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Newswise: Evolution of wheat spikes since the Neolithic revolution
Released: 2-Feb-2023 7:20 PM EST
Evolution of wheat spikes since the Neolithic revolution
Universidad De Barcelona

Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East.

Newswise: Danforth Center Principal Investigator Bing Yang named American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022 Fellow
Released: 31-Jan-2023 5:40 PM EST
Danforth Center Principal Investigator Bing Yang named American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022 Fellow
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Bing Yang, PhD, member and principal investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and professor of plant science, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri – Columbia, has been elected as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished contributions to plant gene editing and understanding plant disease.

Newswise: Almost all of Africa’s maize crop is at risk from devastating fall armyworm pest, study reveals
Released: 31-Jan-2023 12:45 PM EST
Almost all of Africa’s maize crop is at risk from devastating fall armyworm pest, study reveals
CABI Publishing

Scientists from the University of Minnesota’s GEMS Informatics Center, and CABI’s Dr Roger Day, Global Advisor, Plant Health, have highlighted how almost the entire African maize crop is grown in areas with climates that support seasonal infestations of the pest.

Newswise: A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light
Released: 30-Jan-2023 3:05 PM EST
A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light
Tampere University

The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about a wealth of material-related opportunities for next-generation small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots.

Newswise: EPA Grant Awarded to TTUHSC El Paso to Educate Migrant Farmworkers on Health Effects of Pesticide Use
Released: 27-Jan-2023 1:35 PM EST
EPA Grant Awarded to TTUHSC El Paso to Educate Migrant Farmworkers on Health Effects of Pesticide Use
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Early exposure to pesticides can affect health later in life, including negative effects to the nervous and endocrine systems in the body. The SWCPEH has partnered with promotores, or community health workers, from Familias Triunfadoras Inc. to educate the local migrant farmworker community. These underserved communities often have poor access to basic necessities and are most in need of preventative and routine health care.

Released: 27-Jan-2023 11:35 AM EST
MSU discovery advances biofuel crop that could curb dependence on fossil fuel
Michigan State University

Michigan State University researchers have solved a puzzle that could help switchgrass realize its full potential as a low-cost, sustainable biofuel crop and curb our dependence on fossil fuels.

Newswise: Farming more seaweed to be food, feed and fuel
Released: 26-Jan-2023 6:10 PM EST
Farming more seaweed to be food, feed and fuel
University of Queensland

A University of Queensland-led study has shown that expanding global seaweed farming could go a long way to addressing the planet’s food security, biodiversity loss and climate change challenges.

Newswise: Global Team Receives Support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Develop Training, Community around New 3D Bioimaging Technology
Released: 26-Jan-2023 9:15 AM EST
Global Team Receives Support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Develop Training, Community around New 3D Bioimaging Technology
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awarded a two-year grant for Advancing Imaging Through Collaborative Projects to Kirk Czymmek, PhD, director of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center’s Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory, Michele Darrow of Rosalind Franklin Institute, and Paul Verkade of the University of Bristol, along with an international team of eight additional scientists.

Released: 25-Jan-2023 12:30 PM EST
Global Experts to Gather at the Danforth Plant Science Center to Explore Advances in Phenotyping and Precision Agriculture
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

The North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN), a partner of the International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN), will host its annual conference at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center February 13–17.

Released: 24-Jan-2023 7:05 AM EST
Supporting evidence-based policymaking in The Gambia
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new IIASA policy brief outlines the recommendations, tools, and key findings of the FACE-Africa project, co-developed with Gambian food system stakeholders to help the country adapt to climate change and ensure sufficient healthy food for its people.

Newswise: Meat import ban in Africa hurts local population
Released: 23-Jan-2023 2:20 PM EST
Meat import ban in Africa hurts local population
University of Bonn

The EU regularly exports large quantities of poultry meat to West African countries. These exports have been criticized for harming importing countries in West Africa and exacerbating poverty there.

