They have also demonstrated that these antibody variants are just as active as the whole antibodies that occur naturally in humans. By virtue of their…
The research team, led by Dr David Simpson, will use a genetic approach to study resistance to strawberry wilt disease, a serious disease, caused by a fungal…
With the challenges to agriculture posed by climate change and an increasing need to grow and farm in sustainable ways the Biotechnology and Biological…
After a summer and fall feeding study done with both heifers and steers, Dr. Jim MacDonald, Experiment Station beef nutritionist, said he believes this…
A pre-hatching prototype vaccine virus which provides immunity to IBV has been developed by scientists at the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) and vaccine…
Urban and periurban agriculture can help solve these major food and ecological problems. According to the FAO, this type of agriculture provided food for…
Under the Biodiva project (2004-2007) and in partnership with Vietnamese research organizations, CIRAD is conducting several operations aimed at inventorying,…
In regions with a large animal production sector, the viruses that cause these diseases – of the genus Morbillivirus – have significant repercussions on the…
Once the soils in a given area are degraded, farmers move on to the last remaining forest areas. In the end, for want of accessible forest resources, cocoa…
Wheat kernel composition is closely related to final product quality, and while plant breeders are actively developing tailor-made grains with novel starch and…
Being involved as it is in the field of micro and nanotechnologies, AZTI-Tecnalia is currently taking part in the validation of microsystems for their…
This means that the bug sprays last longer, as they are protected from the strong rays of sunshine, reports Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. This…
Building on preliminary studies reported in Nature, the researchers found that trees can only increase wood growth from elevated CO2 if there is enough leaf…
As a consequence, some compounds, like ammonia, potassium, sulfate, nitrate or phosphate, which are in sewage used for irrigation, are released again when it…
The profitability decline in agriculture and horticulture continued for the fourth consecutive year. Return on assets was negative last year, -4.3 percent on…
That dual-stream, single-pass harvesting system was developed by Stuart Birrell, an Iowa State associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering,…
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