How Do You Feed 9 Billion People?An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population in the face of climate change.
Funding to Help Understand Soil's Key Role in Global Food SecurityBBSRC and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have joined forces to offer £4.5M for research into soil ecosystems.
The Worrying Emergence of Insecticide Resistance in Crop PestsScientists at Rothamsted Research have highlighted the worrying emergence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in grain aphids.
Reforms Could Boost Use of Land Conservation BanksCalifornia legislators have enacted the state's first conservation banking law, based on a pioneering program launched 18 years ago.
To Germinate, or Not to Germinate, that is the QuestionScientists have uncovered new insights into the way seeds use gene networks to control when they germinate in response to environmental signals.
FAO Urges End of Malnutrition as PrioritySocial and economic costs of global malnutrition unacceptable.
Red Oilseed Rape Signals STOP! to Pollen Beetle InfestationChange in the petal colour of oilseed rape from yellow to red can result in a significant reduction on the pollen beetle infestation.
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute UnveiledPurdue University part of first industry-led collaborative life sciences research institute in the United States.
Scientists Discovers New Enzyme That Could Help Turn Waste into BiofuelEnzyme to create liquid fuel from wood could be produced in the same way that enzymes for biological washing detergents are made.
Genome Offers Clues to Amphibian-Killing FungusA fungus that has decimated amphibians globally is much older than previously thought.
