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Exploring sunn hemp and its numerous ecological benefits

Sunn hemp is a superhero in the plant world. And it is a powerful solution to many agricultural challenges related to degradation of natural resources and food security. The October 7th, 2021 Sustainable, Secure Food Blog explores more this plant that can grow in inhospitable environments yet still provide numerous ecological benefits.

11 Oct 2021

New research uncovers the secrets of healthy soil in greater detail

Soils, like people, can be healthy or unhealthy. We've recently learned how important the microbes inside our bodies are to human health. Likewise, soil health depends on a complex group of microbes. These bacteria and fungi recycle nutrients and prepare the soils to better support plants.

7 Oct 2021

Study provides insights on how the human gut microbiota resist cholera bacterium

Cholera is still an enormous problem. An acute diarrheal disease, there have been seven major pandemics in the last two hundred years. According to the WHO, cholera still kills up to 143,000 people each year and infects up to 4 million others, mostly in poor or underdeveloped countries.

4 Oct 2021

Microgreens can provide global nutrition security, study claims

Microgreens were grown years ago as high-value, fashionable gourmet greens.

From Penn State University 1 Oct 2021

Researchers explore the regulation of suberin in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plants modify the permeability of their roots to adapt to their nutritional needs. This takes place through the degradation or production of suberin.

27 Sep 2021

Scientists find two proteins that pair up to build lifelines to cancer cells

In human cancer cell and mouse studies, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a set of proteins work in tandem to build supply lines that deliver oxygen and nutrients to tumors, enabling them to survive and grow.

21 Sep 2021

New yeast-bacterium co-culture to synthesize plant hormones for weed control

Plants regulate their growth and development using hormones, including a group called strigolactones that prevent excessive budding and branching.

20 Sep 2021

Review provides a detailed summary of the biochemistry underlying ginsenoside production

Ginseng, a widely popular superfood, has long been used in traditional medicine. The health benefits of ginseng are largely attributed to compounds called ginsenosides, which are present in the roots, stems, and leaves of the plant. Ginsenosides are known to prevent inflammation, diabetes, and cancer, and can also help control blood cholesterol levels and reduce aging.

16 Sep 2021

Peanut consumption associated with reduced risk of ischemic stroke in Asian population

Asian men and women living in Japan who ate peanuts (on average 4-5 peanuts/day) had a lower risk of having an ischemic stroke or a cardiovascular disease event compared to those who did not eat peanuts, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

9 Sep 2021

Researchers develop a new method for monitoring organic pollutants using plants

Researchers at Kobe University's Biosignal Research Center have successfully developed plants that can be used to detect organic pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls and endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which contaminate soil and water.

9 Sep 2021

Study uncovers an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flaxseeds

A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University, Japan has become the first to successfully purify and identify an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flaxseeds.

6 Sep 2021

Review compares site-specific nutrient management approach with farmers' fertilization practice

Recently released in the Elsevier journal, Global Food Security, a team of scientists published the first comprehensive systematic review comparing the site-specific nutrient management approach to farmers' practice within smallholder cereal crop production systems in Asia and Africa.

3 Sep 2021

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into waterways and air, while maintaining or raising its productivity and grain quality, says a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

3 Sep 2021

Nutrients News and Research

Exploring sunn hemp and its numerous ecological benefits

New research uncovers the secrets of healthy soil in greater detail

Study provides insights on how the human gut microbiota resist cholera bacterium

Microgreens can provide global nutrition security, study claims

Researchers explore the regulation of suberin in Arabidopsis thaliana

Scientists find two proteins that pair up to build lifelines to cancer cells

New yeast-bacterium co-culture to synthesize plant hormones for weed control

Review provides a detailed summary of the biochemistry underlying ginsenoside production

Peanut consumption associated with reduced risk of ischemic stroke in Asian population

Researchers develop a new method for monitoring organic pollutants using plants

Study uncovers an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flaxseeds

Review compares site-specific nutrient management approach with farmers' fertilization practice

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

Transforming cow manure into an ecologically friendly biochar fertilizer

Study shows how microbial communities adapt to threats of soil acidification

Inexpensive, fast and accurate soil carbon measurements can help African farmers

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Study shows plants reuse secondary metabolites in primary metabolism

Study highlights the crucial role of food in regulating pathogen-related infections

Measuring nitrogen fixation in breeding programs for two common cover crops

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