Can we hack DNA to grow more food for a hotter, hungry planet?
To feed a hotter and drier planet, Stanford scientists are building a smarter plant.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 15, 2022
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News tagged with green revolution
New 'Green Revolution' gene discovery sows hope of drought resilient wheat
Reduced height, or semi-dwarf, wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in fields across the globe following an exciting scientific discovery.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 25, 2022
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8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected
At first glance, the connections between the world's growing population and climate change seem obvious. The more people we have on this planet, the larger their collective impact on the climate.
Environment
Nov 3, 2022
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Revisiting the adequacy of the economic policy narrative underpinning the Green Revolution
One of the founding narratives of the Green Revolution (a push towards technology-driven modernization of agriculture starting over 50 years ago) has been found to be false, according to a recent analysis by a researcher ...
Agriculture
Sep 14, 2022
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A new design of sustainable cropping diversifications
Cropping systems are one of the most important components in the crop production system, which is intensified to feed a growing global population. Previous studies focused on high yield with less attention to production of ...
Agriculture
Jun 29, 2022
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Integrating maths and plant science to explain how plant roots generate a hormone gradient
The research team that developed a biosensor that first recorded that a distinct gradient of the plant growth hormone gibberellin correlated with plant cell size has now revealed how this distribution pattern is created in ...
Biotechnology
Feb 16, 2021
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Engineering light availability for crop production—a solution for coming challenges?
What if we could increase a plant's productivity by modifying the light to which it is exposed? This could increase the yield of important food and biofuel crops and also combat climate change by sequestering atmospheric ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2021
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Roadmap offers solutions for future of food, global ag innovation
To deflect future world food crises created by climate change and growing consumer demand, a Cornell University-led international team of economists, scientists and business experts has created a road map for global agricultural ...
Environment
Dec 10, 2020
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New modified wheat could help tackle global food shortage
Researchers at the University of York have created a new modified wheat variety that increases grain production by up to 12%.
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2020
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Pesticide-free crop protection yields up to US$ 20 billion/year benefits in Asia-Pacific
Scientists have estimated for the first time how nature-based solutions for agricultural pest control deliver US$14.6 to US$19.5 billion annually across 23 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Evolution
Aug 31, 2020
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