Building on existing geolocation technologies, future swath control could save on seed, minerals, fertilizer and herbicides by reducing overlapping inputs.
planting, irrigation, etc. Scientifically viable in 2018; mainstream in 2020; and financially viable in 2021.
Precision agriculture: Farming management based on observing (and responding to) intra-field variations. With satellite imagery and advanced sensors, farmers can optimize returns on inputs while preserving resources at ever larger scales.
Vertical farming: A natural extension of urban agriculture, vertical farms would cultivate plant or animal life within dedicated
or mixed-use skyscrapers in urban settings. Using techniques similar to glass houses, vertical farms could augment natural light using energy-efficient lighting.
The advantages are numerous, including year-round crop production, protection from weather, support urban food autonomy and reduced transport costs.
and might be used more often in U s. agriculture Doug also discussed the success of conventional corn breeders who have increased drought tolerance at a steady pace of 1 percent per year over decades.
#Precision farming Gains Global Foothold (Op-Ed) Lloyd Treinish leads the environmental science team in the Industry Solutions Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research center.
A co-developer of IBM's Deep Thunder precision agriculture system he contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
Fueling better farming is a practice known as precision agriculture which uses extensive data from a farmer's field
Precision agriculture can help farmers from Brunei to Brazil pinpoint the best time for harvesting to mitigate crop damage and loss;
Precision agriculture helps address that problem by improving weather forecasting and modeling and localizing it even within a particular farm.
At IBM we developed a precision agriculture weather-modeling service using Deep Thunder our Big data analytics technology for local customized high-resolution and rapid weather predictions.
For instance many farmers are now using methods like flow-through irrigation drip irrigation micro-sprinklers and more efficient use of groundwater to increase yields.
While the days of farmers using the divining rod to find water are passed long since many farmers especially in developing countries still rely too much on guesswork in making planting irrigation and harvesting decisions.
Graywater was used for irrigation, natural ash replaced half the foundation cement (production of which produces five percent of global CO2 EMISSIONS),
which will be freely available online to find out how much fertilizer, and of what type, his or her land needs.
a plant pathologist at Costa rica s Tropical Agricultural research and Higher education Center, based in San jos#.#But changes to management practices had brought the disease mostly under control."
The outbreak may have taken hold because of patchy use and effectiveness of fungicides. Nigel Cattlin/FLPAHEMILEIA vastatrix rusts the leaves of coffee plants.
has meant that fewer than 10%of plants now need to be treated with fungicide, down from 60%four years ago,
but breeding such mice is an expensive time-consuming process. Now MIT researchers have found an alternative:
so it can be used for irrigation, equipment washing, and other things. The system can treat 10,000 to 1 million gallons of wastewater daily.
for the agricultural industry. arth as a spaceshipecovolt is valuable today as a solution to Earth water issues.
pesticides, fungal infections, or exposure to bacterial toxins. They are also working on incorporating electronic nanomaterials, such as graphene, into plants. ight now,
Some team members will travel to India this spring to work on ongoing projects including a rainwater harvesting system
which include pesticides and endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA) with existing methods is often expensive and time-consuming.
and pesticides that are all present in the same sample, and we can do this in one step. nd the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
banned for use as a pesticide in the U s . since 1972 but still widely used in other parts of the world,
Due to the excessive use of fertilizers, our groundwater is contaminated with nitrates, which pose a problem
if biochar a byproduct of the a process that converts plants materials into biofuel could be used in place of expensive activated carbon to make electrodes for supercapacitors.
and the biochar nanoparticles can create an extremely large surface area which can then hold more charge.
He deposits the biochar on a substrate using a patent-pending electrochemical process he developed
Through this project Fan developed a faster way of treating the biochar particles using a new technology called plasma activation.
The plasma treatment activates the biochar in five minutes and at room temperature Fan explained. Conventional chemical activation takes several hours to complete
The technique that treats biochar electrodes for supercapacitors can also be used in making displays explained Fan who was a research scientist at Wintek more than 10 years ago.
As a result the mosquitoes were more prone to insecticides as they no longer had a sufficient amount of chitin for a normal functioning protective shell.
If the production of chitin can be reduced further the insects can be killed without using any toxic insecticides.
