The Science of Farming

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2010

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We dig into the science of farming this week with a look at how agriculture can adapt to a changing climate, how scientists are striving to produce a perfect pea and a new initiative to turn native African fruit trees into the next commercial blockbusters. In Kitchen Science we use chromatography to reveal the colours concealed in chlorophyll, and in this week's news round-up, a new way to finger criminals using the trail of bacteria they leave behind, combating cancer with synthetic lethality, and how scientists have turned mosquitoes into flying vaccinators... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists
0:10.0	Well on the naked scientists this week we've got two new ways to combat
0:17.1	cancer we're turning mosquitoes into flying vaccinators so every bite can become
0:22.3	beneficial and a promising new development in
0:25.0	the field of Alzheimer's. Scientists have found a way to prevent the plaques that cause
0:29.5	the disease in the first place from building up in the brain and we'll hear how very shortly
0:33.8	hello I'm Chris Smith welcome and also here this week is cat Arnie hello cat
0:38.6	hello cat. Hello thanks Chris this week we are digging into the scientific future of farming.
0:44.8	How will the farmers of the future feed a growing world population and how might climate change
0:49.7	affect things? We'll also be hearing how peas are getting a genetic makeover to boost their
0:54.5	productivity and their ability to improve the soil. Plus, how wild fruit trees in
0:59.7	Africa are turning into the next generation of big yielding commercial crops.
1:04.0	Thank you very much, Kat.
1:05.0	And on the subject of plants for this week's kitchen science, Ben and Dave will be showing you how you can
1:10.0	separate out all of the chemicals in chlorophyll. That's the green stuff that plants use
1:14.3	to harness the sun's energy. If you'd like to have a go and experiment alongside them, then
1:18.2	you're going to need some coffee filter paper, some leaves and also some nail varnish remover. I'm sure Dr. Cat has some of that
1:24.3	laying around. Meanwhile if you have a question for us then do get in touch.
1:27.2	It's Chris at the Naked Scientist.com.
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