[email protected] Alcoholic fermentation is applied for leavened bread and alcoholic beverages. In this process sugars are converted into CO2 and ethyl alcohol. For this process we can use several yeasts but mostly we use saccharomyces genus species such as  S.carolsbergensis and S. cervisiae. We produce beer from barley. From barley …

A branch of science which deals with the study of soil is called edaphology              according to edaphology I will give you a little information about soil erosion by water. The phenomenon of soil particles removal, transportation and deposition elsewhere is called water erosion.   …

Variation in temperature: Ecologically temperature is very important factor which effect different physiological functions of plants and animals. Sun is the temperature main source. So on the Land temperature varies from one region to other i,e. Altitude, air humidity, changing season, day and night, distance from sea and ocean. According …

CHINA SLOWS DOWN APPROVAL OF GMO VARIETIES By Chuck Abbott 4/24/2017 Anna McConnell U.S. officials have prodded China repeatedly for a faster and more open system for deciding whether to approve the import of new GMO crop varieties. China approved only one strain last year, a soybean strain from Bayer’s …

SENTERA ROLLS EMERGENCE CAPABILITY OUT TO SELECT AGVAULT CUSTOMERS By Laurie Bedord 4/24/2017 Early and accurate plant estimates help agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers make replant decisions during the critical growth stages. Yet, producing accurate in-field emergence estimates early and efficiently is a challenge many in the industry face. The …

When Pluto Changed from a Fuzzy Dot into a Full-Fledged World A New Horizons team member recalls a transformative moment in planetary science By Tod R. Lauer on April 24, 2017 New Horizons look back at Pluto just 15 minutes after the probe’s closest approach. Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied …

Attack on raw milk farmers continues in Pennsylvania: Department of Agriculture now filing false claims about contamination Tuesday, September 03, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer Can you hear the jackboots marching in the distance? Some Pennsylvania farmers sure can, as they struggle to maintain their businesses and livelihoods in …

How animal agriculture impacts the environment Friday, March 13, 2015 by: Fleur Hupston Animal farming uses up an enormous amount of arable land, with 45% of the earth’s total dry land covered, as it were, in livestock. Eating a plant based diet, or eating meat only occasionally, can help to …

Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture sued for dumping hazardous pesticides into waterways Saturday, August 06, 2016 by: L.J. Devon, Staff Writer Back in May 2016, Earthjustice threatened to sue Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture for allowing hazardous pesticides to flow into waterways on the island of Kaua’i. After having the water samples …

India’s organic rice success story proves that GMOs are unnecessary Thursday, September 29, 2016 by: Daniel Barker One of the biggest – but most easily debunked – lies we’ve been told about GM agriculture is that the technology is necessary to feed a steadily increasing world population. Monsanto and other …