""The rule of the garden isf you sow a single seed you should get a single plant.
""A few different designs for image sensors that can harvest energy have been proposed in the past. However, our prototype is the first demonstration of a fully self-powered video camera,
With a rising global population leading to increased pressure on food resources, it is becoming ever more essential that crop breeding programmes work to enhance the security of global food sources.
Crop breeding programmes can make use of this genetic information to ensure that the preferred trait is inherited by future crop yields,
and perform poorly when applied to polyploid species such as bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L) . which has multiple sets of chromosomes.
As an open access tool, researchers and crop breeders can submit their own data to Polymarker
and the online tool will return suggested design primers to identify genetic variations that tag vital traits in their crop samples,
This disease is responsible for devastating bread wheat crops and has developed'Warrior'strains capable of infecting individuals previously believed to have tolerance."
Massive imports have driven down Indian soybean prices by 20 per cent in four months, discouraging farmers from expanding oilseed area.
who cultivates soybeans in Dewas, a district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh."
"said Davish Jain, chairman of the Soybean Processors Association of India.""Our oilseed and edible oil production will not rise
and boosting state support for rapeseed, soybeans and peanuts. But as of now, it is a Catch-22 for farmers and millers."
a layered form of carbon atoms constructed to resemble honeycomb, called graphene. Graphene was heralded globally as a wonder-material thanks to the work of two British scientists who won the Nobel prize for Physics for their research on it.
Instead, silicon nanopillars are arranged precisely into a honeycomb pattern to create a etasurfacethat can control the paths and properties of passing light waves.
few investors gave much thought to technological innovation in our agriculture system. What a difference a year can make.
In what can be described as the Netscape moment for agriculture technology, the sector had a breakout year in 2014,
receiving over $2. 36 billion of investment across 264 deals spanning the agriculture value chain,
Most tech innovation in agriculture was concentrated narrowly in biotechnology and seed genetics, and both investment and innovation was limited to players with close ties to the ag sector.
Outside of seed genetics and crop inputs, most other Agtech was bundled typically with Cleantech. Then, in 2013, there was a shift.
and demand in agriculture shifting consumer tastes, and a confluence of new hardware technologies that freed computation from the desktop and automated multivariate collection of big data.
Rates of yield increases for major crops have been trending negatively on a 10-year curve at the very time that global forces of population growth, prosperity,
-and-demand pressure on our agriculture system. The population is growing at approximately 77.6 million per year
experts predict that we will need to double global crop production over the next 35 years. With demand outstripping supply since the emergence of China starting in the mid 1990s,
the agriculture sector has outperformed quietly all other sectors except for tech since 1999. It taken a while,
In addition to secular trends driving the agriculture sector, the public at large is informed now better about the state of our food system
and more concerned about the impact that agriculture has on the environment. Agriculture now accounts for about 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions
a 75 percent increase since 1990, which makes agriculture a huge target for disruption. In addition, informed consumers are demanding locally grown, sustainable food with fewer chemicals,
and the agriculture supply chain must evolve to deliver such products. This has created opportunities for a new generation of startups to gain a toehold into new markets that are too small for larger agriculture players.
Finally, a confluence of hardware and software technology advances are creating opportunities to address this market.
Inexpensive and infinitely configurable mobile devices (enabled by advances in wireless and energy storage) have liberated technology from the office desktop.
and the Internet of things, have realized quickly that the agriculture value chain provides fertile first market opportunities for many technologies that are advanced not enough or have not yet found solutions in the consumer space.
Many investors looking at these technologies are going to need to get smart on agriculture if theye going to make informed investment decisions.
Growth potential Agriculture has a long value chain and the sector is described often as being more horizontal than vertical (we tracked 16 subcategoriess diverse as biotech,
Already this year, wee seen a $50m investment into drone maker 3d Robotics and a $95m investment into microsatellite company Planet Labs, both of which count agriculture as key early market opportunities.
a company called Flowhive has emerged as the highest grossing campaign on Indiegogo, raising over $6. 8 million for its honey-on tap technology,
Agriculture accounts for 70%of freshwater withdrawals, and under Byzantine water rights laws that date back to the 1820s there has been little incentive for farmers to manage this resource more sustainably.
Now wel see just how many businesses will pay a monthly subscription for Airware to power their drones for industrial inspections, agriculture management, anti-poaching, and more.
French drone company Delta Drone showed of its drone capabilities for surveying farmland and dig sites using flight plans generated Airware Ground Control Station.
#Nikola Labs Launches iphone 6 Case Which Harvests Electricity From The Air Nikola Tesla pioneered the transmission of electricity over wires.
and change targeted genes in human cells, mice, rats, zebrafish, bacteria, fruit flies, yeast, worms and even crops.
and their waste appeared to be safe to use as soil for crops. Researchers, including Wu,
and their waste appeared to be safe to use as soil for crops. Researchers, including Wu,
and diverse honeycomb passages leading to a single microphone in the center of the disk.
but the amount of water (the structure of the honeycomb) influences the exact frequency. All those voices can
The honeycomb structure of graphene"The business implications associated with this filing are significant and near term.
These PDA particles capture pore-forming toxins such as those found in bee venom. Chen and Wang successfully discovered that the strong swimming mechanisms of their microfish actually enhanced the ability to clear up toxins,
The discovery, published online today in Nature Nanotechnology, details how Dr. Zheng and his research team created a new type of microbubble using a compound called porphyrin-a naturally occurring pigment in nature that harvests light.
in agriculture, without the occurrence of any symptoms researchers can still detect if pathogens are present.
Similarly, in agriculture, without the occurrence of any symptoms researchers can still detect if pathogens are present.
a unit in the University of Florida Institute of food and agricultural sciences. hey have opened a new era in delivery of pesticides through the development of micro and nanosize controlled release systems.
chemical industry, mining, agriculture & husbandry, automotive, and power plant. In 2014, the oil & fuel application was the largest segment of the global tank level monitoring application market,
%The agriculture & husbandry was the fastest-growing application of the market, and is projected to grow with a CAGR of 7. 6%from 2015 to 2020.
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
a plant found in most UK gardens and used as a model plant in scientific investigation.
Tomatoes are a high yielding crop--producing up to 500 tonnes per hectare in countries delivering the highest yields (FAOSTAT 2013)
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
Today, however, no rational young scientist interested in molecular techniques of crop breeding would choose a base in Continental Europe.
Imports are preferred to European crops partly because biotech traits make them cheaper. Yet these same traits such as herbicide tolerance and insect resistance are barred now widely from domestic use.
It will not be able to reduce fungicide applications by adopting genetically modified blight-resistant potatoes;
since it won allow genetically modified insect-resistant crops to be grown. The data is clear:
Shielded from the winds of change behind a $50 billion wall of subsidies thanks to the European union Common agricultural policy, farmers in Europe can,
But a 2011 survey estimated that European farmersfailure to adopt G. M. crops had resulted in lost revenue of between 500 million and one billion euros per year.
Russia has proclaimed proudly a prohibition on G. M. O. crops. So has Zimbabwe where anti-Western conspiracy theories about biotech companies have become part of the ruling party ideology.
I was interrupted by an organic farmer who said he was determined never to grow biotech crops. His grounds?
Yet from drought tolerant maize to virus-resistant cassava, many biotech traits are being developed that could quickly improve the livelihoods of poorer African farmers.
because cassava crops were wiped out by brown-streak disease. That was particularly painful because in neighboring Uganda
I had visited recently trial plots of genetically modified cassava that demonstrated complete resistance to the virus. The faces of the hungry children come to mind every time I hear European politicians boast about their country G. M. O. ban
"If you know you are producing a crop that is not tolerated well by people, then it's the right thing to do,
and will tap into a Kansas wheat variety repository that dates back to the 1900s in hopes of finding a variety perhaps one that fell out of favour among commercial farmers that might already be low in reactivity for celiac sufferers.
they created an easy way to tweak the genetic information in a cell nucleus. This has implications for medicine and agriculture.
for creating new strains of crops and livestock. Indeed, because, like CRISPR-Cas9 it does not involve taking genes from one organism
nearly two-thirds of the company total greenhouse gas emissions occur upstream of its direct operations. e know our greatest impact is outside our four walls particularly in agriculture,
and soil quality in an effort to establish more climate resilient farms. In addition to broadening existing partnerships with organizations like Field to Market, the Innovation Center for US Dairy and others, the company has outlined four specific actions to help fulfill its climate commitment over the next 10 years,
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
a plant found in most UK gardens and used as a model plant in scientific investigation.
