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Adoption of Direct Seeding Improves Soil Quality Starting in the early 1980’s, prairie farmers gradually switched from conventional tillage to adopt direct seeding, the seeding of crops directly…
Read MoreTogether, Wild Bees, Honeybees Improve Crop Pollination In order to feed a growing global population, agriculture is under pressure to increase its productivity. The ecosystem service of pollination…
Read MoreTwo Approaches for Optimizing Water Productivity Agricultural Research Service researchers in Bushland, Texas, are helping farmers make the most of their water supplies in a region where they…
Read MoreFood for 9 Billion: Perspective on Global Agriculture in 2050 Concerns about the planet’s ability to feed a growing population date back to at least the beginning of…
Read MoreSpotlight on Africa’s Life Source – First ‘Soil Atlas of Africa The European Commission has presented the first Soil Atlas of Africa, highlighting a vital natural resource which…
Read MoreFertilizers Provide Mixed Benefits to Soil in 50-year Kansas Study Fertilizing with inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus definitely improves crop yields, but does it also improve the soil? The…
Read MoreMore Food, Greener Farming with Specialised Transporters for Plants To grow more food more sustainably we need to make plants better at recruiting nutrients and water from soil…
Read MoreAffluence Drives Unsustainable Consumption of Land, Sea Global demand for natural resources is rising at an unprecedented rate, putting pressure on finite resources, ecosystems and biodiversity. To understand…
Read MoreCalculator Helps with Soybean Seeding-rate Decisions With less costly soybean seed and the wide range of which soybean plant populations produce similar yields, soybean seeding rates have not…
Read MoreCrop Rotation With Nematode-Resistant Wheat Protects Tomatoes In a study published online in Crop Science, scientists describe a nematode-resistant wheat. But while the wheat carries the resistance to…
Read MorePlant Protein Discoveries Ease Global Food, Fuel Demands New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase…
Read MoreDetermining How Much Nitrogen Is Present With a still fresh memory of the drought conditions during last year, recent rains have reduced concerns over water availability for the…
Read MorePlants Use Underground Networks to Warn of Enemy Attack Scientists from Rothamsted Research in collaboration with other UK scientists have discovered that plants use underground fungal networks to…
Read MoreEquitable, Efficient Use of Water is Key to Sustainable Population Growth he world’s population is growing rapidly and is expected to reach nine billion by 2050. Global fresh…
Read MoreUS a Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity North America isn’t known as a hot spot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly…
Read MoreUnkempt Land Could Benefit Farmers Parts of the farm landscape that are overgrown are more important in supporting wildlife than they first appear, according to new research published…
Read MoreHistorical Water Use Reflects Changes in Global Socio-Economic Development Understanding how socio-economic forces have shaped water use in the past can help inform sustainable water management in the…
Read MoreEncouraging Signs for Bee Biodiversity Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers led by…
Read MorePioneer: Evaluate Early Season Corn Stands Corn can face many different stresses capable of reducing stands, such as cold or wet soils, insect feeding and unfavorable weather conditions.…
Read MoreAssessing Risk Level of Leaf Spot Diseases in Wheat Leaf spot diseases can decrease wheat yield by up to 20 per cent or more, as well as diminish…
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