Even though metal nanoparticles are used variously in industrial, pharmaceutical and agricultural (fertilizer) applications as a catalyst, toxic liquids such as toluene and hexane are used usually as solvents in the carbon-carbon
The modified olive fruit flies may have other unwanted genetic traits such as pesticide resistance that they'll spread among wild flies Wallace said.
Oxitec officials say genetically modified olive fruit flies would reduce the need for pesticides which is good for the environment.
The deadly genes should only work in flies unlike pesticides which affect many insect species including ones people may be interested in protecting such as pollinators a
and when it encountered pesticides and mercury. Next the researchers plan to try to answer questions such as how many pregnancies a female has had
His team has shown that the population of Adelie penguins breeding on nearby islands dropped 30 percent over the last three decades a decline related to a suite of environmental changes such as less summer sea ice less krill
which there s almost no recoveryâ#he says. â##We would miss a group of first year breeders or young birds
but fertilizer and pesticide use will more than double. To feed a hungry growing world agricultural ecologists need to know who will be eating more meat and where.#
He's planning to adapt his model to predict the movement of plant pathogens which could help farmers preemptively protect their crops by describing where to strategically deploy pesticides.
New pesticides called neonicotinoids which are implanted directly into plants might be to blame but nothing's definitive the New york times reports.
It is GMO CROPS watch the documentary on Netflix or go to rt. com Brainless Americans you are the reasons corporations have taken over our government
and the supreme court and Obama just signed a bill protecting monsanto and GMO CROPS. I bet you watch fox news
It's going great. the problem is bayer's neonicotinoid pesticides they accumulate in the plants
Their pesticides are the biggest pest the world has seen ever. Start to look when the bees population started it's decline
and compare it with the pesticides that gained market share since that time. Then only look how that is linked to MONSANTO.
Like building giant greenhouses to grow food on to help take some strain off earth's resources.
Like building giant greenhouses to grow food on to help take some strain off earth's resources...
We would have to launch water CO2 soil chemical fertilizers the materials to construct the greenhouses
Some of the digestate can be used as fertilizer, but then you have to make sure you have customers for fertilizers nearby (i e.,
, farmers. Anaerobic digestion is considered also a less favored way of dealing with excess food. From an environmental standpoint, it's better to chop food up into deli salad,
Overall automotive patents make up around one third of the total not including other types of vehicles such as trucks buses agricultural machinery aircraft and aerospace/defence.
As workers in Japan agricultural industry age it is becoming more difficult to obtain safe and delicious vegetables through traditional farming techniques.
#Tiny ant takes on pesticide industry Few people like antshey bite and overrun kitchen counters.
%Curious whether weaver ants might be effective alternatives to pesticides in other situations and eager to see
a practice long forgotten with the invention of chemical pesticides. But now, two European companies are considering how to provide weaver ant nests to farmers,
#Crystal breeding factory uncovered A breakthrough in understanding the way in which crystals develop will have a major impact for the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries.
Lancaster University chemists in collaboration with international colleagues have uncovered a'Crystal Nuclei Breeding Factory'which, they say,
almost as if'breeding'is taking place. How this happens has never been understood. It's been a big question
and Professor Lennart Lindfors, of Astrazeneca, Sweden, have mapped out'in diagram format the actual movements made by chemical molecules on their breeding journey using computer simulations.
Professor Kobayashi says"This new technology can be applied to not only other gamma aminobutyric-acids acids and medicines but also various chemicals such as flavors, agricultural chemicals,
As an open access tool, researchers and crop breeders can submit their own data to Polymarker
The agriculture industry has sprouted historically large public corporations, and Agtech, still in its infancy, should be no different b
drinking water reservoirs, quarry lakes, irrigation canals, remediation and tailing ponds, and hydro electric dam reservoirs.
and combined to prevent the spread of agricultural chemicals and to capture toxic substances in liquids.
To prevent pesticides from harming the environment Frey and her students have encapsulated pesticides into biodegradable nanofibers.
