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Infrastructure and communication challenges can be barriers to food safety in the low-moisture food industry

Low-moisture foods such as dried fruits, seeds, tree nuts and wheat flour were once considered to carry minimal microbial risks.... Read more

Genetic research explores purple tea's health benefits

Purple tea, the product of long-term natural evolution, stands out for its high anthocyanin content, known for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and... Read more

Urgent need to enable more farmers and contractors to revive England's network of hedgerows

A new comprehensive survey has highlighted an urgent need to enable more farmers and contractors to revive England's hedgerows to... Read more

Geospatial mapping study shows drought trend in ag-dominated Arkansas Delta

The Delta, a regional powerhouse for Arkansas agriculture built by river flows, is showing a trend of increasing droughts. Using... Read more

Aquaculture researchers decode the genome of the African catfish to advance modern breeding approaches

Scientists at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf have decoded the genome of the African catfish... Read more

Growing grains and legumes in the same fields could be a win-win for crop performance and sustainability

An innovative experiment growing perennial cereal grains and legumes in the same fields is sprouting benefits for crop performance and... Read more

Iron-clad defense: How microbes shield tomato crops from bacterial wilt

Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne pathogen that devastates tomato and other Solanaceae crops globally. Traditional chemical controls have proven inadequate... Read more

Low-cost phenotyping system unveils key insights into quantitative disease resistance in wild tomatoes

Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) is a complex but durable form of plant disease resistance that provides partial protection against a... Read more

Plant biologists show how two genes work together to trigger embryo formation in rice

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world's population, but most farmers don't grow high-yielding varieties... Read more

Noninvasive plant stress phenotyping: A multi-organ approach to combat abiotic stressors

Noninvasive phenotyping has emerged as a vital tool in plant science, enabling the study of stress indicators without disrupting plant... Read more

Growing soybeans has a surprisingly significant emissions footprint, but it's ripe for reduction

Over the typical two-year rotation of corn and soybeans most Iowa farmers use, 40% of nitrous oxide emissions are in... Read more

Cas9-PE system achieves precise editing and site-specific random mutation in rice

Achieving the aggregation of different mutation types at multiple genomic loci and generating transgene-free plants in the T0 generation is... Read more

Automated 3D computer vision model offers a new tool to measure and understand dairy cow behavior and welfare

Dairy cows typically rest for 10 or more hours a day, so a dry, clean, and comfortable place—such as a... Read more

Superior photosynthesis abilities of some plants could hold key to climate-resilient crops

More than 3 billion years ago, on an Earth entirely covered with water, photosynthesis first evolved in ancient bacteria. In... Read more

Garden produce grown near Fayetteville works fluorochemical plant contains GenX, other PFAS

Residential garden produce grown near the Fayetteville Works fluorochemical plant can expose those who consume it to per- and polyfluoroalkyl... Read more