Feature Channels: Agriculture

Filters close
Newswise: excavating-evidence-of-early-agricultural-engineering-news-notpad-our.jpg
Released: 26-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
UNCW Researchers Excavating Evidence of Early Agricultural Engineering
University of North Carolina Wilmington

UNC Wilmington environmental sciences assistant professor Joni “Osku“ Backstrom and Mark Wilde-Ramsing, underwater archaeologist and former director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, have traversed the lower Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers searching for archaeological evidence of the rice fields once situated along the rivers’ banks.

Newswise: Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
19-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
Washington University in St. Louis

Weedy rice is an agricultural pest with a global economic impact. It is an aggressive weed that outcompetes cultivated rice and causes billions of dollars in yield losses worldwide. A study from Washington University in St. Louis offers new insights into genetic changes that give weedy rice its edge over cultivated rice in tropical regions of the world.

Newswise: An in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains
Released: 20-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
An in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains
Iowa State University

To meet the rising demand for renewable diesel fuel, the U.S. soybean market is rapidly changing. A group of Iowa State University students recently spent a week studying soybean supply chains in person, a trip that stretched from Midwestern processing plants to Pacific Northwest ports.

   
Released: 19-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Changing landscapes: Beef exports from Botswana to Norway affect nature in both countries
University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities

Preferential trade agreements enable Norway to import large quantities of meat from Africa. This may undermine climate change mitigation in the agricultural sector.

   
Newswise: RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Released: 16-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Lead contaminates fertile soils. RUDN University agronomists have proven that phytohormones mitigate the consequences of soil contamination with lead. These phytohormones are produced by the plants themselves, but additional soil treatment helps to better cope with the toxic effects of the metal.

Newswise: Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea
Released: 15-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea
Cell Press

You’d think the complex flavor in a quality cup of tea would depend mainly on the tea varieties used to make it.

Newswise: How is deforested land in Africa used?
Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
How is deforested land in Africa used?
GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the global forest area – are continuing to decline at an increasing rate – mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes.

Newswise: By growing animal cells in rice grains, scientists dish up hybrid food
Released: 14-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
By growing animal cells in rice grains, scientists dish up hybrid food
Cell Press

From lab-grown chicken to cricket-derived protein, these innovative alternatives offer hope for a planet struggling with the environmental and ethical impacts of industrial agriculture.

Newswise: New study finds corn genome can gang up on multiple pathogens at once
Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New study finds corn genome can gang up on multiple pathogens at once
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In a changing climate, corn growers need to be ready for anything, including new and shifting disease dynamics. Because it’s impossible to predict which damaging disease will pop up in a given year, corn with resistance to multiple diseases would be a huge win for growers.

Newswise: UB study challenges the classical view of the origin of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and warns of its vulnerability
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
UB study challenges the classical view of the origin of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and warns of its vulnerability
Universitat de Barcelona

The Circumpolar Current works as a regulator of the planet’s climate. Its origins were thought to have caused the formation of the permanent ice in Antarctica about 34 million years ago.

Newswise: Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Iowa State University

Efforts to breed more adaptable crops benefit from testing locations with wide ranges of weather, according to a study co-authored by an Iowa State University expert on phenotypic plasticity, the disparate ways plants respond in different environments.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
How the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the global wheat market
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused an immediate disruption in the global wheat market, with serious implications for food prices and global food security. Wheat is a staple commodity in many countries and one of the most extensively traded crops worldwide. A new paper from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Texas Tech University examines the long-term impacts of the war in Ukraine on global wheat prices and market responses.

   
Newswise: Reaping agricultural emissions solutions
Released: 2-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Reaping agricultural emissions solutions
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL climate modeling expertise contributed to a project that assessed global emissions of ammonia from croplands now and in a warmer future, while also identifying solutions tuned to local growing conditions.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Climate change: Fungal disease endangers wheat production
Technical University of Munich

Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks.

Newswise: Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
RIKEN

Plants are continuously evolving new immune receptors to ever-changing pathogens.

Newswise: Microgreens made to order: Italian scientists have tailored iodine and potassium content of radishes, peas, rocket and chard
Released: 31-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Microgreens made to order: Italian scientists have tailored iodine and potassium content of radishes, peas, rocket and chard
Society of Chemical Industry

In a significant development for personalised nutrition, researchers in Italy have cultivated microgreens with bespoke nutritional profiles to serve individual dietary requirements.

