Reduce, reuse, recycle: The future of phosphorus
Credit: Included in photo When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really ...
Tag: Fertilizers/Pest Management
Worm pheromones protect major crops
Boyce Thompson Institute researchers showed that ascaroside compounds from nematodes can protect rice, wheat, corn and soybeans from numerous pathogensCredit: ...
An apple carries about 100 million bacteria — good luck washing them off
Most microbes are inside the apple -- but the strains depend on which bits you eat, and whether you go ...
Garlic on broccoli: A smelly approach to repel a major pest
New University of Vermont study offers a novel framework to test strategies for managing invasive pestsCredit: Insect Agroegology and Evolution ...
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 ...
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 probe could help estimate bee exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides
Bee populations are declining, and neonicotinoid pesticides continue to be investigated -- and in some cases banned -- because of ...
Health impairment through carbofuran in red chili unlikely
BfR Opinion No 015/2019 of April 24, 2019 Carbofuran is a plant protection product which can be used against certain ...
Plant protection products: More clarity about residues in food
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment proposes new indicator to identify risks in order to improve consumer safety This indicator ...
Seeking sustainable solutions for Nashville’s organic wastes
University of Tennessee collaborates with Resource Capture on $40,000 grantCredit: Tennessee Dept. of Tourist Development KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An interdisciplinary ...
The discovery of a more effective method to estimate polluting emissions from nitrogen fertilizers
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Agriculture contributes to 70% of total emissions by humans of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent polluting ...
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 ...
PETA science group donates $50,000 in equipment to pioneering laboratory
The Institute for In Vitro Sciences will use the donation to replace animals in respiratory toxicity testing Gaithersburg, Md. -- ...
Insects need empathy
Immediate, science-based community action can mitigate insect declineCredit: Julia Harencar This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a ...
Trees for water quality credits
In a new study, UC Santa Barbara Bren School professor Arturo Keller links reforestation to water quality credits The more ...
The case of the poisoned songbirds
Credit: Photo: Krysta Rogers Researchers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Investigations Laboratory present their results from ...
Significant UK air quality improvements over past 40 years cut death rates
Policies to improve air quality in the UK over the past 40 years have led to significant reductions in pollution ...
We need to talk about chloramphenicol — how does this antibiotic cause damage to eukaryotes?
For the first time scientists demonstrate the molecular events underlying the effects of chloramphenicol on eukaryotic cells A group of ...
Video games offer clues to help curb animal disease outbreaks
As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever, University of Vermont research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread ...
Award for Nicolas Plumeré
ChemistryCredit: RUB, Kramer Bochum-based chemist Professor Nicolas Plumeré has been awarded the Luigi Galvani Prize by the Bioelectrochemical Society. The ...