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Reef fish population growing off Alabama coast
The reef fish population in the Gulf is growing ahead of the 2025 red snapper season, according to the University of South Alabama's annual fish survey.
Ecology
Jun 13, 2025
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Redefining thermosensing plants: New model could enable climate-tailored crops for food security
An advance by Monash University scientists could transform agriculture with designer crops suited to the climate of individual regions.
Biotechnology
Jun 13, 2025
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Magnesium-modified wheat straw biochar can improve soil health
Modified (metal oxide) biochar is widely used for the remediation of degraded soils, but there has been limited research work on its effect on phosphorus (P) fractionation and biochemical properties under different soil conditions.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2025
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Heat-resilient crops: Altering leaf orientation, chemistry and photosynthesis to combat yield loss
Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly demonstrated that modifications to the process of photosynthesis or to the physical characteristics of plants can make crops more resilient to hotter temperatures.
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2025
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Unusual gene duo in wild wheat offers new hope against crop diseases
Bacteria, viruses and fungi are masters at evolving new strategies to infiltrate plants and cause disease that harm crops. To get ahead of these pathogens, University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers like Dr. Valentyna ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2025
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Smart 'switch' in plants allows them to redirect roots to find water
Scientists have discovered a rapid molecular switch in plant roots that allows them to detect dry soils and redirect root growth to find water. This discovery could help in developing drought-resilient crops and addressing ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2025
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Indoor farming helps community members bring healthy food to northern Manitoba
Healthy food is hard to come by in northern Manitoba. Food shipped from the south is prohibitively expensive and is often stale, and the climate and soil in the region don't support much traditional outdoor farming.
Agriculture
Jun 12, 2025
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Extreme weather could send milk prices soaring, deepening challenges for the dairy industry
Australia's dairy industry is in the middle of a crisis, fueled by an almost perfect storm of challenges.
Agriculture
Jun 12, 2025
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Key translational mechanism may help prevent crop losses from early sprouting
A research team led by Prof. Cao Xiaofeng from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a key translational regulatory mechanism governing the seed-to-seedling ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2025
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Scientists develop optimal cover crop adoption thresholds
Researchers have developed a new model that can suggest the optimal conditions for farmers to plant cover crops, or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons, to help ensure long-term cash-crop success. The findings, which ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2025
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Gentle robot gripper gives plant leaves a 'shot' of sensors and genes for smart farming
Tools that offer early and accurate insight into plant health—and allow individual plant interventions—are key to increasing crop yields as environmental pressures increasingly impact horticulture and agriculture.
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2025
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Kiwi farmers unaware of positive public opinion on their environmental performance
Close to 90% of NZ's commercial farmers believe their environmental performance is good, according to a survey of almost 3,000 farmers, while less than half that number think the public agrees. However, based on another survey ...
Agriculture
Jun 11, 2025
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Digital twin technology simulates strawberry farm, boosts AI tools and cuts costs
While strawberry production runs from November through April in Florida, digital twin technology lets scientists simulate the growth of the fruit year-round, allowing research to proceed year-round.
Agriculture
Jun 11, 2025
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Faster method detects coffee berry infections, potentially saving global crops
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) could potentially save your daily cup of coffee. The research has identified a new and quicker method to detect infections in coffee berries, which has the potential to save ...
Agriculture
Jun 11, 2025
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Salmon farming: The good, the bad and the ugly
Bodies piled up against the edge of the pen, skin flaking off, pink flesh to the sky. From above, a glut of dead fish ripples in time with the waves.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2025
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Tail hair could be key to predicting performance in cattle
Plucking a single tail hair could allow beef producers to quickly and easily identify the most efficient cattle, according to University of Queensland research.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 11, 2025
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Why the salmon on your plate contains less omega-3 than it used to, and how the industry can address that
Farmed Atlantic salmon has become one of the most highly traded food commodities in the world, enjoyed for its versatility as much as for its health benefits. It has long been known that eating oily fish such as salmon is ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2025
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Why burning waste to power a giant greenhouse really could be a greener way of growing food
A new project in Bradwell, Essex, aims to change how we grow food and how we deal with our rubbish. Slated to begin operations in 2027, the Rivenhall greenhouse project could become Europe's largest low-carbon horticulture ...
Biotechnology
Jun 10, 2025
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8,000-year-old teeth provide evidence that pigs were domesticated from wild boars in South China
Pigs have long been known, sometimes celebrated, as among the most intelligent of farm animals. Now, a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence that pigs were first domesticated from wild boars in South China approximately ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 10, 2025
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As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet
As a teenager in the 1970s, I worked on a typical dairy farm in England. Fifty cows grazed on lush pastures for most of their long lives, each producing about 12 liters of milk daily. They were loved and cared for by two ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2025
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Motor protein myosin XI found to play crucial role in plants' active boron uptake
Hen breeds vary in their ability to adapt to cage-free environments
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