Newswise: Fungal-rich soil may improve green roofs
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Fungal-rich soil may improve green roofs
Dartmouth College

Green roofs have become increasingly popular thanks to their benefits related to climate adaptation, mitigation, and urban biodiversity management.

Newswise: IrrigationPic_SamCraft.jpg
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Importance of irrigation water to Lower Rio Grande Valley agriculture highlighted in new report
Texas A&M AgriLife

The economic impact of the complete lack of irrigation water for crop production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 2024 would be an estimated $495.8 million in direct revenue loss, according to a recent report by the Center for North American Studies, CNAS.

Newswise: Assessing Endosulfan Residues and Farmer Response Post-Ban in China's Cotton Regions
Released: 31-Jan-2024 7:20 AM EST
Assessing Endosulfan Residues and Farmer Response Post-Ban in China's Cotton Regions
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A study focusing on Northwest China's cotton fields by UNDP found persistent endosulfan residues from historical agricultural production despite its ban now.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists biofortify fenugreek with Iodine and Selenium
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists biofortify fenugreek with Iodine and Selenium
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomists have figured out how to increase the content of iodine and selenium necessary for humans in fenugreek. Fenugreek is used as a medicinal raw material and also for making seasonings.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists showed how to use natural “poison” to improve millet yields
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists showed how to use natural “poison” to improve millet yields
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomists have shown that in low concentrations colchicine improves millet yield and grain quality. Besides, it does not hurt the genetic diversity of subsequent generations.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists suggest how to reduce the cost of meat, milk, and eggs
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists suggest how to reduce the cost of meat, milk, and eggs
Scientific Project Lomonosov

The RUDN agronomist with colleagues from Bulgaria, Egypt, and Kazakhstan told what new feed crops for livestock need to be grown in dry steppes due to climate change.

Newswise: Protecting rice plants from heat when it attacks at nighttime
Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Protecting rice plants from heat when it attacks at nighttime
Science China Press

This study is led by Prof. Jian-Xiang Liu (State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University).

Newswise: Seed-in-75-innoculated-.jpg
Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
From moon ‘dust’ to moon ‘soil’
Texas A&M AgriLife

Texas A&M graduate student grows chickpeas in amended moondust.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Spatial model predicts bumblebee exposure to pesticide use
Emory University

It has long been known that agricultural pesticides are one of the greatest threats to bees and other essential pollinators.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Sustainable practices can save Mexico's blue agave, tequila and bats
University of Gothenburg

Many associate tequila with lime wedges, salt, and parties. But the popular drink also has a negative impact on biodiversity, both on the blue agave from which it is made and, perhaps more unexpectedly, on bats.

Newswise: Cultivated Meat Production Costs Could Fall Significantly with New Cells Created at Tufts University
22-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Cultivated Meat Production Costs Could Fall Significantly with New Cells Created at Tufts University
Tufts University

In an advance for cultivated meat technology, researchers have developed bovine muscle stem cells that produce their own growth factors, eliminating the need to add the expensive ingredient in the growth media.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
The underground network: Decoding the dynamics of plant-fungal symbiosis
Boyce Thompson Institute

The intricate dance of nature often unfolds in mysterious ways, hidden from the naked eye. At the heart of this enigmatic tango lies a vital partnership: the symbiosis between plants and a type of fungi known as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.

Newswise: MicrosoftTeams-image-1024x766.png
Released: 25-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
An unconventional yeast increases the quality of carbonic maceration wine, rosé wine and orange wine
Universitat Rovira i Virgili

A Universitat Rovira i Virgili study finds that this yeast speeds up the winemaking process and improves the organoleptic properties of wines.

Newswise: 20210809_Gardens_Harvest_LM_0057.jpg
Released: 25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Texas A&M AgriLife expands controlled environment horticulture initiatives
Texas A&M AgriLife

Horticultural research remains at epicenter of growing field.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Women farm owners more apt to binge drink
University of Georgia

A study from the University of Georgia reveals a concerning pattern of binge drinking among women who own or manage farms. The study, which was recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, surveyed 987 farmers across the U.S. about their perceived levels of stress and coping behaviors, including alcohol use.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Innovative tech shows promise to boost rubber production in US
Ohio State University

Scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable North American plant sources: a dandelion species and a desert shrub.

