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Tons of microplastics infiltrate Australia's agricultural soils each year, study shows
Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tons of microplastics, our research has revealed. These microplastics can harm soil and plant health and eventually enter food crops, potentially posing ...
Ecology
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NASA-ISRO mission will map farmland from planting to harvest
Data from the NISAR satellite will be used to map crop growth, track plant health, and monitor soil moisture—offering detailed, timely information for decision making.
Biotechnology
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Superweed in New York state found resistant to widely used herbicide
It can grow an inch or two a day, produce nearly a million seeds and emerge at almost any point in the growing season. Waterhemp is among the most destructive weeds U.S. growers contend with, and new research has confirmed ...
Plants & Animals
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Corn rootworm's secret weapon: How a genetic 'pause' helps a billion-dollar pest survive winter
A study from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers fresh insights into a billion-dollar problem for U.S. corn producers each year. New research shows how two notorious ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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'Sustainable intensification' on the farm reduces soil nitrate losses, maintains crop yields
A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year system can dramatically reduce ...
Agriculture
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Can 'better' meat lead to sustainable diets?
Livestock production has long been associated with significant environmental impacts, prompting calls for sustainable transition in both production and consumption
Agriculture
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Study shows widespread H5N1 bird flu infection in cattle
Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year after H5N1 bird flu was first reported in Texas dairy cattle.
Plants & Animals
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New study shows how microalgae could help advance sustainable trout farming
In their latest publication in the journal Foods, researchers from the ecological aquaculture lab at UC Santa Cruz shared a sustainable seafood innovation years in the making.
Cell & Microbiology
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Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. But the move has been delayed in part because of concerns ...
Veterinary medicine
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Advancing sorghum science: A drought-resilient crop for agriculture's future
In a series of three recent studies, a team led by CSIC researcher at CRAG Ana I. Caño-Delgado has made significant progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms and improving the breeding of sorghum, the world's fifth ...
Biotechnology
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Genome editing technique enables partial inhibition of gene function in crops
Researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully executed a practical trial of a new genome-editing technique that allows for the partial inhibition of essential gene function without causing lethality. This innovative ...
Biotechnology
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Study calls for increased research funding to sustain U.S. agriculture
Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. A new study estimates the public sector investment needed to reverse course.
Other
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Dried veggies, legumes could be key to improving plant-based meat alternatives
Plant-based meat substitutes are popular with people who want to reduce their meat consumption or who choose a vegan diet. However, concerns persist about the products becoming dry when cooked and lacking the mouth feel associated ...
Biotechnology
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Hand pollination helps cocoa farmers offset climate harm
Exploring ways for cocoa farmers to hand pollinate their crops could help offset crop losses resulting from climate changes, researchers suggest.
Ecology
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Researchers use unique approaches to study plants in future climate conditions
As major changes continue for our planet's climate, scientists are concerned about how plants will grow and adapt. Researchers in the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, or PRL, Sharkey lab are studying changes in plant metabolism ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2025
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The 'sustainable' cod in your shopping basket may be no such thing—new study reveals mislabeling
Cod sold in some European supermarkets is being mislabeled and is actually fished far from its claimed origin, according to our new study. We sampled cod sold in Germany, Spain, France and the UK and found that about 30% ...
Biotechnology
Mar 12, 2025
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Scientists find structural variation that boosts grain number in sorghum
Chinese scientists have uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum's double-grain spikelet that dramatically enhance grain number and crop yield. A substantial 35.7-kilobase intrachromosomal inversion at the DG1 (Double-Grain ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 12, 2025
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Growth rates of broilers contribute to behavior differences, shedding light on welfare impacts
As poultry companies weigh cost and efficiency with higher animal welfare standards, research comparing conventional and slow-growing broiler breeds showed that the slow-growing chickens displayed behaviors more closely associated ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2025
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Microplastics may threaten global food supply by disrupting photosynthesis
A team of environmental researchers, Earth scientists and pollution specialists at Nanjing University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and colleagues from Germany and the U.S. has found evidence that microplastics have a ...
Nitrogen for nothing and your protein for free
More than half of the protein within our body can be directly traced to a process invented more than 100 years ago by two German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch. The Haber-Bosch process artificially fixes nitrogen by ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 11, 2025
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