Garlic on broccoli: A smelly approach to repel a major pest
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Tag: Agriculture
How fat prawns can save lives
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Smart irrigation model predicts rainfall to conserve water
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Cigarette butts hamper plant growth — study
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Highlights for the 2019 American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition ...
Illinois study advances possibility of genetic control for major agricultural weeds
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, two aggressive weeds that threaten the ...
Rising CO2, climate change projected to reduce availability of nutrients worldwide
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UTIA and Blühen Botanicals to collaborate on hemp production research
Popular new crop needs research-based dataCredit: Photo by G. Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Blühen Botanicals and the University ...
Plant cells as small-scale assembly lines: New Research Training Group starts at the MLU
Growth for plant research in Halle: A new Research Training Group (RTG) opened at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) ...
New study works with historically disenfranchised communities to combat sudden oak death
Credit: Richard C. Cobb, Noam Ross, Katherine J. Hayden, Catherine A. Eyre, Richard S. Dodd, Susan J. Frankel, Matteo Garbelotto, ...
Plant probe could help estimate bee exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides
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‘Intensive’ beekeeping not to blame for common bee diseases
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Micro-ribonucleic acid in milk:Health risk very unlikely
BfR Opinion No 020/2019 of 29 Mai 2019 One type is micro-RNA (miRNA), and its job is to regulate numerous ...
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