Loblolly pine bark is the primary component of nursery container substrates in the eastern United States, but a shortage of the widely used organic material is…
Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products; consider the popularity of consumer…
Growing tomatoes is not always easy. In many parts of the world summers are too hot to grow tomatoes in greenhouses, even those with intricate cooling systems.In cooler climates where tomatoes are grown year-round in production greenhouses, yield fluctuations are still challenging for producers who need to fulfill orders and predict labor costs. Finding accurate methods for predicting greenhouse tomato yields is at the forefront of growers' concerns. …
Pecans are the only nut native to the U.S. grown on a commercial scale. These popular nuts are “alternate” or “biennial bearers”, a trait that leads to yearly…
Packaged fresh-cut grapes are becoming increasingly popular with consumers who like the convenience and health benefits of these ready-to-eat fruits. To keep…
Strawberries are very fragile and highly susceptible to mechanical injury during commercial production. Growers interested in ways to increase profits and…
However, GE crops resistant to the herbicide glyphosate — a main component in Roundup and other commercial weed killers — could develop more weed problems as…
Switchgrass can be used in a number of biofuel applications, but moving it – especially feeding it into boilers – can be problematic, said Klein Ileleji, an…
A study conducted by University of Illinois agricultural economists evaluated subsequent acreage changes across crops to better understand which crops have…
What do obesity trends in China, barriers to export markets facing small farmers in Kenya, or alternative soil conservation strategies in Peru have in common?…
At the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill., ARS chemist Badal Saha conducted a 5-year study that examined whether…
ARS geneticist Craig Ledbetter, at the agency’s Crop Diseases, Pests and Genetics Research Unit near Parlier, Calif., is developing this new line of…
According to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant molecular biologist Guihua Bai, the FHB resistance found in today’s U.S. wheat varieties is primarily…
Scientists in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University have also found that this disease, which is affecting hundreds of thousands of acres in Oregon…
The researchers have discovered the yield-boosting power of a single gene, which controls when plants make flowers and that works in different varieties of…
Microbiologist Hong Li and veterinary medical officer Naomi Taus at the ARS Animal Diseases Research Unit in Pullman, Wash., collaborated on the research with…
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