crop production
Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production
The International Conference on Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production (DigiCrop2020), which is running from November 1-10, 2020 fully online and free of charge, is the new flagship conference of…
Crop production in times of Corona
COVID-19 has only little structural impact on global crop production – this is one of the most important takeaways from the annual agri benchmark Cash Crop…
Soil-less sustainability: Novel agricultural crop production incorporating water reuse
Is it possible to minimize the extensive water consumption in agricultural crop production by water reuse? And can valuable nutrients from wastewater be…
Helping hands from within: Live-in bacteria protect plants against infections
Certain species of 'resident' bacteria can protect plant roots against fungal infections. Researchers from the Netherlands (Wageningen, Leiden, Rotterdam),…
Franco-German research initiative on low-pesticide agriculture in Europe
Today, synthetic, chemical-based crop protection products are used intensively in agriculture around the world in order to protect plants and crops against…
Root exudates affect soil stability, water repellency
As the growing season progresses, you might not notice much about what's happening to plants under the soil. Most of us pay attention to new shoots, stems,…