COVID-19's socio-economic effects will likely cause another severe production crisis in the coffee industry, according to a Rutgers University-led study.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2021
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Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and how its spread can be prevented.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2021
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Plants are some of nature's most extraordinary chemists. Unlike animals, they can't run from predators or pathogens. They can't uproot themselves to seek out a mate or spread their seeds.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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For most people, coffee is a necessary start to the day. For three scientists based in Toronto, coffee is a good research subject in a world with a changing climate.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2020
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University of Michigan ecologists Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer have studied Latin American coffee farms for a quarter century, and they tracked the recovery of tropical forests in Nicaragua following 1988's Hurricane ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2019
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The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) that has a sting for use in defense is common in Western Europe. Stingless bees, on the other hand, are mainly at home in the tropics and subtropics. They are a very social group and ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2019
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Each day, more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2019
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Researchers are trialling the use of drones to monitor coffee plant health in Thailand in a bid to prevent the spread of disease.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2019
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Coffee grown under a tree canopy is promoted as good habitat for birds, but recent University of Delaware research shows that some of these coffee farms may not be as friendly to our feathered friends as advertised.
Ecology
Mar 27, 2019
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Studies of the relationships between microbes and the organisms they live on are revealing how plants and animals could adapt to climate change.
Environment
Aug 1, 2018
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