How bacteria fertilize soya
Credit: ETH Zurich / Anne-Greet Bittermann Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In ...
Tag: Fertilizers/Pest Management
Human waste could help combat global food insecurity
Credit: Leilah Krounbi SASKATOON - Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source ...
Project to introduce a coconut rhinoceros beetle disease in Guam gets $240,000 grant
Credit: University of Guam The Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded $239,994 ...
Nitrogen-efficient fertilizer research could have lasting impact
USDA funds work by Lehigh University engineering professor Jonas Baltrusaitis investigating novel materials to support crop growth with less environmental ...
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...
Game-changing technologies can transform our food systems
A pipeline of new technologies could transform our food systems, ecosystems and human health, but attention to the enabling environment ...
Geography of childhood cancer in Switzerland studied
Credit: International Journal of Health Geographics, 2020 While cancer is rare in children, it is, nevertheless, the second most common ...
New functions of a protein may improve biocontrol methods in sustainable agriculture
The study has been conducted at 'BacBio', a laboratory of the University of Malaga (UMA) that specializes in the research ...
How a molecular ‘alarm’ system in plants protects them from predators
Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm trigger defense responses in a plantCredit: Tokyo University of Science ...
Bermudagrass harvest management options with poultry litter fertilization
Credit: John Read When fertilizing bermudagrass with poultry litter, turfgrass managers must consider limiting the buildup of soil P or ...
Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease
BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that ...
‘We urgently need a renewed public debate about new breeding technologies’
Göttingen agricultural economist evaluates research results on food securityCredit: S Koppmair Plant breeding has considerably increased agricultural yields in recent ...
Common soil fungus could be ally in organic corn growers’ fight against pests
Credit: Nick Sloff A common soil fungus might be enlisted as a powerful partner by corn producers to suppress pests ...
Gene-editing protocol for whitefly pest opens door to control
Credit: Jason Rasgon, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, ...
How atrazine regulations have influenced the environment
Credit: Yolanda Oberhofer To combat weeds, farmers use a variety of tools and methods. By understanding the strengths and downfalls ...
Spores, please!
Gypsy moth larvae love poplar leaves infected by fungiCredit: Franziska Eberl, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Black poplar leaves ...
How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?
Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth ...
UMD researchers find that incentive-based tariffs aren’t the way to control invasive pests
Researchers find that in order to see measurable impacts, tariffs would risk diplomacy and cost US consumers about $38 million ...
Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization after the initial flush of CO2
Credit: Alan Franzluebbers Healthy soil should have abundant nitrogen to supply plant growth needs, but it should not all be ...
Fungus application thwarts major soybean pest, study finds
Credit: Photo by USDA-ARS CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The soybean cyst nematode sucks the nutrients out of soybean roots, causing more ...