   
Newswise: Why the order in which we eat food can be decisive about taste
Released: 23-Jan-2023 1:15 PM EST
Why the order in which we eat food can be decisive about taste
Leibniz-Institut für Lebensmittel-Systembiologie an der Technischen Universität München

The composition of foodstuffs, but also the sequence of dishes, is important for the perfect taste experience of a menu. This insight, based on experience, is well known.

Released: 23-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
From ground to air to space: Tillage estimates get tech boost
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In a new study, University of Illinois scientists demonstrate a way to accurately map tilled land in real time by integrating ground, airborne, and satellite imagery.

Released: 20-Jan-2023 7:15 PM EST
Beans in toast could revolutionise British diet
University of Reading

Researchers and chefs at the University of Reading aim to encourage British consumers and food producers to switch to bread containing faba beans (commonly known as broad beans), making it healthier and less damaging to the environment.

   
Newswise: Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion
Released: 20-Jan-2023 6:40 PM EST
Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion
Cell Press

Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors of biodiversity, but they are rapidly disappearing.

Newswise: New paper offers best practices for LGBTQ+ field scientists and mentors
Released: 19-Jan-2023 4:25 PM EST
New paper offers best practices for LGBTQ+ field scientists and mentors
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

People from marginalized gender and sexual identities can have safer experiences participating in ecological field research when leaders incorporate better field safety protocols and advocate for systemic changes, according to a new paper authored by scientists from Earlham College, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and other institutions.

   
Newswise: Multistate project aims to diversify Corn Belt
Released: 19-Jan-2023 2:50 PM EST
Multistate project aims to diversify Corn Belt
Iowa State University

With a five-year, $10 million federal grant, a team of researchers from Iowa, Indiana and Illinois are working to plant the seeds for greater crop diversity in the Midwest.

Newswise: Ag engineer to use AI to assess crop damage after tropical storms, hurricanes
Released: 19-Jan-2023 12:00 PM EST
Ag engineer to use AI to assess crop damage after tropical storms, hurricanes
University of Florida

A University of Florida scientist receives a national Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to develop a computer model using his existing technology to more quickly and accurately count damaged or dead crops.

Released: 17-Jan-2023 10:25 AM EST
Bees may be at risk from exposure to glyphosate
Trinity College Dublin

Bees may be at risk from exposure to glyphosate – an active ingredient in some of the EU’s most commonly used weedkillers – via contaminated wildflower nectar, according to new research from Trinity and DCU scientists.

Released: 16-Jan-2023 5:40 PM EST
Our toilets can yield excellent alternatives for widespread polluting fertilizers
Frontiers

To tackle the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and pollution, humanity will need to move to a circular economy, where all resources are recycled.

Released: 16-Jan-2023 3:30 PM EST
How the last 12,000 years have shaped what humans are today
Ohio State University

While humans have been evolving for millions of years, the past 12,000 years have been among the most dynamic and impactful for the way we live today, according to an anthropologist who organized a special journal feature on the topic. Our modern world all started with the advent of agriculture, said Clark Spencer Larsen, professor of anthropology.

   
Released: 16-Jan-2023 12:50 PM EST
Heat and drought leading threat to food security & agricultural
CABI Publishing

Heat and drought are the utmost limiting abiotic factors which pose a major threat to food security and agricultural production and are exacerbated by ‘extreme and rapid’ climate change, according to a new paper in CABI Reviews.

Released: 16-Jan-2023 12:40 PM EST
All in the planning: State policies working to fix Gulf nutrient pollution
University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Tackling nutrient pollution in the Gulf of Mexico is a big job, requiring coordination between dozens of states whose waters flow into the Mississippi.

Newswise: Biologists have found a new pathogen fungus dangerous for potatoes
Released: 16-Jan-2023 5:05 AM EST
Biologists have found a new pathogen fungus dangerous for potatoes
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University biologists have discovered a new type of pathogenic fungus that infects potatoes and leads to massive crop loss. Fungi in this genus were previously known to be harmful to potatoes and other plants, but this species was considered harmless.

