The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Previous studies have shown that honey bee hives are contaminated with an array of…
Although this cause-and-effect finding seems fairly straightforward, the issue of deforestation in the Amazon is more complex and more devastating than…
But rather than just letting the forest sit there for a hundred or more years, the amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere could be quadrupled in…
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Timothy Gish and ARS micrometeorologist John Prueger led the investigation, which looked at the field…
By sequencing and identifying genes in the genome of the potato, the consortium has, for the first time, tied specific potato genes to their functions….
The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest.In a study supported in part…
Using a technique that has been known since the 1980s but only more recently routinely implemented, breeders are pollinating wheat plants with corn to produce…
Recent studies showed that even genetically identical human twins can have a different chance of getting a disease. This is because each twin has distinct…
The consortium’s work, which is described in the current issue of Nature, turned up more than 39,000 genes and is expected to speed potato research and…
“It's a huge, untapped source of fuel, food, feed, pharmaceuticals and even pollution-busters,” said Dr. Carlos Fernandez, a crop physiologist at the Texas…
Access to swine effluent or waste water can help a producer grow more grass. But a Texas AgriLife Researcher says the grass is “greener” economically if it is…
In North America, windbreaks are an effective carbon-capturing option. Only occupying about 2 to 5% of the land, windbreaks also help protect crops and…
Alan Myers, professor, and Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen, associate scientist, both from the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, hope to…
Sweetpotato is gaining popularity in the United States, where health-conscious consumers have created increased demand for the tasty, versatile food. According…
Storing potatoes at low temperatures results in an accumulation of sugars. These sugars undergo chemical reactions during cooking that give rise to…
Scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Saskatchewan have developed a conceptual framework to diagnosis nutrient and non-nutrient…
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