Agriculture

Research team from Göttingen and the USA investigates subsoil in deforested forest areasCredit: Oliver van Straaten Tropical forest soils play a crucial role in providing vital ecosystem functions. They provide nutrients…

Invasive beetle could lead to local extinction of the region's only native gymnospermCredit: University of Guam Western Pacific Tropical Research Center Researchers at the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center at the University…

Whale shark girls overtake the boys to become world's largest fishCredit: AIMS A decade-long study of the iconic fish has found male whale sharks grow quickly, before plateauing at an average adult length of about eight or nine…

Credit: Dennis Bowman Farmers around the world are keen to protect their most important asset: their soil. The soil supports and enriches their crops. But the relatively thin layer of topsoil can readily wash away into…

An extremely social robotic fish helps unravel the collective patterns of animal groupsCredit: David Bierbach The spectacular and complex visual patterns created by animal groups moving together have fascinated humans since the…

Credit: Credit: Modified Fig. 1A of Matsumura et al. Molecular Plant (2020). A research group consisting of Associate Professor FUKAYAMA Hiroshi (Kobe University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science) and Professor…

Newly created map indicates openings in the European forest canopyCredit: Cornelius Senf / TUM Rupert Seidl (Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes at TUM) and his colleague Cornelius…

Viruses don't immediately kill algae but live in harmony with themCredit: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle & Christien Laber, Rutgers University Scientists have long believed that ocean viruses…

The devastating effects of human activity on wildlife in the American tropics over the last 500 years are revealed in a new study published today. More than half of the species in local 'assemblages' - sets of co-existing species - of…

Credit: Photo by Sophie McCoy. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing formal definitions for algae species and subcategories for the research community to consider: They are…

Advance could transform selective animal breeding PULLMAN, Wash. - For the first time, scientists have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable "surrogate sires," male animals that produce sperm carrying only the genetic…

Credit: Duncan Kimuyu As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity and richness of its vegetation. By studying the foraging patterns of these megaherbivores across different…

Credit: Pixabay.com WESTMINSTER, Colorado - September 14, 2020 - Synthetic auxin products have given growers an important option for managing weed populations resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. But according to an article…

Credit: Tom Bridge. Scientists have developed a new genetic tool that can help them better understand and ultimately work to save coral reefs. "Surprisingly, we still don't know how many coral species live on the Great Barrier…

Animals in tropical and Mediterranean areas are the most sensitive to climate change and land use pressures, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, show how extinction risks…

BfR Opinion no. 028/2020 issued 6 July 2020 The Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection has written a report on PFAS concentrations in sheep and beef liver based on samples from the 2019 National Residue Control…

Credit: Rima Lucardi, USFS Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places - like the air-intake grille of a refrigerated shipping container. A team of researchers from the USDA Forest Service, Arkansas State University,…

Some microorganisms, the so-called methanotrophs, make a living by oxidizing methane (CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2). Ammonia (NH3) is structurally very similar to methane, thus methanotrophs also co-metabolize ammonia and produce…

Scientists found that the tobacco plant Nicotiana can maintain grafts between a broad range of species. Using Nicotiana as an intermediary, they succeeded in indirectly grafting a tomato scion and a rootstock of Florist's daisy, which bore…

Spring storms don't serve as a trigger for steelhead migration, UC study findsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative An endangered fish in California might use its internal clock to decide when to migrate, according to a study by the…