Danforth Center Launches AgTech NEXT Conference
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced AgTech NEXT, a bold new food and agtech innovation summit that will be held May 4 – 6, 2020 at the Danforth Center in St. Louis, MO.
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How can growing seasons be extended?
High tunnels provide fresh, local vegetables in northern climes
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Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their
Read moreUrban growth causes more biodiversity loss outside of cities
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale
Read moreScientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their
Read moreUrban growth causes more biodiversity loss outside of cities
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale
Read moreAnimated videos advance adoption of agriculture techniques
In remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural techniques results in high retention and adoption rates of those techniques, found researchers from Michigan State University.
Read moreWhat happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 — Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do they have limits? This week
Read moreDiscovery of a new protein gives insight into a long-standing plant immunity mystery
When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch on its defense mechanisms. One
Read moreFirst ‘lab in a field’ experiment reveals a sunnier side of climate change
Pioneering experiments using heated field plots to test the responses of crops to temperature have revealed an unexpected plus side
Read moreConferring leaf rust resistance in cereal crops
Genes have been identified that confer resistance to multiple leaf rust species in barley. The findings by an international team,
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