Agricultural and Forestry Science

Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central control

To understand how Balinese rice farmers make their decisions for planting, a team of scientists led by Stephen Lansing (Nanyang Technological University) and…

Biology professor uses microphones to track pollinating bees in new study

Tracking pollinating bees is a huge business in the world of agriculture. It's estimated that farms in the United States pay more than $656 million dollars…

Combatting weeds with lasers

Those who want a rich harvest need to drive back weeds so that the crops can grow better. In organic agriculture, herbicides are ruled out as they are…

Horses masticate similarly to ruminants

Herbivores digest their food much better if it has been strongly fragmented by intensive mastication. For ruminants such as cows, sheep, goats, deer, llamas or…

Six-legged livestock — sustainable food production

Identifying areas of particular high impact is an important step to improving the environmental sustainability of production systems. Insects have been…

Elephant Herpes: Super-Shedders Endanger Young Animals

Many herpesviruses infect only a few animal species. Elephants also have their own spectrum of herpesviruses, which can cause infections that end in death….

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