John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Crawfish, Water, Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), Hydroponics , Ag Innovation, Food Security/Shortage,
The principle of aquaponics clearly defined
It is one of the big topics in sustainable food production: aquaponics—the combination of fish farming in aquaculture and plant cultivation in hydroponics. That is the short definition. What convinces ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,
Fungal transplants from close relatives help endangered plants fight off disease
Endophytic fungi, which reside inside leaves, often protect plants from pathogens. In a paper recently published in Phytobiomes Journal, Chock along with fellow University of Hawaii researchers Benjamin Hoyt and Anthony Amend, treated E. koolauensis plants with endophytic fungi isolated from the leaves of closely related plant species, then assessed the resistance of these inoculated plants against myrtle rust. Although some individual strains of fungi seemed to decrease the pathogen severity, plants were most protected against the pathogen when treated with a complex mixture of microbes prepared from homogenized leaves of these related plants.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Weeds, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Innovation, Weather,
Climate-smart crop rotation works for Gangetic plains - Asia & Pacific
Climate-smart agricultural practices such as crop rotation can safely suppress weeds, says study.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Water, Hemp, Vertical Farming, Ag Innovation, Weather,
Hemp-based composite could facilitate soil-free farming
Given the diversity of its applications, hemp has become an increasingly popular crop in the United States and elsewhere over the past half-decade. That increasing production has led to surges of an appealing ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. SouthEast, Economics, Research, Ag Innovation,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,
Glow-in-the-dark plants could act as passive lighting for public spaces
A decent chunk of energy usage goes towards lighting, so scientists at MIT are developing a new kind of passive lighting – glow-in-the-dark plants. In the latest experiment, the team has made them glow much brighter than the first generation plants, without harming their health.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Sustainability, Fertilizer, Ag Innovation,
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Water, Sustainability, Almonds, Research, Ag Innovation, Climate Change,
Torture orchard: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?
The search is on to help California farmers find less-thirsty tree crops. Will “Torture Orchard” experiments come through in time?
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Water, Research, Apps / Software, Ag Innovation, Weather,
Satellites measure drought stress in plants with aim of increasing crop yields - Phys.org
With a satellite system that measures drought stress in plants, two researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, have now founded the spin-off ConstellR. Their technology enables the agricultural sector to optim…
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