Tomatoes are a high yielding crop--producing up to 500 tonnes per hectare in countries delivering the highest yields (FAOSTAT 2013)
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discovered the gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana, known as Pitjuri to indigenous Aboriginals tribes.
"Professor Waterhouse, a molecular geneticist with QUT's Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, said scientists could use this discovery to investigate other niche
'nude'versions of crop plants could also speed up agricultural research, "he said. Professor Waterhouse said the fact that the N. benthamiana variety from central Australia had doubled its seed size also opened the door for investigations into how N. benthamiana could be used commercially as a biofactory,
The proof-of-concept device looks a bit like a thick, plastic, pie-shaped honeycomb split into dozens of slices.
While the honeycomb openings may all look the same, their depth varies from hole to hole. he cavities behave like soda bottles
what we know about the domestication of the crop. his latest genomic information and the potential to introduce as yet unused wild barley traits may offer great new potential in our barley breeding programs,
or retains it in the ear. he Japanese geneticists found that the cell walls were much thinner in brittle crop and much thicker in non-brittle crop.
Team Ahaar developed an automated refrigeration truck to reduce postharvest waste. First place went to team Innovision from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh who won $10,
including the sugar in maize and sugarcane. Fermentation turns the sugar into lactic acid which in turn is a building block for polylactic acid.
several regions will likely see yield losses for heat-sensitive commodity crops like cotton and corn, with potentially high economic costs,
#Medical marijuana Sparks New Technology The emerging cannabis industry has created not only thousands of new jobs, it has also given birth to a new technology niche.
Not unlike the other commodities exchange, this platform will allow cannabis farmers to lock in prices for their crops
Some of the kiosks actually dispense medical marijuana, while others are strictly banking related. The banking transaction works in coordination with the seed to sale software so that the product and purchase match up.
With 23 states legalizing medical marijuana and more to follow, these businesses hope that by getting in on the ground floor,
According to the TEEP selection committee, the winning business plans represented a multitude of value adding sectors ranging from agriculture to Information and Communications technology (ICT), education and fashion.
Georgia Tech says that its algorithm for controlling large teams of robots could be used in areas such as manufacturing, agriculture,
farmers could send machines into their fields to inspect the crops, said Georgia Tech doctoral candidate Yancy Diaz-Mercado,
#Astronauts chow down on space harvest for the first time The International space station (ISS) was the scene of an historic lunch this week with the crew members of Expedition 44 dining on the first meal harvested in space.
while the green gives the crops a less alien appearance. The seeds themselves are embedded in rooting"pillows"that take the place of soil for root growth and retaining water.
The main purpose of Veg-01 is to test technology that may one day allow astronauts to grow gardens aboard spaceships
However, a carefully selected crop of plants can cut the supply list by recycling air and waste to produce fresh air, water,
such as gardening, combined with the presence of growing plants and periodic fresh food can be a surprisingly effective morale boost
A first crop was grown in May of 2014 over a 33 day period, but these were preserved
The second crop was started on July 8 and also harvested after 33 days. One reason the portions for Monday's meal were so small is that half of the tiny crop
along with their root pillows were bagged and preserved for later transportation to Earth, where they will be subjected to scientific analysis. According to NASA,
but the results from the first crop have been positive. The hope is that the experiment will help scientists to gain a better understanding of how to grow plants in a completely artificial environment.
University of Toronto scientists have developed asymmetrical honeycomb-shaped 2d meshes of protein scaffolding that stick together like Velcro
The Harvest phone case grabs the power your phone wastes and puts it back into the battery.
The Harvest case is able to stretch your battery life by nearly a third. Nikola Labswill Zell explains in the video below how the phone case is able to turn radio waves into electricity.
1 billion of these nanomagnets were placed in a honeycomb pattern on a flat substrate. In total
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
a plant found in most UK gardens and used as a model plant in scientific investigation.
