Agricultural and Forestry Science

Nitrous Oxide Emissions Respond Differently to No-Till Depending on the Soil Type

The practice of no-till has increased considerably during the past 20 yr. The absence of tillage coupled with the accumulation of crop residues at the soil…

Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef

While much of the research focus has been on the energy value of the distiller's grains relative to the corn it replaces, recent questions have been posed on…

Biologists discover gene behind ‘plant sex mystery’

The discovery is reported in the journal Nature on 23 October 2008.Scientists already knew that flowering plants, unlike animals require not one, but two sperm…

Digesting the Termite Digestome – A Way to Make Biofuels?

In a review to be published in Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Scharf and his colleague Aurélien Tartar describe how the enzymes produced by both termites…

Herbicide-resistant grape could revitalize Midwest wine industry

“In 1946, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic or 2, 4-D was introduced. It was a wonder herbicide,” said Robert Skirvin, plant biologist in the College ofAgriculture,…

The new face of the sea

It shows one red curve and one blue one. He then indicates the point where they meet each other, then frowns and says the message he cannot repeat often…

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