Nanoparticles boost plant growth
Nanotechnology used in agriculture – nano-agriculture. Now there’s another hyphenated word to consider. Perhaps it belongs in the same thought with genetic modification (GM), perhaps not. In any case,...
View ArticleRoyal Society says GM research needed
When the Royal Society (of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge) issues reports, lots of people pay attention. When it takes on controversy, in this case promoting (among other things) the...
View ArticleGM (Gene Modified) squash crops win some, lose some
It can be the biological equivalent of “whack-a-mole.” Use gene modification to produce crops that have resistance to one disease, and the modification creates crops more vulnerable to another disease....
View ArticlePrevent oxidation with nanoparticles derived from corn
News about nanotechnology is reported almost every day. Nanotechnology in agriculture, not so much. Nanotechnology made from agricultural products, we hear about that even less. So this story...
View ArticleRadical thinking in agriculture needed
A new report, published online in the journal Science, titled “Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century” was prepared by sixteen top specialists in population, climate, agriculture, and...
View ArticleWild seeds for climate change
Perhaps dealing with climate change requires bold, even dramatic steps. Now that the Cancún climate change conference has ended with a diplomatically modest advance in various proposals (based on...
View ArticleCan the Earth feed 9 billion people?
Less than twenty years ago if you asked almost anybody – “Is there enough food for everybody on Earth?” – answering would not even elicit a scratch of the head. Obviously, it can and does. This was the...
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