Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pickle Spoilage Bacteria May Help Environment

Some species of Lactobacilli-food-related microorganisms-can cause red coloring when combined with tartrazine, a yellow food-coloring agent used in the…

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Rice Growers Use Computers for Crop Insights and Predictions

Figuring out how a rice crop was faring used to be a head-scratching exercise with predictably unpredictable results.But now a few punches on a keyboard can…

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Introducing 'Champagne', new disease-resistant fig

The ancient fig tree, first imported to the United States during the 16th century, thrives in areas of California and the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast areas…

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Winter Drought Stress: Impact on Orange Flowering and Harvesting

Successful mechanical harvesting of perennial fruit crops requires efficient, economical harvesting systems that do not reduce trees' production life or…

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Rotating High-Pressure Sodium Lamps Boost Spring Plant Growth

When consumers visit garden centers in spring they will most likely buy flowering ornamental plants that are ready for their home gardens. Studies have shown…

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Soybean Diseases: Impact on Harvest Yield and Predictions

Yield losses from both are hard to predict and depend on the variety planted and growth stage of the crop when symptoms first appear, said Kiersten Wise,…

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Farm, forest lands being protected — but not always for farming or forestry

There’s some evidence that the laws have provided a “measurable degree of protection,” scientists say in the report. However, there are also impacts that were…

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Natural Foods for Pets: What Vets Want You to Know

All too often pet owners assume that because certain foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are healthy for them, they are also healthy for their pets, said…

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Unlocking Chocolate’s Potential: Genome Insights for Better Crops

“The large amount of information generated by this project dramatically changes the status of this tropical plant and its potential interest for the scientific…

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Center Integrates Human, Animal, Environmental Health Efforts

The center has three areas of engagement: educating a new cadre of cross-trained public health practitioners, working with public health agencies to improve…

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Southern Soils Mitigate Manure Microbes

A new study looks at the levels of nutrients and bacteria in soils of fields that have been sprayed with manure for fifteen years or more. The research team,…

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Engineers Create First Lunar Vegetable Garden for Space Farming

The first extraterrestrials to inhabit the moon probably won't be little green men, but they could be little green plants.Researchers at the University of…

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Early Cotton Planting Needs Irrigation for Higher Yields

Cotton growers can produce more cotton if they plant early, but not without irrigation. That’s the finding of an article published in the September-October…

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Swine researchers seek answers to fiber's low digestibility

“Previous research shows that while the amount of energy in DDGS is greater than that of corn, pigs have lower digestibility of energy in DDGS than in corn,”…

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Beetle Outbreaks Surge With Rising Temperatures in the West

“Native bark beetles are responsible for the death of billions of coniferous trees across millions of acres of forests ranging from Mexico to Alaska,” said…

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NASA satellite data aid United Nations' ability to detect global fire hotspots

The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) delivers fire data from an imaging sensor aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites to generate daily fire…

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