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Double-stranded #RNA (dsRNA) #biopesticides sprayed on #plant foliage can travel systemically through plant tissues to reach root systems as intact molecules, overturning previous beliefs about their mobility.
#AgriculturalScience #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/agri02182601.html

RNAi-based biopesticides are an emerging technology representing a sustainable alternative to synthetic chemical-based crop protection strategies.

A water-based spruce #bark extract functions as a potent, eco-friendly #biocide that effectively replaces toxic synthetic chemicals used to control harmful #bacterial growth in industrial paper milling and #wastewater systems.
#Biotechnology #Microbiology #AgriculturalScience #EcoFriendly #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/btech02172601.html

A decoction made from spruce bark can replace toxic chemicals used to inhibit bacteria

A research initiative revealing a diverse, overlooked #ecosystem of 255 #insect species inhabiting the shoots of perennial grasses, demonstrating a complex web of herbivores and parasitoids often ignored by conventional #biodiversity studies.
#AgriculturalScience #Entomology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/agro02142601.html

Researchers identify 255 insect species in grasses neglected by grassland management

Researchers have established a novel line of #bovine #embryonic stem cells (#ESCs ) derived from the blastocyst stage that maintain a stable, formative pluripotent state.
#AgriculturalScience #AnimalScience #Biotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/agri02042601.html

Among the first labs in the world to develop bovine embryonic stem cells before, the UConn team’s work has distinct advantages

Total removal of livestock from upland grasslands reduces mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC), the most stable form of soil carbon, despite increasing fast-cycling carbon in vegetation.
#Ecology #SoilScience #AgriculturalScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eco02022601.html

Grasslands store around one-third of the world’s terrestrial carbon

#Agricultural Science is a broad, multidisciplinary field of #biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic, and social sciences used in the practice and understanding of agriculture.
#AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/cat01312601.html

Agricultural Science is not a singular discipline but a collection of specialized fields that work in concert to optimize the food supply chain.

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A comprehensive #European study reveals that 70% of soils are #contaminated with #pesticide residues, which significantly suppress beneficial soil organisms like #mycorrhizal #fungi and #nematodes , thereby impairing essential soil #biodiversity and function.
#Environmental #AgriculturalScience #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01282601.html

Seventy percent of the soils in Europe is contaminated with pesticides.

Long-term monitoring reveals that #forest #soils in south-western #Germany are increasingly extracting #methane from the atmosphere, contradicting previous international meta-analyses that predicted a climate-driven decline in this function.
#AgriculturalScience #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ags01282601.html

Forest soils play an important role in protecting our climate: they remove large quantities of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas