Conversion of large swaths of Brazilian land for sugar plantations will help the country meet its needs for producing cane-derived ethanol but it also could lead to important regional climate effects, according to a team ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting the continuing loss ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Guatemala decreed an agricultural emergency Friday because of a coffee tree fungus that is ravaging crops and could cost the sector up to $400 million this year.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Hybrid plants provide much higher yield than their homozygous parents. Plant breeders have known this for more than 100 years and used this effect called heterosis for richer harvests. Until now, science ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 03, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Inserting rows of "fertilizer trees" into maize fields, known as agroforestry, can help farmers across sub-Saharan Africa cope with the impacts of drought and degraded soils, according to a 12-year-long study by researchers ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 15, 2012 not rated yet 1

Across much of Norway, the agricultural growing season could become up to two months longer due to climate change. A research project has been studying the potential and challenges inherent in such a scenario.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 10, 2012 3.9 / 5 (9) 0

The drought experienced in some parts of the world is unlikely to impact heavily on Europe's crop harvests, the European Commission said Friday in its production forecast for 2012-2013.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 31, 2012 not rated yet 7

One source of income for Pennsylvania dairy farmers has hit its lowest point in three years, according to a dairy market expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Jun 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

Europe's food safety agency EFSA on Monday rejected the grounds for a temporary French ban on a genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers in Australia say they have pinpointed key factors in the early ripening of grapes, providing potential answers for wine growers threatened by global warming.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 26, 2012 3.8 / 5 (4) 3

France's ecology ministry said Monday it had asked European regulators to suspend authorisation for the use of genetically modified MON 810 maize crops from US company Monsanto based on new studies.

Biology - Other

Feb 20, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

Ridge and furrow rainwater-harvesting (RFRH) systems with mulches were first researched in the flat, lowland, semiarid conditions of northwest China to improve water availability and to increase crop production. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 13, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

German chemicals giant BASF said Monday it has applied for EU approval for a genetically modified potato which is resistant to a disease that wipes out a fifth of the world's potato crops each year.

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 31, 2011 not rated yet 0

A hormone that determines the size and shape of crops could improve harvests, and help in the control of a vampire plant according to Queensland researchers presenting their work today at the International Botanical Congress ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 28, 2011 not rated yet 0

Scientists based in Nigeria and Kenya have begun a major push against parasitic weeds that have spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa, causing up to US$1.2 billion in damage every year to the maize and cowpea crops of ...

Biology - Other

May 31, 2011 not rated yet 0