This keeps them intact until needed or makes sure they do not wash away from the plants they protect.
the pesticide and polylactic acid a polymer derived from corn. The materials are derived biodegradable and from renewable resources. he chemical is protected,
and preventing agricultural chemical release into the environment, these nanofibers just might save a life, she said o
#Novel Nano-Dispenser Systems Uses Less Insecticide to Kill Citrus Greening Bugs Researchers with the University of Florida and several other institutions have found a way in laboratory tests to use
200 times less insecticide and yet still kill as many insects that carry the devastating citrus greening bacterium.
a standard insecticide used in the industry to kill the Asian citrus psyllid, among many other pests.
Using less insecticide could mean saving tens of thousands of dollars for small growers, a make-or-break figure for those who are struggling with stunted production and less or no profit due to the disease. uring the past 15 years,
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.
Using insecticides is one of the few ways farmers currently have to treat their groves for greening, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB.
Although current methods to control the spread of citrus greening are limited to the removal and destruction of infected trees and insecticide-based management of psyllid populations
Researchers also said that less insecticide could have beneficial environmental impacts. Further field tests are necessary to see how the nano-dispensers perform in sunlight
Even though hydrogen-fuelled airliners would not emit greenhouse-increasing gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur oxides or soot like today subsonic airplanes,
These pollutants, including pesticides and endocrine disruptors like bisphenol A, fight hard against natural degradation
this piece argues how banning the cultivation of genetically modified crops in certain European countries will a chilling affect on scientific innovation in that part of the world.
Beginning with Scotland prohibition on domestic genetically modified crop cultivation on Aug 9, Europe scientists and farmers watched with mounting dismay as other countries followed suit.
Today, however, no rational young scientist interested in molecular techniques of crop breeding would choose a base in Continental Europe.
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;
nor can it cut down on insecticide sprays, since it won allow genetically modified insect-resistant crops to be grown.
One study found that G. M. O. cultivation has led to a 40 percent reduction in insecticide spraying worldwide.
Plant and animal breeders may find it useful, too, for creating new strains of crops and livestock.
Monsanto, a plant-breeding and agrochemicals firm, has gone on record as saying that it is reluctant to employ CRISPR-Cas9 widely until it understands the intellectual property concerned.
clean water to be used for plant processes and solid-based fertilizer. The electric power needed to run the digester
'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,
or herbicides, just photosynthesizing can be deadly. Even in the absence of any of these assaults
which consisted on leaves of"Outredgeous"red romaine lettuce grown in NASA's"Veggie"zero-gravity greenhouse,
"The Veg-01 experiment sees plants grown in zero gravity in a plastic greenhouse that consists of a collapsible plastic tent with a controllable atmosphere that is lit by red, blue,
In recent years, vertical farming has attracted a great deal of interest from environmentalists, architects, and urban planners. Such farms would use a similar artificial lighting
In addition to the greenhouse the experiment also included two sets of growing pillows with romaine lettuce seeds and one with zinnias.
and steric properties of various organic molecules, including biologically active compounds such as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals,
"We hope that this reaction would be applicable for making useful para-intermediates that would lead to the rapid discovery and optimization of lead compounds in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and materials industry
As an insecticide it is effective against ticks, mosquitoes or bedbugs. In the medical field, the substance has shown activity against cancer cell lines.
i e. where fertilizers and irrigation are used. While intensive crop farming results in greater greenhouse gas emission, it also increases the yields of crops used to produce biofuels and,
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.
or crop management (i e. the amount of fertilizers and irrigation used). First global-scale model Our model, Elshout continues,
our calculations of the durations of payback times took account of the entire production chain for fossil fuels and biofuels with the accompanying greenhouse emissions.
'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,
First, the laser pulse ploughs through a plasma consisting of positively charged atomic cores and their electrons like a ship through water, producing a wake of oscillating electrons.
The winners of the $125, 000 first prize were a group from MIT and Jain Irrigation systems.
And while the Internet of things has brought a number of water-conscious smart irrigation products into the agricultural market,
and creating Arduino-based irrigation valves, water pressure sensors and data loggers for controlling and monitoring the vineyard irrigation system.
In prototype stage is networked a, solar-powered sensor reading station that can report Vinduino sensor data via the Thingspeak platform.
and feed it back to the irrigation valves closing the loop on fully automated watering.