Tomatoes are a high yielding crop--producing up to 500 tons per hectare in countries delivering the highest yields (FAOSTAT 2013)
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
a plant found in most UK gardens and used as a model plant in scientific investigation.
Tomatoes are a high yielding crop--producing up to 500 tons per hectare in countries delivering the highest yields (FAOSTAT 2013)
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
With international interest on whether the subcritical method would also work on cassava (the starchy root of a tropical tree),
the way poppy crops are--allowing millions of people around the world who do not have sufficient access to painkilling drugs to get the medications they need.
and help farmers survey their crops more quickly these flying robots have stirred up quite a few problems in recent months.
#Solar Sunflower technology harnesses the power of 5, 000 suns The latest in solar power comes to us from Swiss inventors working for Airlight Energy, Dsolar (a subsidiary of Airlight),
It's called the Solar Sunflower, and like its namesake, it tracks the sun and cools itself by pumping water through its veins like a plant.
Aside from its aesthetically-pleasing design, the Solar Sunflower also makes use of some innovative technology.
the Solar Sunflower incorporates these technologies in a novel way that represents a few ingenious engineering breakthroughs.
According to Gianluca Ambrosetti, Airlight's head of research, the Solar Sunflower's reflectors concentrate the sun"to about 5, 000 suns."
and dealing with those high temperatures is how the Solar Sunflower really sets itself apart. Photovoltaic cells used by the Sunflower have a max operating temperature of around 105 degrees Celsius,
which is significantly less than the melting temperature of iron, let alone the heat of 5, 000 suns.
To counteract this, the Sunflower makes use of a hot water cooling system invented by the project's IBM collaborators.
The real obstacle to the implementation of the Solar Sunflower is its cost. Its gallium arsenide photovoltaic cells
At the very least, the Solar Sunflower adds to the list of highly-efficient alternatives to nonrenewables now available to consumers s
They can use solar power or harvest energy from a beam of light. The patent does not mention batteries so these contacts have to constantly generate power.
a layered form of carbon atoms constructed to resemble honeycomb, called graphene. Graphene was heralded globally as a wonder-material thanks to the work of two British scientists who won the Nobel prize for Physics for their research on it.
In Longchamp's experiment, the tobacco mosaic virions were deposited on a freestanding, ultraclean graphene, an atomically thin layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice.
Now, a team of experimentalists led by the Department of energy's Oak ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated an energy-efficient desalination technology that uses a porous membrane made of strong, slim graphene--a carbon honeycomb one atom thick.
Ever since graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, was created first in 2004,
plant the right crop in the right place (Nanowerk News) Corn, wheat and rapeseed can be used to produce biofuels, such as bioethanol and biodiesel.
According to recent findings by environmental scientists at Radboud University, the location of the agricultural lands used to grow these biofuel crops has a major impact on the greenhouse gas emission they ultimately produce.
The study that arrived at this conclusion is due to be published By nature Climate change("Greenhouse gas payback times for crop-based biofuels".
"This figure shows the duration of the payback times for greenhouse gases produced by corn-based bioethanol per intensively farmed crop location,
While intensive crop farming results in greater greenhouse gas emission, it also increases the yields of crops used to produce biofuels and,
To increase production of biofuels from crops, such as corn and wheat, natural areas need to make way for agricultural land.
The initial result of this is an increase in greenhouse gas emission. Using a global model, Pieter Elshout and fellow environmental scientists at Radboud University have demonstrated how long it takes for the advantages that biofuels offer over fossil fuels to earn a return on this initial emission On the global scale,
per extensively farmed crop location, i e. where fertilizers and irrigation are used not. While extensive crop farming reduces greenhouse gas emission,
it also yields smaller crops for producing biofuels. From Western europe to the tropics Elshout, a Phd candidate at Radboud University, explains:
Nineteen years sounds like a long time, but in farming terms, its not all that long.
spatially-explicit overview of biogenic gas emission resulting from crops used to produce biofuels. In developing this model,
as well as biodiesel from soybeans and rapeseed. Food for discussion These results will contribute an angle of nuance to the current debate on biofuels in The netherlands.
which is relevant in manufacturing, agriculture and disaster areas.""It's not possible for a person to control a thousand
"In the future, farmers could send machines into their fields to inspect the crops, "said Georgia Tech Ph d. candidate Yancy Diaz-Mercado."
