New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…
Bred by CSIRO from an old Japanese variety, the Bunya® soybean produces a suite of proteins that gel quickly and firmly – important characteristics for making…
NASA's Terra satellite flew over the volcano on April 16 at 10:45 UTC (6:45 a.m. EDT) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS…
“Just in time for the 2010 hurricane season, NOAA will have one of its newest, technologically advanced satellites closely tracking these storms – from when…
Polar lunar craters are of interest because of resources, including water ice, which exist there. The moon's orientation to the sun keeps the bottoms of polar…
Jay Miller, a research scientist in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program who has made numerous trips to the region and studied there under a Fulbright grant,…
The stronger water cycle means arid regions have become drier and high rainfall regions wetter as atmospheric temperature increases.The study, co-authored by…
More than 20 years after the introduction of aquaculture, fish farmers are thriving in Kulekhani, Nepal. Researchers supported by the International Development…
Searching for ways to improve the nutritional quality of leafy green vegetables, Lithuanian researchers have found success with new technology that features…
Loblolly pine bark is the primary component of nursery container substrates in the eastern United States, but a shortage of the widely used organic material is…
Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products; consider the popularity of consumer…
Growing tomatoes is not always easy. In many parts of the world summers are too hot to grow tomatoes in greenhouses, even those with intricate cooling systems.In cooler climates where tomatoes are grown year-round in production greenhouses, yield fluctuations are still challenging for producers who need to fulfill orders and predict labor costs. Finding accurate methods for predicting greenhouse tomato yields is at the forefront of growers' concerns. …
Pecans are the only nut native to the U.S. grown on a commercial scale. These popular nuts are “alternate” or “biennial bearers”, a trait that leads to yearly…
Packaged fresh-cut grapes are becoming increasingly popular with consumers who like the convenience and health benefits of these ready-to-eat fruits. To keep…
Strawberries are very fragile and highly susceptible to mechanical injury during commercial production. Growers interested in ways to increase profits and…
Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a…
However, GE crops resistant to the herbicide glyphosate — a main component in Roundup and other commercial weed killers — could develop more weed problems as…
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