Just how much does enhancing photosynthesis improve crop yield?
Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis In the next two decades, crop yields need to increase dramatically to ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
New findings on the effect of Epsom salt — Epsom salt receptor identified
Salt with physiological effectsCredit: Dr. Antonella Di Pizio / Leibniz-LSB@TUM Germany A team of scientists headed by Maik Behrens from ...
Study measures gluten in gluten-free labeled restaurant food
April 5, 2019 -- Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants ...
Science-based guidelines for building a bee-friendly landscape
Credit: Bernadette M. Mach & Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky St. Paul, MN (April, 2019)--Bees are critical members of ...
Super berries power up porridge
As the popularity of porridge continues to rise, the addition of a super berry could make it the ultimate new ...
Global centers of unsustainable harvesting of species identified
Credit: Enrico Di Minin Unsustainable harvesting, including hunting, trapping, fishing and logging, is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. ...
Fungal mating: Next weapon against corn aflatoxin?
Credit: Ignazio Carbone It's not fun when a fungus contaminates crops. Safe native fungi, however, show promise in the fight ...
Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease
UC Riverside's Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus ...
Nature versus nurture: Environment exerts greater influence on corn health than genetics
Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minnesota (March 2019)--Corn is one of the most important staple crops in the world--over ...
The number of people affected by food crises remains at alarming levels
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018, ...
Air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US
New paper presents how researchers have estimated for the first time the health damages caused by corn production A new ...
Scientists confirm first report of egg parasitoid in Africa to fight fall armyworm
Credit: CABI A group of scientists have confirmed the first report of an egg parasitoid Telenomus remus in Africa which ...
New plant breeding technologies for food security
Genome editing and world hungerCredit: S Koppmair An international team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, argues in a ...
McSteen lab finds a new gene essential for making ears of corn
Credit: University of Missouri A team of scientists led by University of Missouri maize geneticist Paula McSteen has identified a ...
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