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UCSB researcher explores relationship between landscape simplification and insecticide use

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

A new UCSB study that analyzed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census of Agriculture data spanning two decades (1987-2007) shows that the statistical magn...

'Grassroots action' in livestock feeding to help curb global climate change

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

In a series of papers to be presented next week, scientists offer new evidence that a potent chemical mechanism operating in the roots of a tropical grass used ...

New weapons on the way to battle wicked weeds

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

A somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds has emerged as scientists described the relentless spread of herbicide-resistant menaces like pigweed and h...

Australian tarantula venom contains novel insecticide against agricultural pests

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

Spider venoms are usually toxic when injected into prey, but a new protein discovered in the venom of Australian tarantulas can also kill prey insects that cons...

Plants in space: A novel method for fixing plant tissue samples maximizes time, resources, and data

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

At work on the International Space Station, researchers studying plant and cell growth in space encountered a challenge. Imaging revealed interesting spacefligh...

Soy rules in Latin America as China, Europe beckon

Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)

In row after neat row, lush green plants cover the fertile plains of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay -- soybeans destined for hungry markets in China and Europe....

French milk firm to investigate China corruption claim

Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)

French baby formula manufacturer Dumex promised Monday to investigate allegations that its staff bribed Chinese hospital officials to provide its products to ne...

Almost 20 percent of grain in China lost or wasted from field to fork

Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)

A comprehensive new review of food waste in the People's Republic of China has concluded that about 19 of every 100 pounds of grain produced in the country go t...

Certification of aquaculture critical to sustainable seafood production

Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)

Certification of products from aquatic farming - aquaculture - is contributing to sustainable production, but it also has serious limits. Therefore it should be...

Overgrazing turning parts of Mongolian Steppe into desert

Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)

Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in t...

Indonesian farmers take legal action against president over haze

Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)

Indonesian farmers in a province at the centre of Southeast Asia's worst smog outbreak for years have filed a lawsuit against the president in response to the h...

Spread of crop pests threatens global food security as Earth warms

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

A new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly 3 km a year. The stu...

A genetic treasure hunting in sorghum may benefit crop improvement

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

A consortium of researchers from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF Qld) and BGI has discovere...

Report proposes microbiology's grand challenge to help feed the world

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

A greater focus on the role of microbiology in agriculture combined with new technologies can help mitigate potential food shortages associated with world popul...

Study forecasts future water levels of crucial agricultural aquifer

Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)

If current irrigation trends continue, 69 percent of the groundwater stored in the High Plains Aquifer of Kansas will be depleted in 50 years. But immediately r...

An alga stressed by the light

Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)

During the summers of 2010 and 2011, the UPV/EHU's Bentos Marino group analysed samples of algae populations from five zones and measured the amount of light pr...

Chinese dairies seek French tie-ups to shore up image

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

Companies in China, whose tainted milk powder scandal in 2008 left six dead and more than 300,000 sick, are vaunting tie-ups with French dairies to shore up the...

Peking duck not all it's quacked up to be

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

China's first authentic version of the giant Rubber Duck that has made a splash around the world and inspired fakes across the country made its debut Friday -- ...

S. Korea widens Japanese fish ban over contamination fears

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

South Korea expanded its ban on Japanese fisheries products Friday over fears of contamination from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, accusing Tokyo of not ...

Cattle ranching goes green in the Brazilian Amazon

Sep 01, 2013 (AFP)

In a remote corner of the Brazilian Amazon, farmer Lacir Soares is promoting sustainable cattle rearing that shuns deforestation and meets the environmental req...