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Improved harvest for small farms thanks to naturally cloned crops
Jan 29, 2016 (SPX)
In today's agriculture, hybrid plants are crucial for the sufficient production of food, feed, fuel and fiber. These crosses between two different varieties are...
Seagrass genome sequence lends insights to salt tolerance
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
To mitigate carbon emissions in the atmosphere, researchers have turned to sinks - reservoirs that accumulate and store carbon such as tropical rainforests, but...
Palmer amaranth could affect Illinois soybean yield
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Although agricultural weed Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) primarily impacts southern U.S. states, new research shows it could soon spread further north an...
Earthworms could be a threat to biodiversity
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
The humble earthworm may be a threat to plant diversity in natural ecosystems, says a study just published by researchers from Universite Laval and Universite d...
Molecular method promises to speed development of food crops
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
The first human farmers needed hundreds of years and a lot of good luck to shape the first domesticated crops. Modern plant breeders wait weeks or months, not c...
Pollinator competition may drive flower diversification
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Male hummingbirds drive female birds away from their preferred yellow-flowered plant, which may have implications for flower diversification, according a study ...
Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the...
Chinese man stole protected seeds from major US firms
Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese man pleaded guilty in a US court Wednesday to stealing patent-protected corn seed from agribusiness giants Monsanto and DuPont to take back to China f...
Developing countries bear brunt of nitrogen pollution: study
Jan 25, 2016 (AFP)
The production of goods for consumers in rich nations leaves a deep footprint in the form of potentially-dangerous nitrogen pollution in developing countries, a...
Soybean has greater energy value when fed to pigs than previously known
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
Differences in soil type, variety of soybeans, climate, or processing conditions can cause the same crop to have different nutritional value when produced in di...
Fatty acids from GM oilseed crops could replace fish oil
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
Oil from genetically modified (GM) oil seed crops could replace fish oil as a primary source of the beneficial Omega 3 fatty acid EPA - according to new researc...
Weed blasting offers new control method for organic farmers
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
Weeds are a major scourge for organic growers, who often must invest in multiple control methods to protect crop yields. A relatively new weed control method kn...
Eating less meat might not be the way to go green
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Reduced meat consumption might not lower greenhouse gas emissions from one of the world's biggest beef producing regions, new research has found. The finding ma...
Bird flu scare hits French foie gras production
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
Already assailed by animal-rights groups, France's foie gras industry now faces a fight on a second front: bird flu. Production of France's favourite festive-se...
A tree or not a tree? India's Goa rows over coconut status
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
Politicians in India's Goa are locked in an row over the status of the popular tourist state's beloved coconut trees -- after officials ruled that they were not...
Breed-your-own insect 'revolution' for the kitchen
Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)
A seething mass of larvae in the kitchen is not everyone's cup of tea, particularly for squeamish Westerners. But for two young Austrian entrepreneurs, it's a f...
Poultry farming frozen for bird flu cleanup in French SW
Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)
Poultry farmers in southwestern France have been ordered to freeze production of geese and ducks at least until late May as part of efforts to eradicate bird fl...
Bird flu detected in US turkey flock
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
Bird flu has been detected in a US turkey flock but is different from the strain that devastated the nation's poultry industry last year, officials said Friday....
Fewer than 1 in 25 Seattleites can really eat locally
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
How many of Seattle's residents could live off food grown in their city? If abundant P-Patches and backyard gardens teeming with kale come to mind, you're like ...
S.Africa to import maize after driest season in 100 years
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
Drought-ravaged South Africa said Friday it would import six million tonnes of the local staple maize -- half of the average annual harvest -- after the driest ...
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