Sustained Productivity: Farmers Move to High-Yielding, Cost-Saving Perennial Rice
Annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial after more than 9,000 years in cultivation. The advancement means farmers can plant just once…
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Peculiar Plant Virus Causes Bugs To Live Longer
A soybean virus can actually benefit soybean thrips. According to research from Penn State, most viral infections have a detrimental effect on an organism’s health,…
The Green Revolution – Were We Lied To?
A founding narrative of the Green Revolution was discovered to be false. In a recent analysis, a researcher at the Alliance of Bioversity International and…
Accelerating Plant Growth With Film That Converts UV Light to Red Light
Plastic sheets coated with an Eu3+ film that converts UV light to red light were able to accelerate the growth of vegetal plants and trees. Scientists…
Increased Crop Yields Could Result From Plant Hormone Breakthrough
Crops often grow under unfavorable conditions. Factors such as disease, extreme temperatures, and salty soils force plants to use energy to respond to the resulting…
Satellite Images Reveal a Rough Year for Rice in California
The ongoing drought has cut rice acreage in the Sacramento Valley in half. Normally the largest rice-growing region in California, the Sacramento Valley produces hundreds…
Researchers Develop a Better, Less Toxic Type of Rice
The duplication of a transporter gene reduces toxic cadmium accumulation in rice without harming quality or yield, according to the researchers. Rice is a staple food…
Simple Changes to Animal Feed Could Supply Food for One Billion People
Livestock and fish could be fed more agricultural by-products, freeing up more food for people. Even with millions around the world facing the threat of…
Challenges Conventional Theory: Research Sheds New Light on the Origin of Civilization
The research sheds new light on the mechanisms by which the adoption of agriculture led to complex hierarchies and states. By theoretical arguments and empirical…
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Measuring War’s Effect on a Global Breadbasket
NASA Harvest scientists use satellite observations and economic data to track how the Russia-Ukraine conflict is disrupting the global food system. When farmers in Ukraine…
MilKey: New Technology To Help Dairy Farmers Raise Healthy Cows
Startup company has developed an optical milk scanner based on materials-sensing technology that dairy farmers can use to measure the health of their cows. Around…
Stanford Scientists Unlock Mysteries of Plant Growth and Health
The discovery will help develop heat-tolerant crops and improve algal biofuel production Plants, like all other known organisms, utilize DNA to pass on traits. Animal…
Tapping Icebergs, Fogs and Other “Unconventional Water Sources” Can Help Meet Global Freshwater Needs
Experts detail the abundance of diverse “unconventional water sources.” Tapping a fraction can help meet fast-growing global freshwater needs. UN and partner water experts say…
Scientists Create Tomatoes Genetically Engineered To Boost Vitamin D
Tomatoes that have been gene-edited to produce vitamin D, known as the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a worldwide…
How To Avoid Eating the World: From Degrowth to a Sustainable Food System Transformation
“Just shrinking the size of our current food system won’t cut emissions much. Instead, we need to transform the very nature of that global food…
Higher Quality Wheat: Increased Yields and Up to 25% More Protein Content
An international team of scientists has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat. The researchers from the University of Adelaide and the UK’s John…
Structure of “Gliding Bird” Plant Defense Protein Could Lead to Better Crops
Biologist Xinnian Dong says her “best Christmas gift ever” arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and…
Extremophytes: “Extreme” Plants Grow Faster in the Face of Stress
When plants are faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most of them try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves…