Graphene is a single atomic-thick sheet of honeycomb carbon lattice, with unique electronic and optical properties,
a layered form of carbon atoms constructed to resemble honeycomb, called graphene. Graphene was heralded globally as a wonder-material thanks to the work of two British scientists who won the Nobel prize for Physics for their research on it.
but rather of silicon nanopillars that are arranged precisely into a honeycomb pattern to create a"metasurface"that can control the paths and properties of passing light waves.
A honeycomb pattern is overlaid on the left image. While the same goal can be achieved using an arrangement of multiple conventional optical components such as glass lenses, prisms, spatial light modulators, polarizers,
Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discovered the gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana, known as Pitjuri to indigenous Aboriginals tribes.
"Professor Waterhouse, a molecular geneticist with QUT's Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, said scientists could use this discovery to investigate other niche
'nude'versions of crop plants could also speed up agricultural research, "he said. Professor Waterhouse said the fact that the N. benthamiana variety from central Australia had doubled its seed size also opened the door for investigations into how N. benthamiana could be used commercially as a biofactory,
eating fresh vegetables, using a knife to cut meat, swimming, and drinking soda and champagne. couldn believe how much I had missed the flavours and textures of a juicy steak,
which is found in the garden weed thale cress. The researchers said when they introduced the proteins to the tomatoes they acted like opening a tap to boost levels of a group of antioxidants called phenylpropanoids
(which makes water unusable for crops and for drinking), the team also applied UV LIGHT to disinfect some of the water as it passed through the system.
But each GENESI node and sensor includes a miniature wind turbine that harvests energy from passing trains.
even those who grow crops with relatively low water needs like wine grapes are feeling the pinch.
Using the technique, the farm yields both fishes and plants for harvest. Vertical farming takes its name from growing plants on top of each other, often on tall racks indoors.
These rooms are controlled climate to conditions that maximize the growth and yield of crop. A major advantage of vertical farming is the sips of water it needs.
baby cabbage and microgreens with up to 15 times as many crop cycles a year compared to traditional farming.
and agricultural development truly be called a forest? Not so much, say researchers studying the growing, global problem of forest fragmentation.
whereas ex-lorry driver Lane was busy in his garden shed in Coleford, Gloucestershire. The radio enthusiast had spent several weeks trying to make contact with the space station after learning it was due to pass over his house."
and they formed a tight honeycomb pattern, covering an area of 5 x 5 mm.
but also their arrangement in the honeycomb structure, so they can investigate the possibility of new states of matter."
-because there are existing machines that do this pretty well-the Carbon Engineering'direct air capture plant'will deal with everyday carbon emissions from buildings, transportation, and agriculture."
which is in both the College of Agriculture and Life sciences and the College of Engineering.
the Virginia Tech team used dirty biomass--the husks and stalks of corn plants--to create their fuel.
"In natural photosynthesis, leaves harvest solar energy and carbon dioxide is reduced and combined with water for the synthesis of molecular products that form biomass,
"In our system, nanowires harvest solar energy and deliver electrons to bacteria, where carbon dioxide is reduced and combined with water for the synthesis of a variety of targeted, value-added chemical products."
"We may also apply this to agriculture for predicting crop yield, drought condition, or insect outbreak."
a new material that can improve soil properties and increase crop yields. The results of the research group of Valuation of resources from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid suggest an optimal solution to manage the manure from chicken and cattle.
is an organic fertilizer that applied in soils and not only has positive effects on crop yields, but also represents a significant reduction of CO2 EMISSIONS compared to the direct application of manure waste on soils.
Waste production either from urban, industrial or agricultural source, is a major environmental problem in our society.
and Mining engineering and Agricultural production of UPM shows that the biochar produced from manure of cattle,
pigs and chicken is an organic fertilizer with a high content of nutrients, stabilized organic material and high values of cation exchange capacity.
These results give evidence of the positive effects of using biochar as a fertilizer on soils for better crop yields.
the results show that the pyrolysis of manure waste has other additional environmental benefits such as reduced soil nutrient leaching and less waste volume, removal of odor and pathogens of the original material.
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