John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Forestry, Agriculture Global, Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, Research,

An ecologist’s new book gets at the root of trees’ social lives

In ‘Finding the Mother Tree,’ Suzanne Simard recounts how she discovered hidden networks in forests.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Cotton, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Research, Genes /Genetics, Pollinators,

Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects

In a Yucatan nature park, engineered genes influence nectar production, affecting ants’ and maybe pollinators’ attraction to the wild cotton plants.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Pesticides, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Insects,

Focusing on ‘murder hornets’ distorts the view of invasive species | Science News

2021’s first “murder hornet” is yet another arrival. This is the not-so-new normal.

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TOPIC(S): Research, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

09/25/2020 SOURCE: www.sciencenews.org

What will happen when COVID-19 and the flu collide this fall? | Science News

As the Northern Hemisphere braces for a coronavirus-flu double hit, it’s unclear if it’ll be a deadly combo or one virus will squeeze out the other.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Recycling, Sustainability, Climate Change, Ag Africa, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Ag Middle East,

Agriculture and fossil fuels are driving record-high methane emissions

Releases of the heat-trapping gas methane from human activities have ramped up in the 21st...

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Team AgWiki
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Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Water, Climate Change,

Climate change made a southwestern U.S. drought one of the worst in 1,200 years

Tree ring records show that the 2000–2018 drought in southwestern North America is among...

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Topics: Beekeeping, Economics, Sustainability, Pollinators,

U.S. honeybees had the worst winter die-off in more than a decade | Science News

Colonies suffered from parasitic, disease-spreading Varroa mites. Floods and fire didn’t...

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Topics: Vegetables, Beekeeping, Pest Control, Sustainability, Ag Europe, Tomato,

Pollen-deprived bumblebees may speed up plant blooming by biting leaves

In a pollen shortage, some bees nick holes in tomato leaves that accelerate flowering, and...

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Topics: Agriculture US, Pesticides, Forestry, Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Fruit, Pest Control, Fungicides, Potatoes, Research,

Insects' extreme farming methods offer us lessons to learn and oddities to avoid

Insects invented agriculture long before humans did. Can we learn anything from them?...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Pest Control,

Insects' extreme farming methods offer us lessons to learn and oddities to avoid

Insects invented agriculture long before humans did. Can we learn anything from them?...

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An ecologist’s new book gets at the root of trees’ social lives

Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects

Focusing on ‘murder hornets’ distorts the view of invasive species | Science News

What will happen when COVID-19 and the flu collide this fall? | Science News

Agriculture and fossil fuels are driving record-high methane emissions

Climate change made a southwestern U.S. drought one of the worst in 1,200 years

U.S. honeybees had the worst winter die-off in more than a decade | Science News

Pollen-deprived bumblebees may speed up plant blooming by biting leaves

Insects' extreme farming methods offer us lessons to learn and oddities to avoid

Insects' extreme farming methods offer us lessons to learn and oddities to avoid

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