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Limiting Bioenergy Crops to Marginal Land Won't Work
Large-scale cultivation of bioenergy crops on marginal land is unfeasible, according to a recent study. While limiting bioenergy crops...
Land Use Can Affect Fresh Water Supplies
New research has shown that supplies of fresh water provided by rivers depend not only on rainfall, but also on the land use within...
Latest Genomic Studies Offer Unprecedented View of Wheat
We now have an unprecedented glimpse into the adaptation and domestication of wheat. ...
It’s All in the Genes - Preventing Rapeseed Crop Failure
Understanding what affects the resistance genes in rapeseed crops is the focus of a new Marie Curie Fellowship research project being...
Pesticide Combination Affects Bees' Ability to Learn
UK - Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides...
CO2, Ozone Affect Wheat’s Nutritional Quality
Predicting the effects of changing levels of atmospheric gases on agricultural crops is vital to ensuring food security under global...
Weather, Climate Predictions Worth Their Weight in Gold
The economic costs of damaging weather events have an immense and increasing impact on the US economy, and these costs could be anticipated...
Restoration, Recommendations for Flood-damaged Bottomlands
Although the 2012 drought in the Midwest may have dimmed the memories for some of the 2011 Ohio and Mississippi River flood, engineers,...
Partnership Focused on Water Research
The University of Chicago and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have signed an agreement to collaborate on new water production...
Plants to Get New Shields Against Attacks
As humans we naturally respond to the danger of attack by fleeing. This is not an option for plants. Instead they have to use other...
‘Land Grabbing’ Redistributes Global Water Resources
Under pressure from rising food prices, many nations have begun to acquire large tracts of agricultural land in foreign countries,...
Brazil's Agricultural Structure, Sustainable Intensification of Food Production
Food production ought to be almost duplicated by 2050 (The Royal Society 2009; Baulcombe 2010). However, there is a consensus about...
Soil Salinity - Causes and Management
Salt affected soils are soils that contain either enough soluble salts to impair crop growth - called saline soils, or enough sodium...
Monsoon Failure Key to Long Droughts in Southwest North America
Long-term droughts in the Southwestern North America often mean failure of both summer and winter rains, according to new tree-ring...
New Tool to Map Pollinator Exposure to Pesticides
As bee populations decline, exposure of pollinators to pesticides is of increasing concern. Italian research has now demonstrated that...
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