Tag: Agriculture and Food
Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from...
Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from NSF
Through a newly established NSF Science and Technology Center, University of...
In blistering drought, California farmers rip up precious almond trees
This year’s historic drought in the western United States is threatening California’s almond production. As much as 88 percent of the state is suffering through “extreme...
RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice
Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists from the University...
Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide
Studies demonstrate that byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and other soil parasites, increase...
Honeybees pick up ‘astonishing’ number of pesticides via non-crop plants
Purdue researchers found that honeybees collect pollen from a wide range of plants, even in areas dominated by corn and soybeans.Credit: Purdue University/Tom Campbell
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American beekeepers lost 44 percent of bees in 2015-16
This chart presents ten years' worth of results from an annual survey of honey bee colony loss conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership. Originally...
