The new wheat line growing in the field. The wheat on the right has the extra flower-bearing spikelets artificially highlighted in pink to show their…
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Schrenkiella parvulais a plant that can grow – even thrive – in extremely salty conditions. Researchers in the Dinneny lab study this plant to understand…
Substituting 20% of meat from cattle with microbial protein — a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks — by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new…
According to a recent NASA research, extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves will progressively cluster closer together in time and space, raising the…
A newly discovered protein helps the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in sunflowers and more than 600 other plant species bypass plants’ defenses.…
Avian flu spreads quickly through domestic poultry flocks. Credit: Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has…
Groundwater irrigation enables farmers to grow lush crops in California’s Central Valley, but the underground water resource is dwindling. A NASA study offers a new…
Selective breeding sustainably protects honey bees from Varroa mite. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the…
Scientists have produced a map showing where the world’s major food crops should be grown to maximize yield and minimize environmental impact. This would capture…
In the context of trade-offs between land use and biodiversity, LMU geographers have simulated land saving potentials for agriculture. With rising global demand for agricultural…
Drone spraying pesticide on wheat field. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding…
A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable…
A section of Drosphilia brain tissue observed under microscope before and after exposure to spinosad. The extensive white vacuoles are regions in the brain where…
Ground Truth – 2019 GEDI & Sentinel-2 Prediction – 2019 An instrument designed to measure tree height can also distinguish corn from other crops. Every…
This diagram shows a circular food system fueled by insects-as-food-and-feed production and waste. Credit: Barrágan-Fonseca et al. Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an…
The potato is becoming more and more integral to diets worldwide including even Asian countries like China where rice is the traditional staple food. Building…
(Left) Schematic of the process. A bioactive molecule (like DNA or RNA) is combined with a peptide nanocarrier (a cell-penetrating peptide, CPP) in an aqueous…
The interior of the Biomass Production Chamber at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida replicated the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or…
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new…
The researchers conducting their field experiment. Credit: Dr. Amelia Henry, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines Study links gene expression patterns to traits…