All refer to fuel that's made from bio-produced materials such as plants. Chengci Chen (pronounced Chen-see Chen), an assistant professor of cropping systems…
Working out how to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants would help to promote consumption of the vital nutrient and also improve juice quality,…
ESA’s TIGER Initiative was launched in 2002 following the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. The primary objective of TIGER is to help…
Bumblebees are being dropped off at famous landmarks in North East England by the Newcastle University researchers, who then observe if they can find their way…
The reason, as reported by Cornell University researchers at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif., July…
Soil is a complex and irreplaceable natural resource which varies hugely locally and nationally. While farmers sample their soil to learn about its nutrient…
The sky is granite-grey. The rain blows across the surface of the sea in wild gusts and the waves become higher and higher by the minute. We are in the middle…
Researchers at the University of Warwick's plant research arm Warwick HRI are examining ways to respond to the fact that the UK is becoming an increasing water…
The genetic information from this project will be used as a template for analysing the much larger and more complex genomes of wheat and barley which will…
Researchers of Applied Plant Research (PPO), a part of Wageningen University and Research Centre are involved in intense cooperation with various European…
The Crown imperial has been known to repel moles from gardens for a long time. This has led the plant to be grown for reasons beyond its pretty flowers and…
Their approach has been shown to inhibit the malignant cells without affecting normal cells and without the severe side effects of traditional treatments such…
The technique, called metabolic stress disinfection (MSDD), was developed by Manuel Lagunas-Solar and his team at University of California, Davis (Journal of…
The new findings are based on on-going open-air research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and results gleaned from five other…
The researchers, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Royal Society and the US National Science Foundation, have…
But we still know relatively little about the biological processes that make them grow. AGRON-OMICS is a plant research consortium that includes John Innes…