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Saturday is the United Nations’ World Food Day, an annual event intended to bring attention to hunger problems around the globe. Increasingly, technology is taking centre stage during such events as continuing population growth and shrinkage of arable farmland ratchet up the pressure on world food supplies. One key technology to fighting shortages, food scientists [...]
Scientists at the University of York have discovered a gene in plants which could help to increase future crop yields. Researchers in the university’s Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) identified a feature of a plant’s temperature sensing and growth mechanism, which plays a significant role in the plant’s growth rate. The study, published in [...]
Earth-friendly perennial grain crops, which grow with less fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and erosion than grains planted annually, could be available in two decades, according to researchers writing in the current issue of the journal Science. Perennial grains would be one of the largest innovations in the 10,000 year history of agriculture, and could arrive even [...]
The European Commission will seek to salvage its beleaguered biofuels policy on Thursday by announcing a quality-certification process for biodiesel and ethanol and clarifying limits on fuels from sensitive areas like forests and partly drained peat lands. Ensuring that biofuels are a credible source of low-carbon energy that deliver greenhouse gas savings compared with fossil [...]
So far, it was just a juice recommended by nutritionists and dieticians. But dig more into the history of Aloe Vera and it has several benefits for the future of medicine Aloe Vera has fast become one of the most commonly used plants in herbal cosmetics and medicines. Whether its creams, gels, lotions, showergels or [...]
The Australian citrus industry is seeing fungicide resistance as a growing problem. The fungus causes oranges to develop a blue mould over time, often meaning the fruit is rejected when received at export markets. Dr. Peter Taverner, from the South Australian Research and Development Institute, is working to develop more fungicides in Australia. He says [...]
Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful harvest without insect pollination are being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is good news for almond growers who face rising costs for insect pollination because of nationwide shortages of honeybees due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other factors. ARS geneticist Craig Ledbetter, at [...]