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Tag: Agriculture
Study shows environmental link to herbicide-resistant horseweed
WESTMINSTER, Colorado – July 23, 2021 – Horseweed is a serious threat to both agricultural crops and natural landscapes around the globe. In the U.S., the weed is prolific and able to emerge at any time of the year. Fall…
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots
Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi – called arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi – in the soil, which greatly expand their root surface area. This mutually beneficial interaction boosts the plant’s ability to take up nutrients…
New centre to train experts in crop resilience
University of Adelaide experts are part of a new research centre that will train the next generation of scientists to develop more resilient crops.
A wild hair: Using hair to gauge stress response in pigs
Researchers at Iowa State University aim to use hair samples from pigs to identify genetics related to stress response. The effort could help produce pigs that lead less stressful lives and are more productive. And it all starts with a quick haircut.
$1M NASA grant to improve carbon monitoring in East Africa
Cornell University researchers will develop the first high-resolution carbon monitoring system for East Africa that combines “bottom up” ecological modeling with “top down” satellite data, thanks to a three-year, $1 million NASA grant.
Danforth Center Joins Decade of Ag Movement
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced it has joined the Decade of Ag movement, recognizing that a unified vision of sustainable food, fiber and energy systems for the future requires collaboration, endorsement and advancement from across the agricultural value chain.
Informing policy for long-term global food security
More than 820 million people in the world don’t have enough to eat, while climate change and increasing competition for land and water are further raising concerns about the future balance between food demand and supply. The results of a…
Land repair vital for survival
Successful dryland restoration to benefit 2bn people
Drought changes rice root microbiome
Drought can have a lasting impact on the community of microbes that live in and around roots of rice plants, a team led by UC Davis researchers has found. Root-associated microbes help plants take up nutrients from the soil, so…
Cattle losing adaptations to environment, MU researchers find
Researchers pave the way for genetic tests of cattle that can look for the presence of specific adaptations, such as heat resistance
Don’t cry over spoiled milk, incentivize supply chain for longer shelf life
Too much milk gets pitched, something that was an issue long before these pandemic times of global food insecurity. New research provides a blueprint for development of sustainable milk production supply chain, where waste is reduced in a cost-effective, socially acceptable and environmentally sound way.
Attack of the Feral Weed
The world depends on rice: it is a staple food for more than half the Earth’s population.
Microbes promote lima bean growth
Researchers identify which lima bean inoculants provide economical and environmental benefits
New PlantwisePlus program launched to help farmers produce more and higher quality food
PlantwisePlus will build on CABI’s Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes, which have already helped millions of farmers in over 30 countries diagnose and treat pest threats and reduce crop losses by strengthening national plant health systems.
Microbes play role in corn ‘hybrid vigor’
The tiny organisms living in soil may have a greater effect on the yield and pest and disease resistance of crop plants grown in that soil than previously known. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Kansas…
Untrained Beer Drinkers Can Taste Different Barley Genotypes
When it comes to craft beer, the flavor doesn’t have to be all in the hops.
Tomato fruits send electrical warnings to the rest of the plant when attacked by insects
A recent study in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems shows that the fruits of a type of tomato plant send electrical signals to the rest of the plant when they are infested by caterpillars. Plants have a multitude of chemical…
Removal of barred owls slows decline of iconic spotted owls in Pacific Northwest, study finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 17-year study in Oregon, Washington and California found that removal of invasive barred owls arrested the population decline of the northern spotted owl, a native species threatened by invading barred owls and the loss of old-forest…
A machine learning breakthrough: using satellite images to improve human lives
Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health and poverty
Young forests are preferred summer vacation destinations for bats
Recently cut forest spaces suit bats more than long-established woods
Research shows microbes play critical role boosting vigor of hybrid corn
LAWRENCE — A new paper appearing the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gives new detail and understanding to the cultivation of corn, one of the United States’ biggest cash crops. The research by a team at the University…
The seeds that give: retired WVU plant pathologist donates tomato seeds to developing nations
Mannon Gallegly, professor emeritus of plant pathology at West Virginia University, is donating tomato seeds to the World Vegetable Center, a global nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development.
BGSU Researcher Asks, ‘Is Dredge Material Good for Soil?’
A Bowling Green State University researcher hopes to impact Lake Erie’s water quality by using dredged sediments from the lake and adding them to farm soils.