Newswise: Climate resilience: NSF-funded research to explore link between crisis and agriculture
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Climate resilience: NSF-funded research to explore link between crisis and agriculture
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A research team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York will head to Peru to study the link between ancient agricultural practices, climate shift and war.

Newswise: Chula Researchers Develop Progesterone Test Kit to Determine Swine Pregnancy to Assist Farm Management
Released: 22-Jan-2024 8:55 AM EST
Chula Researchers Develop Progesterone Test Kit to Determine Swine Pregnancy to Assist Farm Management
Chulalongkorn University

A simple way to find out whether a gilt is already pregnant is through the Progesterone Test Kit – an innovation developed by Chulalongkorn University researchers that is easy for farmers to use, with fast and accurate results.

Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Women farmers quantitatively linked to better community well-being
Penn State University

Having more women in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Newswise: Fungal ‘bouncers’ patrol plant-microbe relationship
Released: 17-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Fungal ‘bouncers’ patrol plant-microbe relationship
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A new computational framework created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers is accelerating their understanding of who’s in, who’s out, who’s hot and who’s not in the soil microbiome, where fungi often act as bodyguards for plants, keeping friends close and foes at bay.

Released: 17-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Penny Pennington Elected Chair of Danforth Plant Science Center Board; New Directors Include Blunt, Burlin
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

ST. LOUIS, MO., January 17, 2023 — The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that Penny Pennington has been elected chair of the Danforth Center Board of Directors.

12-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
Microplastics from natural fertilizers are blowing in the wind more often than once thought
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Though natural fertilizers from treated sewage sludge provide crops with nutrients, they bring along microplastics too. Recent research shows these plastics are easily spread by even slight winds.

Newswise: RUDN Scientists Say Natural Antioxidant Helps Rainbow Trout Cope With Stress
Released: 16-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN Scientists Say Natural Antioxidant Helps Rainbow Trout Cope With Stress
Scientific Project Lomonosov

A RUDN University biologist and colleagues from Iran and China proved that the natural antioxidant chrysin improves growth and immunity in rainbow trout. It can help improve the health of fish in intensive farming environments.

Newswise: Sasin Offers Sasin Sustainability Advisory
Released: 15-Jan-2024 8:55 AM EST
Sasin Offers Sasin Sustainability Advisory
Chulalongkorn University

or over two decades, Sasin School of Management has been pushing forth sustainability efforts in Thailand and Sasin’s Southeast Asia through Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Center.

Newswise: Answering the cattle nutrition protein question
Released: 12-Jan-2024 6:05 PM EST
Answering the cattle nutrition protein question
Texas A&M AgriLife

Knowing exactly how beef cattle utilize protein is important to answering many nutrition questions producers and industry nutritionists pose to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists like Jason Smith, Ph.D., Amarillo.

Newswise: Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program highlights market, varietal expansions
Released: 12-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program highlights market, varietal expansions
Texas A&M AgriLife

The latest advanced potato clones from the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program, especially those for the french fry and fresh markets, will be highlighted during the National Potato Expo by Isabel Vales, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife potato breeder in the Department of Horticultural Sciences in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
A tiny tattoo for a tabby
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

In a study recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo demonstrated an alternative “bio-tagging” method, in which a unique array of microneedles – with alphanumeric characters visible to the unaided eye - is directly inserted into the skin for permanent identification of animals.

Newswise: Texas A&M AgriLife Research gets $5.2 million grant for onion improvement
Released: 10-Jan-2024 6:05 PM EST
Texas A&M AgriLife Research gets $5.2 million grant for onion improvement
Texas A&M AgriLife

Texas A&M AgriLife Research received more than $5.2 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for a project to address multiple aspects of the southern U.S. onion harvest system.

Newswise: Scaling up urban agriculture: Research team outlines roadmap
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Scaling up urban agriculture: Research team outlines roadmap
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urban agriculture has the potential to decentralize food supplies, provide environmental benefits like wildlife habitat, and mitigate environmental footprints, but researchers have identified knowledge gaps regarding both the benefits and risks of urban agriculture and the social processes of growing more food in urban areas.



close
1.6203