Peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) essential oil is a major aromatic agent used extensively in chewing gum, toothpaste, mouth washes, pharmaceuticals, and…
Combined mechanisms of transport have important applications—transport of nutrients across cell membranes in plants and animals, the aeration of agricultural…
The scientists–at ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locations–conducted separate studies of Muscodor. However, their goal was the…
Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to…
The procedure, which uses fecal samples rather than the oft-dreaded colonoscopy, was developed by Dr. Robert Chapkin and his colleagues, who have been studying…
Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as the world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines has actually done remarkably well…
Agricultural nonpoint source pollution has been listed as one of the leading sources of pollution in rivers and water bodies throughout the world….
That's according to recently published research by ARS entomologist James Hagler, at the agency's U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center in Maricopa,…
Market reforms that began in the mid-1980s and were supposed to aid economic growth have actually backfired in some of the poorest nations in the world, and…
Academic programs and courses have increased in recent years for sustainable agriculture, organic farming, and agroecology. In a recent study published in the…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute today announced that they have…
Hessian fly larvae midguts – similar to human intestines – were observed in three different feeding situations. Larvae on susceptible plants had normal midgut…
During photosynthesis, plants tend to produce more nutrients than they actually need. They store the surplus in various places, including their vacuoles. These…
Most researchers agree that the agricultural revolution was a crucial phase in the history of Europe and Sweden. A considerable amount of land reclamation took…
The study is completed every four years by nearly 200 food banks and analyzes the effectiveness of emergency food distribution throughout the United States….
A joke among two Texas AgriLife Research scientists later turned into a fully-funded study found Viagra can aid fetal development in female sheep. Female sheep…
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