Biological control of insect pests – where ‘natural enemies’ keep pests at bay – is…
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.
Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understanding. You…
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ohio State University discovered…
Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid…
As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended…
Despite facing a dry July, many farmers in Iowa were expecting a good harvest in…
Efficient greenhouse complexes that will grow crops using the resources available on desert coasts could…
Plants are factories that manufacture yield from light and carbon dioxide—but parts of this complex…
As the United States moves into the last weeks of climatological summer, one-third of the…
Millions of people around the world face hunger every day, and unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic…
If you were on Cornell’s Ithaca campus last fall, you might have found a few…
For centuries, people around the world have used garlic as a spice, natural remedy, and…
The new projects look at food- and water-supply stability and how changes in human activity…
Researchers at Stanford and other institutions hypothesize outcomes of the pandemic’s unprecedented socioeconomic disruption and…
While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many…
Scientists Use CRISPR Technology to Insert Sex-Determining Gene. Scientists at the University of California, Davis,…
Diet of shochu distillation remnants is an economical way to reduce animals’ stress, improve meat…
This week, scientists of the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern have…