News articles tagged with 'crop'
Ants and termites boost dryland wheat yields
— 2 Apr 2011 11:19 | EnvironmentAnts and termites have a significant positive impact on crop yields in dryland agriculture, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Communications by scientists at…
Untapped crop data from Africa predicts corn peril if temperatures rise
— 13 Mar 2011 19:19 | EnvironmentA hidden trove of historical crop yield data from Africa shows that corn - long believed to tolerate hot temperatures - is a likely victim of global warming…
Using wastewater to enhance mint production
— 4 Mar 2011 15:15 | EnvironmentWhen essential oils are extracted from plants through the process of steam distillation, wastewater is produced and subsequently released into rivers and streams. Finding new uses for…
Diversifying crops may protect yields against a more variable climate
— 1 Mar 2011 17:15 | EnvironmentA survey of how farmers could protect themselves by growing a greater diversity of crops, published in the March issue of BioScience, has highlighted economical steps that farmers could…
Overfertilising corn undermines ethanol
— 26 Feb 2011 18:03 | EnvironmentRice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less…
Multiple approaches necessary to tackle world's food problems
— 19 Feb 2011 10:18 | EnvironmentResearchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world's food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn…
A billion tons of biomass a viable goal, but at high price, new research shows
— 17 Feb 2011 18:18 | EnvironmentA new study from the University of Illinois concludes that very high biomass prices would be needed in order to meet the ambitious goal of replacing 30 percent of petroleum consumption…
Microbiologists at TU Muenchen aim to optimise bio-ethanol production
— 4 Feb 2011 16:13 | TechnologyFood versus fuel - this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische…
Biologists discover 'control centre' for sperm production
— 2 Feb 2011 16:16 | BiologyBiologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into the intricacies of sex in flowering plants…
Technique allows researchers to identify key maize genes for increased yield
— 12 Jan 2011 17:10 | BiologyScientists have identified the genes related to leaf angle in corn (maize) - a key trait for planting crops closer together, which has led to an eight-fold increase in yield since the…