#Behind the Walls of the Largest Indoor farm in North america Farmedhere is the largest indoor vertical farm in the United states,
Farmedhere, located in Chicago, raises its plants with a technique called aquaponics. Plants grow without soil,
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. Farmedhere for example, uses just 3 percent of water traditional farming methods might use.
pesticides are unnecessary while the LED LIGHTS make sure there is enough unlightall-year round. Their website reads:
Farmedhere produce is grown indoors in urban facilities, away from the bugs, diseases, pesticides, and weather that impact most produce today.
PSFK has reported previously on vertical farming on the opposite side of the world. Most of which are developed in countries where abandoned tech megafactories are finding a new purpose in vertical farming.
Another startup in Japan is planning to build a fully automated vertical farm l
#Amazon Wants to Bring Augmented Reality to the Streaming Services Game With its recently-published patent for AR smart glasses,
the Internet giant introduces a new, disruptive element to watching video There no doubt as to the potential for augmented reality to change how we interact with our future world.
but alone they won't be enough to curb greenhouse emissions given the projected rise in demand for cars globally
The researchers combined expertise in oceanography, chemical engineering, agricultural engineering and biosystems engineering to come up with the solution
all the water you can see pouring out in the video isn't being wasted-it's being fed straight back into the system for irrigation, drinking water, swimming pools,
if it is suitable to use as fertilizer or manufacture construction materials. Subsequently, the water is conducted to a clarifier tank, to sediment the excess charge of dissolved elements;
#Biochar from manure waste enhances soils Researchers at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have obtained biochar using manure waste,
Biochar, a material obtained after thermal treatment of this waste through pyrolysis, is an organic fertilizer that applied in soils
This waste contains fertilizers, and its production has increased over the last years because of intensive farming and has been used traditionally in soils as an organic amendment.
It is highlighted the thermal treatment through pyrolysis for large scale production of biochar or biocarbon that can be defined as a carbonaceous material obtained through thermal treatment of biomass at low temperatures and under inert atmosphere.
and Mining engineering and Agricultural production of UPM shows that the biochar produced from manure of cattle,
These results give evidence of the positive effects of using biochar as a fertilizer on soils for better crop yields.
--and harnessing their potential for the breeding and production of crop plants,"says Brigitte Poppenberger r
and all had access to surface water for irrigation and land. The intervention, titled Shamba Maisha, Swahili for"Farm Life,"had three components.
and supplies along with manual irrigation pumps designed by Kickstart, a nonprofit organization that develops and markets new technologies that are used to establish new small businesses."
and irrigation for agriculture to the prevention of icing and frosting on aircraft wings.""This represents a fundamentally new concept in engineered surfaces,
and one as an herbicide--and another one is now in clinical trials to treat malaria,
Sequencing the genome of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) will help breeders develop varieties of cotton that are equipped better to combat the pests,
and breeders in the years ahead develop cotton varieties with improved fiber qualities, higher yields and more tolerance to heat, drought and diseases anticipated due to climate change.
more sugar-filled seeds such as maize kernels were more attractive to human cultivators, due to their nutritive value and their ability to produce sturdier seedlings.
and breeders. ur work indicates that SWEET4 could be a promising target for engineering varieties of maize,
The remaining solid is applied as a fertilizer on the fields in the vicinity. It is our vision for the future that such plants in the urban area are served by tank vehicles
There the organic wastes are converted into biogas and fertilizer within a period of one month. Via a pipeline system the gas is passed directly on to the gas stoves of the neighboring houses.
and used as a fertilizer. At first we had to work hard to convince the population Fuchs says.
and to lower environmental impact since this fertilizing system represents an alternative to the mineral fertilizers used so far.
This method can help increase crop yields its application is similar to use a fertilizer but having better results
and without the contamination issues than can produce the mineral fertilizers. Thus its application in agriculture horticulture forestry plants ornamental plants or any other plant with commercial interest would represent a significant environmental and economic saving.
and create biochar a highly porous charcoal said project principal investigator Karl Linden professor of environmental engineering.
The biochar has a one-two punch in that it can be used to both increase crop yields
Biochar is a valuable material said Linden. It has good water holding capacity and it can be used in agricultural areas to hold in nutrients
A soil mixture containing 10 percent biochar can hold up to 50 percent more water and increase the availability of plant nutrients he said.
Additionally the biochar can be burned as charcoal and provides energy comparable to that of commercial charcoal.
