Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water
Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in…
Agriculture
New Real-Time Soil Nitrate Sensor Can Optimize Agricultural Productivity
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a new nitrate sensor that will provide real-time and continuous measurement in soil to better detect…
Possible On/Off Switch for Plant Growth Identified
Protein could be key to saving crops endangered by extreme weather or climate change. New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant…
Tipping Point Identified for Deforestation That Leads to Rapid Forest Loss
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in half. University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point…
Poplar Trees Were Genetically Modified to Not Harm Air Quality – Here’s What Happened in Testing
Field trials in the Northwest and Southwest show that poplar trees can be genetically modified to reduce negative impacts on air quality while leaving their…
Large Increase in Nitrate Levels Found in Rural Water Wells in High Plains Aquifer
Kansas private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas State University study that revealed nitrate levels in shallow wells above…
Record-Number of US States Growing Hops As Craft-Beer Booms
Craft breweries aren’t just a fun place to meet up with friends. They may be fueling an unprecedented geographic expansion of hop production across the…
Experts Reveal ‘Beating Heart’ of Photosynthesis – Can Help Us Meet Urgent Food Security Needs
Scientists reveal ‘beating heart’ of photosynthesis that is responsible for significantly influencing plant growth. Study shows how an electrical reaction in protein complex cytochrome b6f…
New Tomato Ideal for Urban Gardens and Even Outer Space Created Through Genetic Editing
Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even outer space. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes…
Herbicide Overuse Costs UK Economy £400 Million per Year
Scientists from international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have for the first time put an economic figure on the herbicidal resistance of a…
Plants Harness ‘Bad’ Molecules for Good Ends – Here’s How
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive crops. When most people think of a plant, they picture stems,…
Experimental Cultivation of Seed Crops Lost to History Reveals Much Higher Yields Than Expected
‘Lost Crops’ Could Have Fed As Many as Maize Make some room in the garden, you storied three sisters: the winter squash, climbing beans and…
Move Over Oranges, Star Fruit May Be the New ‘Star’ of Florida Agriculture
It’s not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United States call it, is gaining popularity. One researcher…
These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are Helping Protect Palm Oil Harvests
Found as an ingredient in many processed and packaged foods, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology…
Many New Diseases Developed in Bagged Salads Sector – Here’s Why
Ready-to-eat salads, also known as fresh-cut or bagged salads, have steadily gained popularity since their introduction in Europe in the early 1980s. This popularity is…
New Water Mold Threatening Christmas Trees Discovered by Scientists Accidentally
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles….
Global Food Production at Risk From Large Atmospheric Waves in the Jet Stream
In a new study published today (December 9, 2019) in Nature Climate Change, scientists show how specific wave patterns in the jet stream strongly increase…
Researchers Decoded How Bacteria Prime Important Global Grain Crop Against Deadly Fungus
Anthracnose Alert: How Bacteria Prime Fifth-Biggest Global Grain Crop Against Deadly Fungus Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide….