Nesting wild pigs may help rainforest biodiversity by limiting dominant tree species and allowing rarer…
Browsing: Agriculture
Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating crops, raising livestock, and managing natural resources to produce food, fiber, and other essential goods. It combines biology, ecology, engineering, and economics to meet the needs of a growing global population while addressing challenges like climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity. Modern agricultural research explores innovations in sustainable farming, precision agriculture, genetic engineering, pest management, and soil health. As food systems evolve, agriculture remains at the heart of efforts to ensure food security, environmental stewardship, and rural development around the world.
The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil,…
Modern plant breeding combines ancient techniques with high-tech tools to create seeds that are bigger,…
Scientists Use CRISPR To Create Allergy-Safe Wheat and Peanuts The United States Department of Agriculture…
A new platform from Princeton reveals how soil pressure affects hydrogel water storage. This breakthrough…
Falling Incomes, Smaller Meals, Educational Setbacks Among the Consequences The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Plants Tweak Their Fungi Partners’ Genes To Grow Better Researchers from the University of Ottawa…
It may well be possible to remove nitrate from polluted groundwater and at the same…
Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could…
Understanding the nutritional impact of adding a serving of mushrooms on usual intakes and population…
Researchers have created a science-based checklist to help plant breeders use wild relatives to sustainably…
Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to sustainably produce plant-based ‘meat’ and…
By 2050, most of humanity will live downstream of large dams built in the 20th…
Layered Sheets of Cells Stack Up to Slabs of Lab-Made Meat McMaster researchers have developed…
Study shows how individual farming practices associated with greater corn rootworm damage can have farther-reaching…
Climate Change Is the Top Threat to Wild Bees Wild bees are more affected by…
Innovative FAO study maps urban-rural catchment areas and points to ways to optimize policy and…
Like any other plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, or mouse-ear cress, needs nitrogen to survive and thrive.…