Sensor-based irrigation systems show potential to increase greenhouse profitability Wireless sensor-based irrigation systems can offer significant benefits to greenhouse operators.
Advances in sensor technology and increased understanding of plant physiology have made it possible for greenhouse growers to use water content sensors to accurately determine irrigation timing and application rates in soilless substrates.
and can save irrigation water labor energy and fertilizer. The authors of a report published in Horttechnology said that the use of sensor-based irrigation technology can also accelerate container and greenhouse plant production time.
Erik Lichtenberg John Majsztrik and Monica Saavoss reported on a study they designed to determine an optimal formula for ascertaining the true profitability of precision irrigation systems.
Sensor-based irrigation systems substitute capital for water and associated inputs such as energy labor and fertilizer the authors explained.
When benefits and costs accrue at different points in time calculating profit --or indeed comparing them in any way--requires putting benefits and costs on a common time footing.
The scientists found that controlling irrigation using data from moisture sensors led to substantial reductions in both production time and crop losses.
even if efficiency gains are not as high as those in the study controlling irrigation using wireless sensor systems is likely to increase profitability substantially.
and provide feedback at a conference organized by Jain Irrigation, Inc.,a company based in Jalgaon, India.
-or right-handed form may have a multitude of practical applications, potentially leading to new and improved drugs, diagnosis methods, and pesticides.
The breakthrough could be important in developing effective molecules for use in a wide range of industries everything from the development of safer new drugs and disease diagnosis to less toxic pesticides.
which include pesticides and endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA) with existing methods is often expensive and time-consuming.
and pesticides that are all present in the same sample, and we can do this in one step. nd the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
banned for use as a pesticide in the U s . since 1972 but still widely used in other parts of the world,
#Argentine greenhouse robot brings automation to the masses BUENOS AIRES--The new Trakür agricultural robot does not have the brains, firepower or complexity of one of the Transformers,
is the fruit of a three-year program undertaken by Argentina's state-run National Institute of Agricultural technology (INTA,
for its Spanish initials) to promote automation in Argentine greenhouse agrobusiness. Designed to apply pesticides in greenhouses,
the Trakür is meant to increase production of vegetables and flowers while protecting farm workers--who in the past would apply pesticides by hand--from the toxicity of the chemicals."
"When one applies these chemicals in a confined environment like a greenhouse, one likelihood of intoxication increases notably,
"said project coordinator Gerardo Masiá. In an economy as heavily dependent on agriculture as Argentina's, boosting production
Greenhouse robots are generally small wheeled vehicles that carry a tank of pesticide, a sprayer to distribute the liquid,
and the amount of remaining chemical to a computer outside the greenhouse, where an operator directs the Trakür virtually.
which is selling technology that its founder first put to the test in Turkish greenhouses,
-or solar-powered sensors that are distributed in a greenhouse or field. These sensors connect to backend servers that process the data collected,
since about 2005 in hundred of installations in Turkey focused on growing greenhouse tomatoes. Those systems were sold by Climateminder's predecessor corporation,
Because it s more efficient the new photosynthesis method could also cut the amount of fertilizer
Only then can extensive field testing begin along with the regulatory process for genetically modified crops. The approach will likely be limited at first to a few plants that researchers are particularly good at genetically modifying such as potatoes tomatoes eggplant and peppers.
#A Nimble-Wheeled Farm Robot Goes to Work in Minnesota This summer a Minnesota startup began deploying an autonomous robot that rolls between corn plants spraying crop fertilizer.
The robot applies fertilizer while the plant is rapidly growing and needs it most. This eliminates the need for using tractors,
and reduces the amount of fertilizer needed earlier in the season, says Kent Cavender-Bares, CEO of the company, Rowbot.
Further, by reducing the fertilizer, the robot reduces the amount of nitrogen that can end up polluting waterways after rainstorms.
Although such fields could also be fertilized at any time via irrigation, only about 15 percent of U s. cornfields are irrigated.
at a charge of $10 per acre plus the cost of fertilizer. Rowbot system is part of a technological revolution in farming that has gained momentum in recent years.
GPS-guided tractors routinely apply seed and fertilizer across large areas, and new airborne drones are providing farmers with high-resolution sensing ability (see gricultural Drones,
Schmitt says the ability to apply fertilizer at precise times and locations is ery critical.
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