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Can soil microbes improve agricultural sustainability?

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Can soil microbes improve agricultural sustainability? Dr Nathaniel (Nate) Boyer is focused on the role nitrogen plays in agriculture. At Washington State University in the US, Dr Nathaniel Boyer is a biochemist working to find a more environmentally friendly solution. Is there another solution?

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Fostering love and knowledge of agriculture and the environment

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Fostering love and knowledge of agriculture and the environment Published: Agriculture is what feeds the world, yet many people have a very limited knowledge of how their food grows and where it comes from. Agriculture in the US Virgin Islands A US territory, the US Virgin Islands are a collection of tropical islands in the Caribbean.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture? As irrigation can double or even triple crop yields, technologies such as these laid the foundations for much of modern agriculture. On the other hand, climate change and competing uses for water outside agriculture impact the supply side.

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Jong and his team use various tools and techniques from molecular biology and genetics to study B. Jong and his team have had great success investigating the biology of B. Jong’s research is also focused on the beneficial interactions that could improve rice and soybean crop yields. “We glumae and its interactions with rice.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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His team began its research with the end goal of creating a sustainable and practical alternative to plastic packaging. But our research won’t stop there. The coating can also be recycled with the paperboard, but if it ends up elsewhere, it will naturally degrade with no harmful impact on the ecosystem,” he says.

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Keep calm and carrot on: how can we breed better carrots?

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At the US Department of Agriculture Vegetable Crop Research Unit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , USA, Dr Bill Rolling and Dr Jenyne Loarca are investigating what influences carrot germination and growth, helping plant breeders to cultivate more successful carrot varieties. What are the benefits of Bill and Jenyne’s research?

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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A unique team of early-career researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol in the UK is addressing this concern through environmental tests and direct engagement with farmers. AZOLE – a group of chemical compounds often used as agricultural or medicinal fungicides. mould, mildew or mushrooms).