FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

University of Guam scientist and colleagues tag coconut rhinoceros beetles

Mar 01, 2016 (SPX)

Coconut rhinoceros beetles were first discovered on Guam in 2007. Adults kill palms when they bore into crowns to feed on sap. Rhino beetle larvae feed only on ...

Mining to dining: Australia becomes China's land of milk and honey

Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)

Asian consumers determined to improve their lifestyle are boosting the fortunes of Australian producers of premium baby milk formula, vitamins and honey, as the...

Decline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output: UN body

Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)

Many species of bees, butterflies and other creatures that are vital to agricultural pollination are threatened with extinction, posing risks to major world cro...

New wheat genetic advancements aimed at yield enhancement

Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)

Texas A and M AgriLife Research is closing in on specific genetic traits in wheat that can help increase yields in the future. The title of a recent paper publi...

China's Jack Ma buys French vineyard

Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)

China's second richest man Jack Ma, the founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has become the latest investor from his country to snap up a French vineyard. The s...

Scientists draw first European earthworm map

Feb 24, 2016 (UPI)

Earthworms are tremendously abundant, but they are too often absent from scientific journals. Researchers in Europe hope a new map will spark a greater scientif...

PM tells drought-stricken Thailand to cut rice production

Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)

Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday told farmers to cultivate less rice to help the country manage its intensifying water crisis, as experts called this year...

Time of day can impact spray

Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)

Some herbicides are more effective when applied at noon compared to early morning or late evening applications, according to data from the University of Tenness...

60 years after pioneering survey, Wisconsin prairies are changing rapidly

Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)

It was shortly after the end of World War II when John Curtis, inspired by his service as a civilian researcher aiding war efforts in Haiti, dedicated his energ...

Chinese buyer for Australia's largest dairy farm business

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese investor was Tuesday given the green light to buy Australia's largest dairy farm company, with the finance minister saying he welcomed foreign investm...

A new way track and stop human and agricultural viruses

Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)

Viruses are molecular thieves that take from their hosts under the cloak of darkness. But now a Virginia Tech scientist has found a way to not only track viral ...

Africa's forests menaced by palm oil rush: NGO

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

Africa's tropical forests are threatened by a palm oil bonanza that has already razed millions of old-growth hectares in Southeast Asia, Greenpeace France warne...

Eating less beef key to meeting EU climate targets: study

Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)

EU climate targets won't be met unless greenhouse gas emissions linked to beef and dairy consumption are dramatically reduced, a Swedish study published on Mond...

Feeding a city with better food sources

Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)

Access to clean water hasn't been the only health issue facing Flint. Since 2008, Michigan State University public health expert, Rick Sadler, has been mapping ...

How hunter-gatherers preserved their food sources

Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)

A new study of humans on Sanak Island, Alaska and their historical relationships with local species suggests that despite being super-generalist predators, the ...

Transgenic sweet corn no more susceptible to Goss's wilt disease

Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)

Transgenic crops expressing resistance to the herbicide glyphosate (GR) have been commercialized and planted widely across the U.S. for two decades. The majorit...

Soilless farming suggested as a solution to food shortage in Qatar

Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)

Soilless farming could help developing countries with little arable land and harsh for agriculture climate, such as Qatar, to become self-sufficient in terms of...

Enhanced levels of carbon dioxide are likely cause of global dryland greening

Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)

Enhanced levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are a likely key driver of global dryland greening, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Repor...

Tiny fly rattling Florida fruit industry 'eradicated'

Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)

The Oriental fruit fly, which all but shut down south Florida's $1.6 billion agricultural industry when it was discovered in the state last year, has been "succ...

Livestock donations to Zambian households yield higher income, improved diet

Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)

Some humanitarian organizations facilitate livestock donations to poor households in developing countries, but does giving a cow, a pair of oxen, or a herd of g...