Biology
Australian farmers can dig mushrooms
Weighing more than 1.5kg and worth $ 3,000, the rare black truffles tree is dug up by a farmer in Victoria, Australia, setting a new world record for weight.
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Science proves we're going to have no bananas to eat
Banana farms around the world are at risk of being threatened by Panama epidemic, causing wilting and causing banana trees to die from dehydration.
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Mysterious fir tree regenerates itself from the dead
A huge fir tree that had been hit by the storm, lying on the field, revived miraculously with its upright posture.
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Bacteria support sustainable sugarcane production
Australian scientists have discovered a bacterium that can increase sugarcane production and reduce fertilizer use in farming.
Biology
250 varieties of apples grow together on a tree
With a passion for farming, Paul Barnett, from Chidham, near Chichester, West Sussex, spent 24 years growing an apple tree with 250 different species.
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Safe and sustainable agricultural models of the future
Urban agriculture is a model of cultivation and livestock within and around the city. It means food production in densely populated areas.
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Siberia farms grow vegetables from Africa and South Asia
Perhaps the next encyclopedia of botany must be rewritten. Siberian scientists have found a way to make tropical vegetables adapt to the cold climate of Russia.
Biology
Large animals create fertility for the land
It was the extinction of the giant animals in the Pleistocene that caused the scarcity of fertile arable lands in the world today.
Biology
Pineapple is worth VND 336 million
The pineapples grown under special farming techniques have reached the price
Biology
Use bees to chase elephants
When studying African elephants, zoologists have found a way to prevent these giant animals from attacking forested villages and destroying crops. It is the honeycomb fe…
Biology
Potato shingles reappear in the United States
Deciduous potato season is currently taking place on Alaska farms. This is the fourth time the disease has occurred in the US, since 1995.
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India: Genetically modified cotton yields are exaggerated
New research by Dr Glenn Stone - Professor of Anthropology of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis, shows that the productivity of the first genetically…
Biology
Successful farming of cold salmon on top of Ha Giang
Salmon - a freshwater fish native to the Pacific coast - is an attractive specialty, offering high economic benefits.
Biology
Produced, successfully cultured commercial zebrafish
The Center for Biotechnology and Applied Science and Technology Application has produced and successfully cultured commercial zebrafish.
Biology
Goats for milk like human milk
Russian goats will give us human milk. It is a group of Russian goats being raised and bred on a farm in the village of Golsovo in the Sakhovsky region.