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Disrupting 'communication' with plants could limit soyb...

A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most dam...

Land-use drives energy dynamics of boreal lake food webs

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) tha...

Should farm fields be used for crops or solar? Or both

As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels,...

Americans don't think bird flu is a threat, study suggests

A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (high...

Even sublethal insecticide dose may disrupt pollinator ...

Insecticides can help protect crops against troublesome pests, but they also pos...

How bacteria use sneaky chemistry to disable plant defe...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constan...

Simulations predict how pesticides may affect honeybee ...

Honeybees are essential pollinators for agriculture and natural ecosystems. Stre...

Better feed, fewer burps: Scientists target dairy gas e...

Researchers are testing a new type of cattle feed that could help dairy cows rel...

Insects are disappearing due to agriculture -- and many...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural in...

Tackling parasite devastating fish farmers around the w...

At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite w...

New approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in ...

Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal...

How do you like them apples? Apple genus evolution reve...

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, whic...

Less intensive farming works best for agricultural soil

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such...

Flower strips could save apple farmers pest control costs

Planting wildflowers in apple orchards could save farmers up to 3,000 per hectar...

Blackberries with no thorns? Scientist assembles genome...

New blackberry varieties could provide a boon for farmers looking to rebound aft...

How math helps to protect crops from invasive disease

New research demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of tox...

New pests and diseases will cut UK tree growth

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK tree...

New pangenome analysis uncovers genetic key to larger p...

Researchers have identified crucial structural variations that determine seed si...

New study unlocks how root cells sense and adapt to soil

Scientists have discovered, for the first time how root cells respond to their c...

Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using ti...

Researchers have shown they can inexpensively nanomanufacture silk microneedles ...

Intensifying farmland can sometimes degrade biodiversit...

The intensification of existing farmland can sometimes be more harmful to local ...

Targeting gluten: researchers delete proteins in wheat ...

Deleting a cluster of genes in wheat may reduce wheat allergies without harming ...

AI system targets tree pollen behind allergies

Imagine trying to tell identical twins apart just by looking at their fingerprin...

Are agricultural pesticides an environmental threat?

A study has demonstrated that pesticides can negatively affect non-target specie...

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