Reuse of agricultural drainage water (DW) for irrigation is one of the few on-farm water management options available to growers on the west side of…
Thanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug — an emerging threat from India to Indonesia — is being identified and…
A study published in the latest issue of Environmental Geology now confirms that the major source of contamination in the upper part of the aquifer is of…
Biological products, known as biopesticides, can play a significant role in a more sustainable food chain as chemical pesticides are withdrawn due to…
In an article published Friday (Oct. 3) in the journal Science, Purdue University agricultural economist Otto Doering and a team of 22 other scientists write…
In the first research involving people, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry has proven its ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed both as juice and…
Combating soil erosion is a primary concern for agricultural producers in the United States, and many have incorporated conservation tillage systems in their…
The cost of worldwide crop losses due to plant diseases is estimated at $60 billion annually. Although there are no good estimates of the cost of plant viruses…
Over the last three decades, many Latin American coffee farmers have abandoned traditional shade-growing techniques, in which the plants are grown beneath a…
However, pig semen must be diluted and stored liquid, and the storage capacity is only a few days. The window of opportunity for insemination is also limited….
A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other…
Dr Mark Whittingham and colleagues from Newcastle University conducted bird surveys on arable farmland around two wind farms in the East Anglian fens. They…
The conference this Thursday and Friday (2 and 3 October 2008), entitled “Tough Choices – Land Use under a Changing Climate” will be attended by more than 80…
The latest findings of a University of Pittsburgh-based project to determine the environmental impact of routine pesticide use suggests that malathion—the most…
Publishing their findings in the open access journal BMC Veterinary Research, scientists have detected changes in the production and accumulation of the prion…
With reducing carbon emissions on the national agenda, a group of expert panelists will discuss methods, markets, testing and policy issues on how carbon sinks…
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