Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Approaches to Teaching Modern Agriculture Challenges

Agriculture in the 21st century is rapidly expanding its “product line,” aiming not only to provide society with food and fiber, but also biofuels,…

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Research Reveals Crop Development Began 10,000 Years Ago

Now a team led by Dr Robin Allaby from the University of Warwick have developed a new mathematical model that shows how plant agriculture actually began much…

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Bees can mediate the escape of genetically engineered material over several kilometres’

The findings, which have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of 9th September, bear significant implications for the…

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Boosting Myanmar’s Agriculture Post-Cyclone Nargis Recovery

Improved agricultural productivity can help developing countries reduce their reliance on international emergency food relief following natural disasters. This…

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New Research Traces Crop Development Back 10,000 Years

Until recently researchers say the story of the origin of agriculture was one of a relatively sudden appearance of plant cultivation in the Near East around…

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Funding Boost for Fisheries Management Innovations

Dr Codling, jointly appointed between the University's Departments of Mathematical Sciences and Biological Sciences, was successful in the National Environment…

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The Peninsula’s earliest agricultural systems were unsustainable

Mónica Aguilera, an engineer from the Vegetable Physiology Unit at the University of Barcelona (UB) and co-author of the study, told SINC that the natural…

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Bovine Mastitis — could a vaccine be on the way?

Now The University of Nottingham, with funding worth £2.2m, is to carry out a study of the most common cause of Bovine Mastitis in the UK — Streptococcus…

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University and Tesco Launch Innovative Dairy Centre Collaboration

In the first major collaboration between a retailer and a University veterinary school, Wood Park farm – at the University’s Leahurst veterinary campus – will…

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Significant increase in alien plants in Europe – detailed overview available for the first time

5789 plant species were classified as alien. 2843 originating outside of Europe, according to the researchers and their publication in the journal Preslia. By…

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Greening Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Dutch Researchers

Now, writing in the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation researchers in The Netherlands point to possible causes for this disparity and offer…

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Future of Pea Farming: Innovations in Drought Resistance

“While many compounds have been reported to change in laboratory based drought stress experiments, few have identified how such compounds change in crops under…

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Giant Grass Insights for Cooler Climate Corn Growth

The new study, from researchers at University of Illinois, appears this month in Plant Physiology Preview.Miscanthus x giganteus is one of the most productive…

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Insect Pollination’s Value: €153 Billion Impact on Agriculture

This figure amounted to 9.5% of the total value of the world agricultural food production. The study also determined that pollinator disappearance would…

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Genetic Mutation Linked to Mad Cow Disease in Cattle

“We now know it's also in the genes of cattle,” said Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at Kansas State…

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Bovine Colostrum and Fermented Cabbage: Infection Control Insights

Rokka studied the effects of bovine colostrum, of specific antibodies produced in the bovine colostrum by vaccinating cows, and of lactobacilli on infections…

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