Tag: Agriculture

Once you have developed horticultural expertise, the world calls, presenting you with opportunities to travel, learn, develop research ideas and ...

Discovering vertical farming and hydroponic growing at the ASHS Conference in Las Vegas

Access to the largest and most technologically advanced Indoor Vertical Farming facility ever designed and implemented in this country The ...

Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide

Clemson University scientists announce genetic breakthrough in cereal cropsCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A ...

Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the ...

Heat, salt, drought: This barley can withstand the challenges of climate change

Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop ...

Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth

Credit: Odiney Alvarez-Campos The "zero waste" trend could have a friend in the form of biosolids. Biosolids are the materials ...

International arboriculture conference comes to Knoxville in August

UT students, faculty contribute to International Tree Climbing Competition and Arboriculture Conference The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) will host ...

Smoke from Canadian fires drifts into United States

Credit: NASA Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year. A warming ...

Semi-arid land in China has expanded in recent decades and probably continues to expand

Credit: Jianrong Bi Drylands cover approximately 50% of the land surface in China, among which semi-arid regions are the main ...

Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects

Credit: RIPE Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response ...

Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean

Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's ...

Human waste an asset to economy, environment, study finds

July 8, 2019

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Human waste might be an unpleasant public health burden, but scientists ...

Can we make ocean water drinkable — and should we? (video)

July 8, 2019

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 8, 2019 - We need water to survive -- and Earth is covered ...

Study shows potential for reduced methane from cows