These web-spinners extract the nutrients they need from leaves of more than a thousand different plant species, including bioenergy feedstocks and food…
An article published in the journal Forests says, however, that Pacific Northwest trees grown and harvested sustainably, such as every 45 years, can both…
The machine is the result of a cooperative research and development agreement involving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and Southeastern…
Angus Murphy, a professor of horticulture, and Wendy Peer, an assistant professor of horticulture, study the movement of auxin, a plant hormone essential for…
Human domestication of soybeans is thought to have first occurred in central China some 3,000 years ago, but archaeologists now suggest that cultures in even…
David Hollinger, a plant physiologist with the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research Station, co-authored the article with principal investigator Xuhui Lee,…
Farmer trainers should be selected based on their interest and ability to teach others rather than on their successes in implementing farming techniques, shows…
“This work should help policymakers reconsider the critical impact forests have on our daily lives and the potential they have to solve problems that confront…
As feed prices have risen in recent years, feeding turkeys has become more costly than many producers can bear. Satisfying turkeys' hunger accounts for 70…
There are concerns that fertilizers used on lawns may also contribute to these problems. All of the lawns in the United States cover an area almost as large as…
“Strategies to rebuild the soil, the foundation of all agricultural production, are essential to ensure that agricultural lands impacted by the floods are…
Odorous house ants – so called because they tend to invade houses and smell like coconut when smashed – have found their way to Hawaii. And, according to…
Nevertheless, crop sensors can select N rates for corn that outperform those chosen by farmers, according to more than 50 on-farm demonstration projects…
Kazakhstan extended its cereal acreage by five million hectares in the past ten years, doubled its added value in the grain sector and eradicated rural poverty…
It is a “magnetic tongue” — a method used to “taste” food and identify ingredients that people describe as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. A report on use of the…
Stem rust occurs worldwide wherever wheat is grown. Over a large area, losses from stem rust can be severe, ranging from 50 to 70 percent, and individual…
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