US Agricultural Water Use Declining for Most Food Production
A comprehensive University of Illinois study looked at water withdrawals in US agriculture and food production from 1995 to 2010
Food Security
Corn and Other Crops Not Adapted to Benefit from High CO2
New research shows that some crops are adapted to a pre-industrial environment and cannot distribute their resources effectively to take advantage of extra CO2
Study IDs Wheat Varieties That Resist Destructive Stripe Rust Disease
To help develop these varieties, scientists recently studied stripe rust resistance genes in 616 spring wheat varieties using the genome-wide association study approach
Using Supercomputers to Discover Better Ways to Store Food
Researchers used QUT's supercomputing facilities to examine the micromechanical behavior of plant tissues and how biological cells behave while dehydrated or dried
Putting a Future Avocado Apocalypse on Ice
Researcher develops the first critical steps to create a cryopreservation protocol for avocado which had never been achieved until now
Infants in Households With Very Low Food Security May Have Greater Obesity Risk
Low food security now widespread in the US due to the COVID-19 crisis
2045 Climate May Be Too Hot for Some of America's Favorite Produce Crops
Berkeley Lab study finds warmer California temperatures by mid-century will be too hot for some crops, just right for others
Seafood Could Help Meet Increases in Demand for Animal Protein
Scientists analyze how much food the ocean could be expected to sustainably produce 30 years from now
Scientists Further Cowpea Research, Boost Crop Productivity
Recent research aimed to understand how much variation exists within diverse cowpea lines in light absorption and carbon dioxide assimilation throughout the canopy
Decline in Plant Breeding Programs Could Impact Food Security
The focus on food security has received more attention in the last few months, as the COVID-19 pandemic has moved around the world