Agriculture

The Discovery of Wheat’s Clustered Chemical Defenses Opens Up New Research Possibilities

The Discovery of Wheat’s Clustered Chemical Defenses Opens Up New Research Possibilities

Research cooperation has aided in the understanding of the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants from disease, potentially opening up new research possibilities in this…
Agrominerals

Agrominerals

Agrominerals are important minerals in agriculture and horticulture because they can provide essential plant nutrients. Some agrominerals are naturally occurring or can be processed for…
In Agricultural Fields, Pharmaceutical Residues in Sewage Sludge and Cattle Manure have no Discernible Harmful Effect

In Agricultural Fields, Pharmaceutical Residues in Sewage Sludge and Cattle Manure have no Discernible Harmful Effect

According to 14-year-long tests by the University of Copenhagen, pharmaceutical residues and chemicals from personal care items in sewage sludge and bovine manure had no…
According to a New Study, Restoring Tropical Peat-lands Benefits Bird Diversity While Having no Negative Impact on Oil Palm Farmers’ Livelihoods

According to a New Study, Restoring Tropical Peat-lands Benefits Bird Diversity While Having no Negative Impact on Oil Palm Farmers’ Livelihoods

A new study has found that oil palm can be farmed more sustainably on peatlands by re-wetting the land conserving both biodiversity and livelihoods. The…
Toxin-free Corn Cultivation

Toxin-free Corn Cultivation

Corn that has been genetically modified to produce ninja-like molecules can assault invading fungi, halting the creation of carcinogenic poisons. These specific RNA molecules sit…
Vertical Agriculture

Vertical Agriculture

Vertical farming is an agricultural practice in which crops are cultivated on top of each other rather than in regular horizontal rows. Growing vertically conserves…
According to the Study, Plant-Based Alternative Food Consumption in the UK may have Doubled in the Last Ten Years

According to the Study, Plant-Based Alternative Food Consumption in the UK may have Doubled in the Last Ten Years

According to a new study published in Science of the Total Environment, the number of UK adults reporting consuming and drinking plant-based alternative foods such…
Pollinator Declines can be Reversed if they Prioritized Woodland and Hedgerow Creation

Pollinator Declines can be Reversed if they Prioritized Woodland and Hedgerow Creation

The largest investigation of pollinator abundance in Wales has discovered that planting forests and hedgerows can help to reverse insect reductions that are critical for…
Bitterness is Reduced and it Increased Chocolate Liking with more Intense Roasting of Cocoa Beans

Bitterness is Reduced and it Increased Chocolate Liking with more Intense Roasting of Cocoa Beans

By roasting cocoa beans longer and at higher temperatures, confectioners can eliminate bitterness and improve flavor acceptance in products containing 100 percent chocolate and no…
Combining Trees and Crops can Benefit both Farmers and Environment

Combining Trees and Crops can Benefit both Farmers and Environment

Maxwell Ochoo’s initial foray into farming was a colossal flop. “Getting a job is a difficulty” in Ochieng Odiere, a village near the beaches of…
Cold Plasma has potential to Revolutionize Future Sustainable Farms

Cold Plasma has potential to Revolutionize Future Sustainable Farms

Stephan Reuter, a physicist at Polytechnique Montréal, spends much of his days leveraging his knowledge of energy and matter to develop medical devices. He did,…
Seafood Production could be more Sustainable if Small Fish were Fed to People Instead of Farmed Salmon

Seafood Production could be more Sustainable if Small Fish were Fed to People Instead of Farmed Salmon

Farming Atlantic salmon necessitates a large amount of wild-caught fish as feed, yet it only accounts for a small portion of the global farmed fish…
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