Agriculture

Environmentally Friendly Wheat Cultivation Using New Genetic Variation from Ancient and Strange Varieties

Environmentally Friendly Wheat Cultivation Using New Genetic Variation from Ancient and Strange Varieties

Globally, gene banks play a significant role in the preservation of biological variety. Old and exotic varieties have many useful gene variants that have been…
Mineral Deficiency in Plants Results in Less Nutrient-Dense Crops when CO2 Levels are High

Mineral Deficiency in Plants Results in Less Nutrient-Dense Crops when CO2 Levels are High

Since plants utilize carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, higher levels of the gas are expected to result in more productive plants. This idea has been held…
A Popular Climate-smart Agricultural Practice could be Improved

A Popular Climate-smart Agricultural Practice could be Improved

Food demand is increasing due to a growing global population and changing diets. Crop yields are leveling off in many parts of the world, ocean…
Scientists create a new Fertilizer out of Food Waste

Scientists create a new Fertilizer out of Food Waste

Using biological waste to recover valuable fertilizer components is a solution. It is suggested that nutrients be recycled in accordance with the circular economy assumption.…
Skeptics of GMOs remain Skeptical of Big Agriculture’s Climate Pitch

Skeptics of GMOs remain Skeptical of Big Agriculture’s Climate Pitch

Scientists are constantly developing new methods for inserting genes for specific traits into plant and animal DNA. Genetic engineering, a promising but contentious field, is…
We Now Understand how Plants Avoid Exposure to Salt

We Now Understand how Plants Avoid Exposure to Salt

Salinity is one of the growing issues causing massive yield losses in many parts of the world, particularly in arid and semiarid areas. To increase…
New Findings from Groundcherry Research

New Findings from Groundcherry Research

The common ground cherry is an erect, branched perennial. Flowers emerge singly from leaf axils, bell-shaped, about 1 inch long, sulphur to lemon yellow, the…
Limiting Antibiotics for Cows could open up a new Dairy Market

Limiting Antibiotics for Cows could open up a new Dairy Market

Milk is tested on a regular basis, and antibiotics are very rarely found. In fact, less than two out of every 10,000 tankers tested positive…
Globalization of Algae-based Foods

Globalization of Algae-based Foods

In the food industry, algae serve a variety of functions. Algae is consumed raw, cooked as an ingredient, added to products to improve nutritional profiles,…
Some Tropical Plants may be Able to Remove Harmful Heavy Metals from the Soil, According to Scientific Evidence

Some Tropical Plants may be Able to Remove Harmful Heavy Metals from the Soil, According to Scientific Evidence

Some plant species have been shown to have the ability to assist remove harmful heavy metals and metalloids from contaminated soil by a team of…
Farmers in the Midwest of the US Struggle in a Persistent Drought

Farmers in the Midwest of the US Struggle in a Persistent Drought

Months of drought have caused crop yields in the vast US Midwest, the country’s vital “breadbasket,” to plummet, with some fields too damaged to harvest.…
Duckweed Oil can be Engineered to Produce Biofuels and Bioproducts

Duckweed Oil can be Engineered to Produce Biofuels and Bioproducts

Duckweed has been engineered to produce high oil yields by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at Cold Spring…
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