In a study published online today in Crop Science, scientists describe a nematode-resistant wheat. But while the wheat carries the resistance to the pest, the benefits are actually seen in the crop that is grown after it. ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —A series of new discoveries in plant cell biology will help to increase the supply of food and energy for our rapidly growing global population, according to 12 of the world's leading plant ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 07, 2013 not rated yet 2

Disease-resistant wheat developed over the past half century helped ensure steady world food supplies, but a global team led by researchers from the University of Minnesota warns in a new paper that without increased financial ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is giving guidance to growers in Montana and the Dakotas on how grazing sheep when fields are left fallow will affect soil quality.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Increased carbon dioxide levels caused by climate change may help wheat cope with drought, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia. 

Biology - Ecology

Feb 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Promising research on the use of miniature pressure probes to gauge the water status of wheat leaves could ultimately help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change. 

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

With heatwaves predicted to increase in intensity and duration, the importance of heat tolerant crops is becoming increasingly urgent.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The mother of all cultivated rice was grown on China's Pearl River, according to a DNA "map" published on Wednesday

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 03, 2012 not rated yet 1

The world's top wheat experts today reported a breakthrough in their ability to track Ug99 and related strains of a deadly and rapidly mutating wheat pathogen called stem rust that threatens wheat fields from East Africa ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 31, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- Over 1.5 billion people in South Asia depend on the summer monsoon rains. Now, pollution exhaust threatens this primary water source for crops and daily living, according to new research at Pacific ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 25, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists has made a novel discovery that could provide a new strategy for controlling armyworms and other insect crop pests around the globe.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 27, 2012 2 / 5 (1) 1

Since it first appeared in Texas in 1986, the Russian wheat aphid has cost U.S. wheat growers an estimated $200 million each year. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new ...

Biology - Other

May 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

Fungal diseases are a major threat not just to wild plants and animals, but to us.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 13, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 2

New research into the impact of climate change on Chinese cereal crops has found rainfall has a greater impact than rising temperature. The research, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 04, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils.

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 11, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |