Agricultural and Forestry Science

New Research Reveals Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process

A new innovation can completely reshape an industry– inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's…

New rearing system may aid sterile insect technique against mosquitoes

The requirement for efficient mosquito mass-rearing technology has been one of the major obstacles preventing the large scale application of the Sterile Insect…

Handful of Heavyweight Trees Per Acre Are Forest Champs

This means just a few towering white fir, sugar pine and incense cedars per acre at the Yosemite site are disproportionately responsible for photosynthesis,…

New Study Sheds Light on Debate Over Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture

Although organic techniques may not be able to do the job alone, they do have an important role to play in feeding a growing global population while minimizing…

Pod corn develops leaves in the inflorescences

In a variant of maize known as pod corn, or tunicate maize, the maize kernels on the cob are not ‘naked’ but covered by long membranous husks known as glumes….

Bark Beetle Management in Southern Pine Forests

According to T. D. Schowalter, author of a new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management called “Ecology and Management of Bark Beetles…

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