Agricultural Biodiversity
Agricultural biodiversity is a subset of overall biodiversity that is related to agriculture. It refers to the diversity and variability of living organisms that contribute…
Agriculture
Bees are Promoted and Yields are Raised by Growing Beans in a Variety of Agricultural Landscapes
Pollination by insects is essential for the production of many food crops. Bees and other pollinators require adequate food supplies and nesting locations in order…
Dark Chocolate Made Using a New Cocoa Processing Technique is Fruitier and More Floral
One of the most adored delicacies in the world, chocolate production is a multi-step process that starts with freshly harvested cocoa beans. For millennia, people…
New Ways to Preserve Rice, the World’s Most Important Grain
Like people, plants have their own ways of coping with stress. Scientists are developing plans for how plants can reduce their own stress in order…
Early Soil-Surface Ozone Detection May Reduce Damage to Apples and Grapes
According to materials chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Trisha Andrew, farmers and fruit growers are reporting that climate change is causing…
Powdery Mildew Spreads Globally due to Migration and Trade
Human activity has resulted in the worldwide spread of one of the most important cereal pathogens. University of Zurich researchers traced the history and spread…
A Potential Super Wheat for Salty Soils has been Developed by Scientists
A number of novel wheat cultivars have been created by scientists at the University of Gothenburg that can survive soils with greater salt concentrations. They…
After Decades of Nonstop Corn, Cover Crops are Insufficient to Improve the Soil
Even though continuous corn is planted in around 20% of Illinois cropping systems, it is quite difficult to locate areas that have been this way…
Researchers Use Gene Hunting to Uncover Sorghum’s Awn Elongation Inhibition Mysteries
The morphology of some grasses, including wheat, rice, barley, and sorghum, has changed as a result of domestication for human use over time. Awns, the…
How to Improve Crop Survival in Floods?
Researchers demonstrate which signaling pathways help plants resist flooding. The molecule ethylene alerts plants when they are submerged in water and activates the emergency supply…
According to a Study, Farms that Use Soil-Friendly Practices Produce Healthier Food
Everyone is aware that eating fruits and vegetables is beneficial to one’s health. However, nowadays, supermarkets provide a bewildering assortment of choices: organic, conventional, CSAs,…
The Snowpack’s Critical Benefits for Winter Wheat are Disappearing
Scientists at the University of Minnesota are working with a global team to investigate the complex consequences of climate change on winter crops. For some…
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