Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

MSU Research Unlocks New Sources of Biofuels Innovation

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…

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Boosting Vitamin C in Blackcurrants: A Nutritional Innovation

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,…

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African Water Authorities Get Trained in Space Tools

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…

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Scientists Map Bumblebee Flight Paths in North East England

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…

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Seven-year glitch: Cornell warns that Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests

The reason, as reported by Cornell University researchers at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif., July…

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Intelligent Soil Sampling: Save Time and Money in Farming

Soil is a complex and irreplaceable natural resource which varies hugely locally and nationally. While farmers sample their soil to learn about its nutrient…

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2020 – An aquaculture odyssey

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…

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Weather watching water system gives large water & fertilizer savings for growers

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…

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Grassroots Research Fuels Development of New Energy Crops

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…

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Yucca Extract: A Natural Solution for Apple Scab Control

Researchers of Applied Plant Research (PPO), a part of Wageningen University and Research Centre are involved in intense cooperation with various European…

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Crown Imperial Fritillary: Nature’s Mole-Repelling Secret

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…

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New Approach Using Fruit Quality to Inhibit Cancer Cells

Their approach has been shown to inhibit the malignant cells without affecting normal cells and without the severe side effects of traditional treatments such…

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Pest Control Innovation: Non-Toxic Metabolic Stress Disinfection

The technique, called metabolic stress disinfection (MSDD), was developed by Manuel Lagunas-Solar and his team at University of California, Davis (Journal of…

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Future Greenhouse Gas Impact on Food Crop Yields Revealed

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…

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New Research Aims to Lower Global Nitrogen Fertilizer Demand

The researchers, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Royal Society and the US National Science Foundation, have…

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€12 Million Boost for Plant Growth Research by EU

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…

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