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Could Eating Moss Be Good for Your Gut?

April 23, 2018

Researchers say that a complex carbohydrate found in moss looks a bit like the gut-friendly, health-promoting beta ...

'Rip Van Winkle' Plants Hide Underground for Up to 20 Years

April 20, 2018

The extraordinary behavior is seen in many species of orchid

Moss Capable of Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water Discovered

April 17, 2018

The aquatic moss Warnstofia fluitans, which grows in northern Sweden, has the ability to quickly absorb and adsorb arsenic fr...

Synchrotron Science Could Give Soybeans a Boost

April 11, 2018

Recent research findings could be used to help develop new treatments to promote crop growth and tackle disease

Climate Change Is Wreaking Havoc on Delicate Relationship between Orchids and Bees

April 6, 2018

Pollination depends not only on male bees emerging before female bees and before flowering, but also, crucially, on the orchi...

A Vaccine for Edible Plants? A New Plant Protection Method on the Horizon

April 6, 2018

Plant diseases and pests cause considerable crop losses and threaten global food security

Dry the Weeds, Keep the Crops

April 5, 2018

Scientists are studying alternative tools for weed management. One such tool is propane-fueled flame weeding

New Study Shows Vegetation Controls the Future of the Water Cycle

April 4, 2018

Columbia Engineers demonstrate the key role of vegetation in responding to rising CO2 levels and show how plants will regulat...

Digging Deep: Harnessing the Power of Soil Microbes for More Sustainable Farming

March 15, 2018

Berkeley Lab's 'farm of the future' project marries microbiology and machine learning

PhenoCam Network Harnesses 'Big Data' to Predict Impact of Warmer Climate on Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Cycling

March 14, 2018

Historically, the methods available for measuring phenological changes across ecosystems have been less than ideal

Forty Years of Data Quantifies Benefits of Bt Corn Adoption across Multiple Crops for the First Time

March 13, 2018

Myriad benefits include 90 percent suppression of pests, severely limited spraying and damage to crops

New Research Illustrates How Birds Help to Produce Rare Wild Chili Peppers

February 28, 2018

A new study involving Iowa State University researchers explores how a mutualistic, or mutually beneficial, relationship betw...

Reed Canarygrass: Environmental Foe, Cattle Food?

February 23, 2018

A recent experiment tests the usefulness of wetlands invaded by reed canarygrass as a feed source for cows

Scientists Uncover a Genetic Mechanism that Could Enhance Yield Potential in Cereal Crops

January 8, 2018

The work was performed in Setaria viridis, an emerging model system for grasses that is closely related to economic...

Alfalfa Loss? Annual Ryegrass Is a Win

January 3, 2018

Annual forage crops offset losses from alfalfa winterkill

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