Agricultural and Forestry Science

Returning land to nature with high-yield farming

The land sparing debate, which was sparked around 2005 by conservation biologists, recognized that there is usually a limit to the extent to which farmland can…

Soil-less sustainability: Novel agricultural crop production incorporating water reuse

Is it possible to minimize the extensive water consumption in agricultural crop production by water reuse? And can valuable nutrients from wastewater be…

Exeter researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease

Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by spraying them with anti-fungal chemistries, also known as fungicides.

Comparisons of organic and conventional agriculture need to be better, say researchers

The most common method for assessing the environmental impacts of agriculture and food is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Studies using this method sometimes…

Computer vision is used for boosting pest control efficacy via sterile insect technique

One of the strategies used for biological control of the South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus is sterilization of males by X-ray or gamma-ray…

A genetic map for maize

Maize is a staple food all over the world. In the United States, where it's better known as corn, nearly 90 million acres were planted in 2018, earning $47.2…

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