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Global food prices are at a level not seen for most of modern history - this is why
It is currently harder to buy food on the international market than in almost every other year since the UN record-keeping began in 1961.
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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, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics,
Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’
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Nancy Kavazanjian
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Food/Nutrition, Gardening, Urban Farming,
Chinese Greenhouses for Winter Gardening - Organic Gardening - MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Unlock the full potential of the sun with an energy-efficient passive solar greenhouse, and grow warm-season plants year round with little extra heating.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Ag Tech, Plant Breeding,
U.S. soybean, corn yields could be increased through use of machine learning | Penn State University
Research guided by a plant pathologist in the College of Agricultural Sciences suggests that machine-learning algorithms that are programmed to recognize changing weather patterns could show producers and agricultural managers how to increase soybean and corn yields in the United States.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
Powering up the ‘last mile’ in renewable energy rollout - Asia & Pacific
What does it take to make rollout of renewable energy work in rural areas? Anita Makri follows trails of success.
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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: Organic, Vegetables, Gardening, Tomato,
Tomato Suckers: What Should You Really Do With Them?
To prune, or not to prune? That is the question. Like many gardening tips on the internet, there is a heated debate around tomato suckers. Should you keep them? Should you get rid of them?
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