growing the tallest is not always the best option
Chloroplast retrograde signalling discovered to be key to attenuate the elongation response to shade in plantsCredit: Jaume Martinez-Garcia Plants need ...
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Leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors
New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated ...
NW Forest Plan 25 years later: Wildfire losses up, bird populations down
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Twenty-five years into a 100-year federal strategy to protect older forests in the Pacific Northwest, forest losses ...
Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Credit: Ruby O'Grady Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild ...
Where do the best strawberries grow?
Scientists investigate positive effects of hedgerows on pollinationCredit: Denise Castle Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting ...
Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves
Researchers and industry leaders working to stop insecticide use during bloom COLUMBUS, Ohio - It's about time for the annual ...
Harvesting wild genes gives crops renewed resistance to disease
Method allows cheap and fast transfer of disease-resistance genesCredit: University of Sydney A global alliance of researchers has pioneered a ...
Everything in moderation
Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have economic, ecological and environmental benefitsCredit: George Furey/UMN In efforts to curb our ...
Fiber composition in rice coproducts revealed in Illinois study
URBANA, Ill. - Rice coproducts in pig diets add fat and fiber, but too much fiber can decrease energy absorption ...
Bitter rapeseed
How rapeseed could be used as a protein source for human nutritionCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Rapeseed doesn't just contain ...
Insecticide resistance genes affect vector competence for West Nile virus
Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur In a context of overuse of insecticides, which leads to the selection of resistant mosquitoes, it ...
Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought
Credit: O roxo, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent ...
Endangered sharks being eaten in UK
Credit: Andrew Griffiths Endangered species of hammerhead and dogfish are among the sharks being sold as food in the UK, ...
To solve pollinator health crisis, state governments are key, MU study finds
Insect pollinators are vital to the existence of almost 90 percent of the world's flowering plants, including a large portion ...
Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers
Credit: Erik Sacks, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial ...
ARS microscopy research helps unravel the workings of a major honey bee pest
Varroa mites do not feed on bee blood (hemolymph fluid) Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and ...
A 'greener' way to take the bitterness out of olives
Olives are staples of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease ...
Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Converting low-profit land brings big returnsCredit: Lynn Betts Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans, ...
Weather at key growth stages predicts Midwest corn yield and grain quality, study says
Credit: Carrie Butts-Wilmsmeyer, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn is planted on approximately 90 million acres across the United ...
Abandoned fields turn into forests five times faster than thought
Russian scientists studied abandoned arable land in the European part of Russia where temperate forests grow. The study showed that ...