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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Vegetables, Agriculture Global,

The relationship between Andean vegetation, precipitation and soil erosion

Plants may stabilize slopes, yet rainfall often intensifies soil erosion. Until now, just ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health,

Plant root hairs key to reducing soil erosion

The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global,

How soil microbes help plants resist disease

Plants can't self-isolate during a disease outbreak, but they can get help from a friend�...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Education U.S. West, Almonds, Ag Global Specialty Food,

Almond orchard recycling a climate-smart strategy

Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making i...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Sustainability,

Replace soil with foam to solve global food security crisis, say scientists

Specially developed foams could help avert a global food security crisis by replacing fast...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Organic, Agriculture Global, Beyond Organic , Sustainability, Climate Change,

Soil is our best ally in the fight against climate change-but we're fast running out of it

Take a handful of soil and hold it up to your nose. That fresh, earthy aroma is organic ma...

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Kim Bremmer
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Topics: Crop Diseases, Climate Change,

This is fascinating!

Disease-causing virus manipulates crop plants to favor its vector

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Pest Control,

Wasps as an effective pest control for agriculture

Common wasp species could be valuable at sustainably managing crop pests, finds a new UCL-...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US,

02/18/2020 SOURCE: phys.org

Hurricane Harvey tops league of most extreme US weather this decade

A top ten of record-breaking US weather events of the last decade reveals Hurricane Harvey...

Food-share apps seeking to help environment

Jack Convery pops into a London branch of Italian eatery Coco di Mama to grab a cut-price ...

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