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Scientists help adapt Brazil farming to climate change
Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds of scientists are helping Brazil's giant agricultural sector prepare for the effects of climate change and anticipate pests that hit neighboring countr...
EU court annuls Commission approval of BASF's GM potato
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
The EU's second highest court Friday annulled a European Commission decision to authorise a genetically modified potato developed by German giant BASF, saying i...
New System for Assessing How Effective Species Are at Pollinating Crops
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
From tomatoes to pumpkins, most fruit and vegetable crops rely on pollination by bees and other insect species - and the future of many of those species is unce...
Peaceful bumblebee becomes invasive
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Bumblebees look cute. They have a thick fur, fly somewhat clumsily and are less aggressive than honeybees or wasps. They are very much appreciated by farmers as...
Home teams hold the advantage
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
The home team holds the advantage over visitors - at least in the plant world. However, a mere handful of genetic adaptations could even the playing field. In t...
Study demonstrates that indigenous hunting with fire helps sustain Brazil's savannas
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Indigenous use of fire for hunting is an unlikely contributor to long-term carbon emissions, but it is an effective environmental management and recovery tool a...
Scientists map food security and self-provision of major cities
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Wealthy capital cities vary greatly in their dependence on the global food market. The Australian capital Canberra produces the majority of its most common food...
Crop-infecting virus forces aphids to spread disease
Dec 11, 2013 (SPX)
University of Cambridge researchers have shown that viruses use aphids as pawns, discouraging the insects from permanently settling on already-infected crops an...
Qantas steward with Parkinson's to sue over pesticide link
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
A former Qantas steward who believes he developed Parkinson's disease after repeated exposure to government-mandated pesticides sprayed in the cabin plans to su...
IPM for Billbugs in Orchardgrass
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
Two weevil species, the bluegrass billbug and the hunting billbug, have caused widespread economic damage to orchardgrass, a cool season grass that is cultivate...
How onions recognize when to bulb
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
New research from New Zealand will help to breed new onions tailored to grow in specific conditions. Onions, the third largest vegetable crop in the world, form...
Unlikely collaboration leads to discovery of 'gender-bending' plant
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
Bucknell University biology professor Chris Martine has discovered and described a new species of wild eggplant, found in Australia's Lost City. Martine, who na...
Saudi, China scientists decode date-palm tree DNA
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists from Saudi Arabia and China said on Sunday they have completed mapping the genome of the date-palm tree, whose fruit is a staple food in many regions...
Benefit of bees even bigger than thought: food study
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
Bees have a much greater economic value than is widely known, according to a scientific probe into strawberry-growing published on Wednesday. Strawberries polli...
Romania sees opportunity in China's new taste for meat
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
Hit by declining demand on the local market and in parts of Europe, Romanian farmers say China's growing meat needs may help them out of the hole. Chinese offic...
A plant which acclimatizes with no exterior influence
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
Plants have a love-hate relationship with sunlight. While some wavelengths are indispensable to them for performing photosynthesis, others, such as UV-B, are de...
Flower Power - Researchers breed new varieties of chamomile
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
Plants can reproduce in a multitude of different ways, unlike humans and animals. Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna have been working o...
Archaeologists discover largest, oldest wine cellar in Near East
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
Would you drink wine flavored with mint, honey and a dash of psychotropic resins? Ancient Canaanites did more than 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists have unearthe...
Increasing cropping frequency offers opportunity to boost food supply
Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)
Harvesting existing cropland more frequently could substantially increase global food production without clearing more land for agriculture, according to a new ...
The mushrooms, my friend, are blowing in the wind...
Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)
Plants use a variety of methods to spread their seeds, including gravity, forceful ejection, and wind, water, and animal dispersion. But what of the mushrooms, ...
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