Released: 12-Jan-2023 10:00 AM EST
Press registration open for the hybrid ACS Spring 2023 meeting
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Journalists who register for the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will have access to more than 10,000 presentations on topics. ACS Spring 2023 is a hybrid meeting being held virtually and in-person in Indianapolis on March 26-30 with the theme “Crossroads of Chemistry.”

   
Newswise: RUDN University agronomist checked whether hydrogels can save agriculture from water shortage
Released: 10-Jan-2023 4:05 AM EST
RUDN University agronomist checked whether hydrogels can save agriculture from water shortage
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomists have studied the thermodynamics of hydrogels, which must absorb water from the air and hold it in the ground to prevent evaporation. It turned out that this approach is unlikely to help save agriculture from drought - hydrogels retain water too well and give it poorly.

Released: 9-Jan-2023 3:55 PM EST
Broccoli looks more like cauliflower in a warmer world
Cornell University

A new study identifies the genetic underpinnings for why broccoli heads become abnormal when it’s hot, providing insight into effects of climate-induced warming for all crops and pointing the way for breeding heat-resistant new varieties.

Newswise: Turning plastic waste into a valuable soil additive
Released: 9-Jan-2023 12:55 PM EST
Turning plastic waste into a valuable soil additive
University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside, scientists have moved a step closer to finding a use for the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste produced every year that often winds up clogging streams and rivers and polluting our oceans.

Newswise: Researchers receive grant to study how fungal pathogens become drug-resistant
Released: 9-Jan-2023 9:00 AM EST
Researchers receive grant to study how fungal pathogens become drug-resistant
Clemson University

The study will concentrate on azalea compounds, a class of fungicides widely used in agriculture and to treat human infections.

   
Newswise: RUDN University biologist found bacteria that can save rice from a fungus
Released: 9-Jan-2023 6:05 AM EST
RUDN University biologist found bacteria that can save rice from a fungus
Scientific Project Lomonosov

A RUDN University biologist and colleagues from Iran have found bacteria that can become a potential biological drug against a pest fungus that infects rice. Unlike chemical fungicides, such a bio-agent is harmless to the environment and does not lead to the formation of biological resistance.

Newswise: From the road to the plate: lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear
Released: 4-Jan-2023 5:00 AM EST
From the road to the plate: lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear
University of Vienna

Wind, sewage sludge, and waste water carry tyre wear particles from roads onto farmland. A new lab study shows: The pollutants contained in the particles could get into the vegetables grown there.

Newswise: Blue light might be bad for humans — but good for mangoes
Released: 20-Dec-2022 11:30 AM EST
Blue light might be bad for humans — but good for mangoes
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Plants can detect blue light, but instead of causing sleepless nights, it could help make their fruits taste better. Researchers now report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that mangoes can become redder, sweeter and more ripe when exposed to blue light over several days.

Released: 16-Dec-2022 11:55 AM EST
Fostering policy dialogue and knowledge exchange of pollinator protection: new Safeguard policy brief
Pensoft Publishers

The EU project Safeguard released its first policy brief with study-based policy recommendations as part of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

Released: 16-Dec-2022 11:55 AM EST
Child labour contributes to the preservation of forest cover
Stockholm University

The work with forest preservation in southwestern Ethiopia, where smallholder coffee farmers play an important part, is essential for global sustainability.

Released: 14-Dec-2022 2:15 PM EST
Biological Alternatives Offer Hope for Restoring Biodiversity
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

This week, the United Nations is meeting in Montreal for the UN Biodiversity Conference. The conference brings together leaders from around the world to discuss how to prevent loss of biodiversity and how to restore habitats that are already hurting.

Newswise: Starting small to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle
Released: 14-Dec-2022 8:00 AM EST
Starting small to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Soil microbes decompose organic matter into simple carbon compounds – what soil conditions do these microbes prefer and where do they work most efficiently?

