agriculture

Study Says Pest-Resistant Cotton May Help Other Crops from BaoNgoc92 381 days old

Bollworms are a traditional threat to cotton crops. Young ones feed on the boll, the part of the cotton plant that contains the seeds. A bacterium ...

Study Shows Flies Can Pass Salmonella to Chickens from BaoNgoc92 595 days old

[ ... ] States Department of Agriculture did a study with Salmonella bacteria. Chickens infected with Salmonella do not get sick, but they can pass the ...

New Drug Shows Promise Against Worm Disease from BaoNgoc92 603 days old

Scientists think they are a step closer to a new drug to treat schistosomiasis. More than two hundred million people suffer from this parasitic worm ...

Parsley: Not Just Another Pretty Green from BaoNgoc92 603 days old

Parsley is an ancient green and a respected addition to many foods. But other times, its job is just to make a mealtime plate look pretty. Poor parsley, ...

The Seeds of Weed Control from BaoNgoc92 610 days old

When is a plant a weed? When its undesirable qualities outweigh its good points, say experts at Penn State University. Weeds can take control of productive ...

Wheat Production Rises in Face of World Demand from BaoNgoc92 633 days old

[ ... ] Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome has some good news. It says a big increase in winter wheat plantings in northern countries is ...

Using Sex Appeal to Fight a Pest from BaoNgoc92 638 days old

Back in the year two thousand, big producers of poplar trees in the American Pacific Northwest needed help. Their hybrid poplars, nearly ten years old, ...

Groups Divided Over How to Provide US Food Aid from BaoNgoc92 654 days old

[ ... ] would build up local agriculture and, in his words, "help break the cycle of famine." Last year, Congress' Government Accountability Office ...

Debate Follows US Finding That Cloned Animals Are Safe from BaoNgoc92 660 days old

[ ... ] States Department of Agriculture supported the findings. But it says time is needed to smooth the way for marketing meat and milk from clones. So, ...

Study Sees Wild Salmon at Risk From Fish Farms from BaoNgoc92 668 days old

A study from Canada says fish farms are a threat to some populations of wild salmon. It says the danger is from sea lice, which are small organisms that ...