German fishermen’s scepticism towards EU impedes compliance with its regulations
Game of chance experiment: In a relationship with an unpopular regulator, the truth is somewhat elasticCredit: Stefan Drupp Leipzig/Hamburg/Kiel: Negative ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
UMD CONSERVE Center leading effort to advance water and food security
A new Environmental Research special issue from the University of Maryland's CONSERVE Center of Excellence addresses how we can achieve ...
The global phosphorus crisis
An international team of scientists call to actionCredit: SDU/Lene Esthave Phosphorus is an essential resource for the world's food production. ...
Faster than ever — neutron tomography detects water uptake by roots
A team from Potsdam, Berlin and Grenoble was able to visualize the transport of water in soil as well as ...
The almond & peach trees genomes shed light on the differences between these close species
Transposons could lie at the origin of the differences between the fruit of both species or the flavor of the ...
Stanford researchers find lead in turmeric
Some spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized ...
Biologists untangle growth and defense in maize, define key antibiotic pathways
Researchers identify 6 genes responsible for the production of plant antibiotics known for critical disease resistanceCredit: Eric Schmelz, UC San ...
Scientists set to start $10M project to create health diagnosis tool for bees
York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 - ...
Startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices receives grants worth $150,000
Grants from USDA, Elevate Ventures will help JUA Technologies International move past research and developmentCredit: Tom Campbell/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, ...
Hiding in plain sight
Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy impostersCredit: Jordan R. Brock/Washington University Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a ...
Heart-healthy forager-farmers in lowland Bolivia are changing diets and gaining weight
People known for 'astonishing' cardiovascular health are going to market and changing their diets -- with the biggest difference being ...
Rising CO2 levels could boost wheat yield but slightly reduce nutritional quality
Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising, which experts predict could produce more droughts and hotter temperatures. Although these ...
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 ...
ORNL scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops
Credit: Jessy Labbe/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn. July 22, 2019--A team of scientists led ...
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