Released: 13-Dec-2022 11:05 AM EST
Feeding apple waste to chickens may boost their health
Cornell University

An apple a day may keep the livestock veterinarian away. Juice, pulp and other waste from Empire apples, when injected into chicken eggs before hatching, show signs of boosting the animal’s intestinal health, according to Cornell research.

Newswise: ETRI developed 'Smart Safe Livestock Barn Platform' technology
Released: 13-Dec-2022 8:30 AM EST
ETRI developed 'Smart Safe Livestock Barn Platform' technology
National Research Council of Science and Technology

ETRI announced that it has developed TRIPLETS, a smart safety livestock barn platform that can prevent livestock diseases and effectively control and manage livestock by incorporating the latest ICT such as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins in the livestock.

Newswise: Meta-analysis reveals how crowds may change gene expression in some insects
Released: 12-Dec-2022 1:40 PM EST
Meta-analysis reveals how crowds may change gene expression in some insects
Hiroshima University

A grasshopper hatched in a crowded environment may look and behave differently than a grasshopper hatched in isolation — even if they have the same genes.

Released: 9-Dec-2022 7:15 PM EST
Mental health support for farmers needs radical overhaul, say researchers
University of Exeter

Mental health services in rural areas need urgent attention to ensure the needs of farmers are properly met, according to researchers.

Released: 9-Dec-2022 8:30 AM EST
Russian technological sovereignty in agricultural and food biotechnology
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Experts discussed related questions in Sochi within the business programme of the II Congress of Young Scientists.

Newswise: What is some current research in growing cumin?
Released: 7-Dec-2022 8:00 AM EST
What is some current research in growing cumin?
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Combination of vermicompost and nitrogen treatment increased the cumin plant height and the number of branches in Ethiopian study

Newswise: A disinfectant spray that deploys “billions of tiny soldiers”
Released: 1-Dec-2022 2:00 PM EST
A disinfectant spray that deploys “billions of tiny soldiers”
McMaster University

Researchers have created a powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection by developing a way to spray bacteriophages – harmless viruses that eat bacteria – onto food and other materials to rid them of harmful pathogens.

Released: 30-Nov-2022 2:25 PM EST
Peptyde Bio Closes Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Peptyde Bio Inc. announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $1.2M pre-seed funding round. Peptyde Bio is the first company spun out of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center by Danforth Technology Company (DTC), the wholly-owned subsidiary formed by the Danforth Center in February 2022.

Newswise: Crops in space
Released: 30-Nov-2022 10:35 AM EST
Crops in space
University of Delaware

A University of Delaware researcher will use a grant from NASA to investigate light optimization for growing food in space, focusing on the ways changing light conditions over time can optimize lettuce productivity and nutritional quality under super-elevated carbon dioxide and low relative humidity.

Newswise: Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion, new report warns
Released: 28-Nov-2022 7:40 PM EST
Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion, new report warns
University of York

Zero deforestation commitments may inadvertently leave vital habitats in Latin America and Africa vulnerable to agricultural expansion, a new study has found.

Newswise: Sequencing project to unleash the biotechnology potential of euglenoids
Released: 22-Nov-2022 12:05 PM EST
Sequencing project to unleash the biotechnology potential of euglenoids
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

The Euglena International Network (EIN) (https://euglenanetwork.org/), founded in 2020, is a global consortium of hundreds of scientists around the world with the collective goal of supporting euglenoid science through collaborative and integrative omics between academics and industry.

Newswise: United Nations Partnership - the Power of Education to Spread Mediterranean Diet as Framework for Urban Sustainable Growth – 600 School Partnership
Released: 22-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EST
United Nations Partnership - the Power of Education to Spread Mediterranean Diet as Framework for Urban Sustainable Growth – 600 School Partnership
Green Bronx Machine

Green Bronx Machine, Future Food Institute, Mayor of Pollica, President of ICCAR- UNESCO, and Italian coordination of the UNESCO Emblematic Communities announce LIFESTYLE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE to partner with 600 schools in Italy to promote human and planetary health via Mediterranean Diet.



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