Agricultural and Forestry Science
Variant of mad cow disease may be transmitted by blood transfusions
Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted in an effort to reduce this risk during…
No more big stink: Scent lures mosquitoes, but humans can’t smell it
A University of California, Davis research team led by chemical ecologist Walter Leal has discovered a low-cost, easy-to-prepare attractant that lures…
Key discovered to cold tolerance in corn
If corn's intolerance of low temperatures could be overcome, then the length of the growing season, and yield, could be increased at present sites of…
The incidence of coccidia in broilers is increasing
To keep the level of infection low, farmers commonly add coccidia-inhibiting chemicals (coccidiostats) to broiler feed. While this does not kill the parasites,…
D4Science – How e-Infrastructures can help Environment and Biodiversity
D4Science aims to continue the path that the GEANT, EGEE and DILIGENT projects have initiated towards establishing networking, grid-based and data-centric…
Fishing for profits on world caviar market
Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan of the Hebrew University's Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences and Dr. Avshalom Hurvitz…