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To grow or to defend: How plants decide
Jan 02, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered how plants use steroid hormones to choose growth over defence when their survival depends on it. The findings published in the open-a...
Genetic discovery points the way to much bigger yields in tomato, other flowering food plants
Dec 28, 2013 (SPX)
Every gardener knows the look of a ripe tomato. That bright red color, that warm earthy smell, and the sweet juicy flavor are hard to resist. But commercial tom...
The fate of the eels
Dec 28, 2013 (SPX)
Smoked, fried or boiled - the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has always been a popular fish in Europe. Even though people have consumed it for millennia, the ...
Extinction risk prompts ban on fishing for caviar-producing sturgeon
Dec 27, 2013 (UPI)
Russia and other countries bordering the Caspian Sea say they've agreed to stop fishing black-caviar-producing sturgeon because the fish is close to extinction....
Deciphering the secret of the sugar beet
Dec 27, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of researchers from Bielefeld University, Germany, the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, the Max Planck Institute f...
Corn pest decline may save farmers money
Dec 27, 2013 (SPX)
Populations of European corn borer (ECB), a major corn crop pest , have declined significantly in the eastern United States, according to Penn State researchers...
Researcher says extensive use of antibiotics in agriculture creating public health crisis
Dec 26, 2013 (SPX)
Citing an overabundance in the use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries that poses a threat to public health, economics professor Aidan ...
Availability of food increases as countries' dependence on food trade grows
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
The figures come out in a study made at Aalto University in Finland examining developments in food availability and food self-sufficiency in 1965. Researchers o...
UNL Research Raises Concerns About Future Global Crop Yield Projections
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
About 30 percent of the major global cereal crops - rice, wheat and corn - may have reached their maximum possible yields in farmers' fields, according to Unive...
Efforts to curb climate change require greater emphasis on livestock
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gas...
Coastal ocean aquaculture can be environmentally sustainable
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
Specific types of fish farming can be accomplished with minimal or no harm to the coastal ocean environment as long as proper planning and safeguards are in pla...
Chinese firm buys historic French chateau, vineyard
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese group specialising in rare teas and luxury hotels has bought a historic chateau and vineyard near Bordeaux with the aim of turning it into a high clas...
Haiyan to hit Philippine coconut oil exports: industry official
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
Global coconut oil supplies will likely fall next year, an industry official said Friday, after the killer typhoon that struck leading exporter the Philippines ...
Oregano Oil May Help Sunflower Seeds Keep Longer
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
Sunflower seeds and sunflower oils have been shown to decrease risk of cardiovascular disease as well as have potential beneficial effects on obesity, bone heal...
New Zealand economy rebounds after drought
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
New Zealand's economy grew 1.4 percent in the July-September quarter, led by a surge in agricultural production following a drought, official data showed Thursd...
Diet and digestion in cows, chickens and pigs drives climate change 'hoofprint'
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
The resources required to raise livestock and the impacts of farm animals on environments vary dramatically depending on the animal, the type of food it provide...
Two insecticides a risk for human nervous system: EU
Dec 17, 2013 (AFP)
The EU warned Tuesday that two widely used insecticides, one of which has been implicated in catastrophic bee population decline, may pose a risk to human healt...
Cat domestication traced to Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme, the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt was doing just fine living alongside fa...
Toxic Substances in Banana Plants Kill Root Pests
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
Bananas are a major food staple for about 400 million people in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, banana yields w...
Biodegradable or not?
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
In order to improve the evaluation process for the long-term consequences of pesticides, scientists have developed a new detection method and a model that can e...
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