Heat and Drought are Silently Reducing Crop Harvests
A new study reveals how climate change has altered growing conditions for the world’s five major crops over the past half century and is reshaping…
Agriculture
Nutrients Improve the Relationship between Precipitation and Plant Development, study reveals
A new study published in PNAS, led by the United States Department of Agriculture and involving several researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research…
Less Intense Farming is Ideal for Agricultural Soil
The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not ploughing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as…
A Step Closer to Plant-based Gelatin
Researchers present gum tragacanth as a plant-based alternative to gelatin for creating edible films. The team developed films containing different concentrations of gelatin and gum…
Using Cover Crops to Remove Contaminants from Agricultural Soil
Farmers often grow so-called cover plants between main crops. They are used for purposes such as for animal feeds or remain on the field as…
Over Millions of Years, Global Patterns in Seed Plant Distribution Emerged
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen explores the factors…
New Breakthrough in Plant-pest Warfare could lead to sustainable Agriculture Solutions
Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4,…
New Agroforestry Maps Plot the Ecological, Social, and Economic Advantages of Trees
There’s a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don’t mix. But agroforestry – the intentional integration of trees and shrubs in…
Bats Play an important role in Fighting Crop Pests in Southeast Asia
Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats…
Zinc can increase Agricultural Yields’ Climate Resilience, according to a New Discovery
Researchers revealed that zinc is essential in the nitrogen fixation process of legumes. This study, together with the transcriptional regulator Fixation Under Nitrate (FUN), has…
Plaggen Soil
Plaggen soil, also known as plaggic anthrosol, is a form of soil that developed in parts of northwest Europe during the Middle Ages as a…
Arable Land
Arable land is any terrain that can be ploughed and utilized to raise crops. It refers to terrain that is suited for agricultural development, specifically…
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