Agriculture and Food Articles

• Food
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Agriculture and Food
  Allergy
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Gluten

  Gluten is an amorphous ergastic protein found combined with starch in the endosperm of some cereals, notably wheat, rye, and barley. It constitutes about 80% of the proteins contained in wheat, and ... > more
• Food
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Seeds
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Cocoa

  Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. In the United States, 'cocoa' often refers to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa ... > more
• Trees
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Deciduous

  In botany, deciduous plants, principally trees and shrubs, are those that lose all of their foliage for part of the year. In some cases, the foliage loss coincides with winter in temperate or polar ... > more
• Food
  Vegetarian
  Nutrition
  Trees
  Sports Medicine
  Botany
   
  

  Fruit

  In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with seeds, of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Seeds
  Ecology Research
   

  Weed

  A weed is an unwanted plant. The notion of "wanted" is of course entirely in the eye of the beholder. A weed in one situation might be a wildflower in another. In order to reduce weed growth, many ... > more
• Wild Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Healthy Aging
  Fisheries
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Wild rice

  The four species of wild rice comprise the genus Zizania, a group of grasses that grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing ... > more
• Food
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Nutrition
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Cabbage

  The cabbage is herbaceous, biennial, and a dicotyledonous flowering plant with leaves forming a characteristic compact cluster. This so-called cabbage head is widely consumed — raw, cooked, or ... > more
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Mammals
  Wild Animals
  Dogs
   
  

  Pig

  Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. They have been domesticated and raised as livestock by some peoples for meat (called pork) as ... > more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Cats
  Behavioral Science
  Horses
   
  

  Veterinary medicine

  Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. Veterinary Science is vital to the study ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Trees
  New Species
  Nature
   
  

  Beetle

  Beetles are one of the most diverse groups of insects. Certain species are agricultural pests in some areas, for example the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), while other species ... > more

Search ScienceDaily