Preventing the spread of plant pandemics. Plant diseases don’t stop at national borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant…
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Indentation of several goat hooves in a brick from the archaeological site of Ganj Dareh. Credit: The ‘Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change project’ New research…
Scientists explain the genetic basis of lavender’s allure. Credit: Lei Shi Scientists explain the genetics of what makes the smell of lavender special. Even the…
Spores of the fungus that causes Coffee Wilt Disease. Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how…
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a new UNEP/FAO report says the world must deliver on existing commitments to restore at least 1 billion…
A Beemmunity employee, Abraham McCauley, applies a pollen patty containing microsponges to a hive as part of colony trials. Credit: Nathan Reid A Cornell-developed technology…
A productive lettuce yield following the researchers’ new biodisinfestation method. Credit: Maite Gandariasbeitia et al. Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown…
Landing a catch along the Ucayali River in the Loreto department of the Peruvian Amazon. The boy is holding a boquichico, a commonly consumed species.…
Flower sex is an important factor when breeding for quality cultivars. Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s…
Taking a soil sample from a maize field at Chitedze Research Station, Lilongwe, Malawi. The University of Nottingham The amount of nutrients people get from…
Frost on Arabidopsis thaliana — new discovery may help us grow crops in fluctuating climate. Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may…
The MasSpec Pen can authenticate the type and purity of meat samples in as little as 15 seconds. Credit: Adapted from Journal of Agricultural and…
The way that many of us live has created the “perfect storm” for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases like Covid-19 according to a…
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi extend long filament-like structures called hyphae far out into the soil. The hyphae, which are smaller than a human hair, can be…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a…
Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future. This is the result of a new study by an…
Grass crops are able to bend the rules of evolution by borrowing genes from their neighbors, giving them a competitive advantage, a new study has…
Plants in the genus Callitriche are short and have oval-shaped leaves about 1 cm in size. Amphibious Callitriche palustris (left, photographed in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture)…
Mario Kart gives players falling behind in the race the best power-ups, designed to bump them towards the front of the pack and keep them…
Despite important agricultural advancements to feed the world in the last 60 years, a Cornell-led study shows that global farming productivity is 21% lower than…