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Little Evidence of Health Benefits from Organic Foods, Study Finds
September 3, 2012 — Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive meta-analysis to date of existing studies comparing organic and conventional foods. They did not find strong evidence that organic foods are more ... > full story -
Chilling Methods Could Change Meat Tenderness
August 31, 2012 — Contrary to previous studies, new research shows that a method called blast chilling can affect pork tenderness. This discovery could change pork production and consumer choices at the grocery ... > full story -
New 'Rust-Tracker' to Monitor Deadly Wheat Fungus in 27 Nations
August 31, 2012 — The world's top wheat experts have reported a breakthrough in their ability to track Ug99 and related strains of a deadly and rapidly mutating wheat pathogen called stem rust that threatens wheat ... > full story -
Surviving Drought: Discovery May Help Protect Crops from Stressors
August 30, 2012 — New findings of a key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help save crops from stress and help address human ... > full story -
Plants' Fungi Allies May Not Help Store Climate Change's Extra Carbon
August 30, 2012 — Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils as some previously thought, according to plant ... > full story -
No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water
August 30, 2012 — A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to new ... > full story -
Five New Species of Cuckoo Bees from the Cape Verde Islands
August 30, 2012 — Researchers have documented a remarkable diversity of cuckoo bees in the Cape Verde Islands. All five discovered species are entirely new to science and highlight the unique biota of this isolated ... > full story -
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Hope of Greater Global Food Output, Less Environmental Impact of Agriculture
August 29, 2012 — Can we have enough to eat and a healthy environment, too? Yes -- if we're smart about it, suggests a new ... > full story -
What's Behind Rising Food Prices, Beyond the U.S. Drought
August 29, 2012 — Although many U.S. consumers were alarmed to see news reports this summer of droughts leaving shriveled crops dying in the fields, a professor of food marketing warns other factors will have a ... > full story -
Probiotics Supercharge Plants' Immunity to Disease
August 27, 2012 — Pathogens can slip through leaf pores and begin infecting a plant. However, new research shows that this invasion is halted when a beneficial bacterium is present in the soil where the plant is ... > full story
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