Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Change Globally, React Locally: Researchers Find African Farmers Need Better Climate Change Data to Improve Farming Practices

“Quantifying local people’s perceptions to climate change, and their assessments of which changes matter, is fundamental to addressing the dual challenge of…

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Animal Health Breakthrough: Research Uncovers Genetic Marker That Could Help Control, Eliminate PRRS Virus

Raymond “Bob” Rowland, a virologist and professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, was part of the collaborative effort that discovered a genetic…

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FISA: Key Insights into Germany’s Agricultural Research Projects

A comprehensive overview of current research projects is what Federal Government and Federal State authorities in Germany need for mid and long term research…

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Innovative IPM Strategies for Coffee Berry Borer Control

Infestations of this small beetle are difficult to combat; most of the insect's lifecycle is completed inside coffee berries, making insecticide penetration…

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Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions

The authors of Urban Forests of Tennessee, 2009 found there are 284 million trees in urban areas in the state, with canopies covering 33.7 percent of 1.6…

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New Technique Enhances Trophy Buck Age Determination

UVALDE – Researchers at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde have developed a more accurate technique than traditional methods for…

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Forest Growth Surges in Northern U.S., Outpacing Other Regions

U.S. Forest Service scientists today released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century despite a…

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Wellness Innovations at CIDRe: Advancing Dairy Cow Care

These are some of the questions that the new Center of Integrated Dairy Research (Zentrum für Integrierte Milchwirtschaftliche Forschung) or “CIDRe” for short…

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New Study Links Berry Consumption to Brain Health Benefits

Their new article on the value of eating berry fruits appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.In the article, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ph.D.,…

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15-Year-Study: When it Comes to Creating Wetlands, Mother Nature is in Charge

Mitsch, an environment and natural resources professor at Ohio State University, has led the effort to compare the behavior of two experimental marshes on…

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Floor of Oldest Forest Discovered in Schoharie County

“It was like discovering the botanical equivalent of dinosaur footprints,” said Dr. William Stein, associate professor of biological sciences at Binghamton…

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Pecan Weevil Biology: Effective Management and Control Strategies

In “Biology and Management of the Pecan Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae),” a new article appearing in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management, scientists…

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Tracking Pesticide Overuse: Insights from Agricultural Research

In many instances, pesticides are applied without scouting fields to see if they are needed, violating a bedrock principle of integrated pest management. The…

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Meeting biofuel production targets could change agricultural landscape

An alternative, according to a study in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, would be to convert 60 percent of existing rangeland to biofuels.W….

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Urban agriculture: Growing food in our cities

In issue 25 of Urban Agriculture Magazine – RUAF 10 years, IDRC program officer and urban agriculture (UA) specialist Luc Mougeot traces the achievements of…

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More grapes, less wrath: Hybrid antimicrobial protein protects grapevines from pathogen

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of California at Davis (UCD), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research…

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