Megadrought and forest deterioration in Neolithic China
By analyzing isotopic data from the tree rings of 53 extant and relict trees from the Delingha region on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, researchers examined Asian summer monsoon variability from 4680 BCE to 2011 CE and found that around 1675…
Prevalence of child protective services investigations
Researchers examine the prevalence of child encounters with Child Protective Services (CPS) in the United States. Contact with CPS is potentially consequential for child well-being. However, the prevalence of CPS interventions is unclear. Christopher Wildeman and colleagues examined data of…
Seismic surveys and demersal fishes
For 5 days, researchers subjected populations of demersal fish, which live close to the bottom of water bodies, near Australia’s Pilbara Coast to varying levels of exposure to a commercial seismic survey, which is used to locate oil and gas…
Experts challenge current understanding of transition dairy cow health
Comprehensive review in the Journal of Dairy Science® examines the riskiest period for dairy cow health, between giving birth and milk production, in a new light
Controlling invasive barred owl populations
Researchers examine the long-term effects of removing invasive species from the US West Coast. Removing invasive species to decrease the risk of extinction of native species is common, but the long-term effects of such ecological restoration programs are unclear. Native…
El Niño and Amazon plant mortality
Researchers examine the impact of the 2015-2016 El Niño on Amazonian plant mortality. The Amazon has been experiencing increased droughts and forest fires. However, the combined impacts of droughts and fires on Amazonian plant mortality and subsequent carbon dioxide emissions…
Effects of clouds on climate change
Researchers developed a statistical learning analysis based on data from Earth observations and climate model simulations to estimate the uncertain effect of clouds on climate change and found that clouds have an amplifying effect on global warming; the results suggest…
Forest insect pests and large-mammal food webs
An insect pest that damages the forest canopy has a reverberating impact on predator-prey interactions of large mammals, a study finds. Insect pests are considered to be ecosystem engineers because their destruction of the tree canopy can stimulate the growth…
How pikas survive winter without hibernation
Pikas survive harsh winters by reducing their metabolism to conserve energy and, in some areas, by eating yak feces, researchers report. Related to rabbits, pikas are small mammals that live in the high-altitude meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, where winter…
US corn and soybean maladapted to climate variations, study shows
URBANA, Ill. – U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly heat and drought resistant as agricultural production adapts to a changing climate. But the focus on developing crops for extreme conditions has negatively affected performance under normal weather patterns,…
Press registration opens for ACS Fall 2021 meeting
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2021 — Journalists who register for the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will have access to more than 7,000 presentations on topics including agriculture and food, energy and fuels, health and medicine, space science,…
When fawns perceive constant danger from many sources, they almost seem to relax
Researchers use trail cameras to study animals’ interaction, behavior in human-dominated landscapes
Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants
External application could reduce agricultural reliance on fungicides
Kelp for corn? Illinois scientists demystify natural products for crops
URBANA, Ill. – Corn growers can choose from a wide array of products to make the most of their crop, but the latest could bring seaweed extract to a field near you. The marine product is just one class in…
How climate change and fires are shaping the forests of the future
Forest fires are already a global threat. “But considering how climate change is progressing, we are probably only at the beginning of a future that will see more and bigger forest fires,” explains Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes at TUM.
The big potential of little millet
Overlooked little millet is a promising grain for our future climate. New research shows which varieties perform the best.
International partners unveil landmark insect resistant cowpea for Nigerian farmers
The first public sector biotech food crop released in Africa
Roadless forests see more blazes and greater severity, but fire resilience is the result
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Roadless national forests in the American West burn more often and at a slightly higher severity than national forests with roads, but the end result for the roadless forests is greater fire resilience, Oregon State University researchers…
Fire operations-prescribed burning combo reduces wildfire severity up to 72%
Firefighters battling wildfires in the western United States use a variety of suppression tactics to get the flames under control. Prescribed burns, or controlled fires intentionally set to clear shrubs and forest litter before a wildfire ever ignites, can make…
Cocoa bean DNA testing offers path to end slavery and child labour in chocolate industry
Research shows low-cost DNA biomarker technique can trace cocoa from a specific farm to the chocolate bar in your hand
A new sensitive tool for the efficient quantification of plant disease susceptibility
While several biology techniques have undergone significant technical advances that have allowed their high-throughput implementation, assessing the resistance levels of plant varieties to microbial pathogens remains an arduous and time-consuming task. In response to this, Pujara and collaborators took advantage…
Farm marketing success linked to natural, cultural assets
Farmers markets and roadside stands are more successful in communities with more nonprofits, social enterprises and creative industries, according to a new Cornell University study.
Farm robots are the future; let’s start preparing now, researcher argues
No longer science fiction, farm robots are already here–and they have created two possible extremes for the future of agriculture and its impacts on the environment, argues agricultural economist Thomas Daum in a Science & Society article published July 13…
How well do consumers understand their dairy purchases?
New research in the Journal of Dairy Science® examines consumer knowledge of dairy processing terms on product labels
Dartmouth Engineering professor selected to direct new Brazilian biofuels lab
Lee Lynd , the Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth, will be the founding director of the new Advanced Second Generation (A2G) Biofuel Laboratory located at the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil. The lab’s mission is to develop…
Dysfunctional telomeres and intestinal inflammation
Pharmacological protection of DNA sequences that cap chromosomes might help treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a study suggests. IBD is a chronic and disabling condition with limited therapeutic options. Past research has found that the intestinal cells of people with…