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Soybean and linseed oils added to cows' diet improves the quality of milk
Inclusion of soybean and linseed oils in the diet of dairy cows made the fatty acid content of their milk even healthier for human nutrition. It also increased the proportions of omega-6 and omega-3, which in the right balance ...
Agriculture
May 07, 2021
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Novel matrix-based slow-release urea improves crop production
The applied nitrogen in crop production is easily lost through ammonia emission and nitrogen leaching. Therefore, many attempts have been made to develop novel slow-release fertilizers to reduce nitrogen loss and improve ...
Agriculture
May 07, 2021
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African swine fever virus vaccine candidate now produced in a cell line
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced that an African Swine Fever Virus vaccine candidate has been adapted to grow in a cell line, which means that those involved in vaccine ...
Veterinary medicine
May 07, 2021
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Insuring crops from space: Satellite data could help farmers avoid drought, damage
Extreme weather poses increasing challenges to the agricultural sector. New insurance models based on satellite data may reduce the risk of drought for farmers, writes Robert Finger.
Plants & Animals
May 07, 2021
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Pea plants make smart investment decisions that could help inform sustainable agriculture
Researchers at the University of Oxford have shown that pea plants are able to make smart investment decisions when it comes to interactions with their symbiotic bacterial partners. Better understanding of how plants manage ...
Plants & Animals
May 05, 2021
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Soybean cyst nematode is the most damaging soybean pathogen—and it's rapidly spreading
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pathogen of soybeans in the United States and Canada and it is spreading rapidly, according to information compiled by Gregory Tylka and Christopher Marett, nematologists ...
Ecology
May 04, 2021
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Equipping crop plants for climate change
Biologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU in Munich) have significantly enhanced the tolerance of blue-green algae to high light levels—with the aid of artificial evolution in the laboratory.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 03, 2021
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The surprising power of chicken manure
Each year, American farmers raise billions of chickens, more than enough for a "chicken for every pot," as Herbert Hoover's campaign once promised.
Plants & Animals
May 03, 2021
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Research spotlights Minnesota's successes in eradicating Palmer amaranth
Palmer amaranth is a hard-to-control noxious weed that can significantly reduce crop yields. It was first introduced in Minnesota in 2016 through contaminated seed mixes used for conservation plantings.
Ecology
Apr 30, 2021
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Vision for ultra-precision ag: Machine learning, plant sensing, robots tending crops
A gardener hoping for a crop of the juiciest summer tomatoes might tend to each and every plant in a plot. But a farmer working to feed the world?
Agriculture
Apr 29, 2021
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Exploit plants' ability to tell the time to make food production more sustainable: study
Cambridge plant scientists say circadian clock genes, which enable plants to measure daily and seasonal rhythms, should be targeted in agriculture and crop breeding for higher yields and more sustainable farming.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 29, 2021
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New research to identify and manage devastating pest insects
Technology that was first used to distinguish healthy tissues from cancerous ones in humans has been successfully used to identify insects.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2021
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El Nino can help predict cacao harvests up to two years in advance
When seasonal rains arrive late in Indonesia, farmers often take it as a sign that it is not worth investing in fertilizer for their crops. Sometimes they opt out of planting annual crops altogether. Generally, they're making ...
Agriculture
Apr 28, 2021
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A minty-fresh solution: Using a menthol-like compound to activate plant immune mechanisms
Although plants may look fairly inactive to casual observers, research into plant biology has shown that plants can send each other signals concerning threats in their local environments. These signals take the form of airborne ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2021
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Emerging smart technology makes farming blueberries cheaper and more environmentally friendly
The wild blueberry market has developed into a multimillion-dollar industry in North America, with consumers pushing up demand as they seek out the prized berries for a range of health benefits.
Agriculture
Apr 27, 2021
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Chinese hazelnut: The newest piece in the hazelnut genome puzzle
Humans have been breeding plants for their economic value for thousands of years. Traditionally, plant breeding techniques included cumbersome and time-consuming techniques like grafting and hybridization to enhance traits ...
Biotechnology
Apr 26, 2021
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With genes from carnivorous plants, researchers aim to grow hardier crop plants
They won't devour insects with leafy jaws, but with help from carnivorous plant genes, tomatoes, tobacco and other crops could one day better defend themselves from pathogenic fungi and insects. An international team of researchers ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2021
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Climate-smart ag strategies may cut nitrous oxide emissions from corn production
For corn, using dairy manure and legume cover crops in crop rotations can reduce the need for inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and protect water quality, but these practices also can contribute to emissions of nitrous oxide—a ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2021
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Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblage?
We've all heard the news stories of how what you eat can affect your microbiome. Changing your diet can shift your unique microbial fingerprint. This shift can cause a dramatic effect on your health. But what about the microbiome ...
Agriculture
Apr 21, 2021
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Antibiotics protect apples from fire blight, but do they destroy the native microbiome?
Like humans, certain plants are treated with antibiotics to ward off pathogens and protect the host. Saving millions, antibiotics are one of the 20th century's greatest scientific discoveries, but repeated use and misuse ...
Agriculture
Apr 21, 2021
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