John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Plant Breeding, Education, Food Security/Shortage,
Farming reboot could lay seeds for prosperity in poor and food insecure regions
Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation schemes and boost crop production. The researchers' work is improving food security, reducing water waste and lifting people out of poverty.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Commodities, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Ag Australia/NZ, Education,
Revealing the 'hidden half' of grain using imaging at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to benefit Australian agriculture
Professor of Soil Science at The University of Queensland Peter Kopittke and co-principal investigator Professor Enzo Lombi of the University of SA are very optimistic about the use of a new synchrotron-based imaging technique that captures in 3D the complex interaction of soil and roots.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Poultry, Research, Education,
Poultry Farming For Beginners: Guide For Starting A Poultry Farm
Following a poultry farming for beginners guide will help you a lot for setting up your new poultry farming business. As poultry farming has already proven to be lucrative business, so you may be willing to start a farm for your new source of income. In broad, poultry farming means raising various types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of meat, eggs and feather production.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Fermentation/Vineyard/Wine, Grapes, Research, Education, Weather,
Increasing Temperatures Led to Better-Tasting Wine Grapes, but for How Long?
Increasing temperatures from climate change have led to better tasting wine grapes, but a new UC Davis study suggests we may be at a tipping point.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Poultry, Economics, Research, Education,
Risk of airborne transmission of avian influenza from wild waterfowl to poultry negligible
Research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has shown that the risk of airborne transmission of high pathogenic avian influenza virus from infected wild birds is negligible. The research looked specifically at the airborne movement of particles from wild waterfowl droppings in the vicinity of poultry farms during the risk season for avian influenza (October to March). It also considered transmission via aerosolization, with the exhalations or coughs of wild waterfowl infected with avian influenza virus finding their way into the ventilation systems of poultry farms. As a precaution, it’s important that the carcasses of wild waterfowl or other wild birds that have died of high pathogenic avian influenza are removed from their habitat as soon as possible. If not, scavengers eating the carcasses could cause feathers to become distributed. Feathers of wild birds that died of, and if the wild bird died of high pathogenic avian influenza contain the virus, which can then the virus can survive for a long time in those feathers.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Hemp, Research, Education,
Three Texas A&M AgriLife industrial hemp field days set - AgriLife Today
Three industrial hemp field programs will be held on Sept. 27, Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 near Lubbock, Chillicothe and Muleshoe.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Crop Diseases, Research, World Hunger, Education,
Scientists uncover pathogen’s similar impact on two very different crops
Bacterial blight leads to browning and sometimes the death of important crops. Most famously, late blight of potato resulted in the Great Irish Famine. Blight continues today, affecting crops around the world. One form of bacterial blight (caused by Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis or Pcal...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Research, Fertilizer, Genes /Genetics, Plant Breeding, Education, Weather,
How plants sense phosphate - NewsBreak
A new study by the University of Bonn and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben sheds light on the mechanism used by plants to monitor how much of the nutrient phosphate is available, and to decide when strategies to mobilize and take up more phosphate from the soil must be activated. The enzyme ITPK1 plays a key role in this process. The researchers were also able to show that a particular group of signaling molecules involved in phosphate sensing respond very sensitively to phosphate and that this regulation takes place not only in plants but also in human cells. In the long term, the results could lead to the breeding of new crop varieties that require less phosphate fertilizer. The final version of the study has now been published in the journal Molecular Plant.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Fruit, Research, Genes /Genetics, Education,
Coconut tree cloning breakthrough will help propagation and preservation
Coconut trees grow slowly and are difficult to clone. Scientists at KU Leuven and the Alliance multiplied seedlings faster and conserved coconut genetic resources for the long-term. This will help preserve coconut tree biodiversity and meet increasing demand for coconuts and derived products
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Fertilizer, Regenerative Agriculture, Education,
Scientists fight to fix the world's soils - Samachar Central
The intensification of agriculture has ramped up food production, but wreaked havoc on soils. Sustaining agriculture into the future depends on our ability to fix it. Credit: Murdoch University On a rural Bangladesh farm, Sonatan holds special blessing ceremonies for a small, cheap tractor that changed his life. It’s been a remarkable few years for […]
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