1
2
June 14, 2022 Over the years, the domestication of grasses like wheat, rice, barley, and sorghum for consumption has resulted in certain modifications to their morphology. One such modification is the partial or ...
May 19, 2021 The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of 'postcode lottery', according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and soils as part of ...
Apr. 6, 2022 Researchers evaluated whether dietary fiber intake was associated with a decrease in inflammation in older adults and if fiber was inversely related to cardiovascular disease. The results showed that ...
Apr. 11, 2022 New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus in areas of ...
Jan. 27, 2022 With water quality guidelines compelling more farmers to act on nitrogen loss, cover crops and split nitrogen applications are becoming more common in the Midwest. But new research shows these ...
Apr. 13, 2022 Research collaboration has helps to explain the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants against ...
July 6, 2023 How will future climate change affect nitrogen loss, and will cover crops still be effective in removing nitrogen from drainage water? A new study investigating near- and far-term climate change in ...
Sep. 19, 2022 Reorganizing food production systems to direct more agricultural byproducts and residues to animal feed would free enough material in feed about one billion people without requiring additional ...
Sep. 21, 2022 In a new study, nearly 400 food samples were tested for evidence of organophosphate esters (OPEs) -- chemicals used as flame retardants in furnishings and textiles, building, food packaging materials ...
Jan. 20, 2023 There are often too few flowering plants in agricultural landscapes, which is one reason for the decline of pollinating insects. Researchers ave now investigated how a mixture of crops of faba beans ...