Agricultural and Forestry Science

Irrigation's Impacts on Global Carbon Uptake

That adds up to a sizeable impact on carbon uptake from the atmosphere. It also means that water shortages – already forecasted to be a big problem as the…

New genome sequence could improve important agricultural crops

The project was conducted by an international consortium involving researchers working across four continents, with the majority of the data generated in…

A Better Test for a Potato Pest

Xiaohong Wang, a molecular biologist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca, N.Y., has filed…

Breeding Ozone-Tolerant Crops

Randy Nelson, geneticist and research leader with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Unit in…

Rapid evolution within single crop-growing season increases insect pest numbers

New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that evolution – genetic changes in populations over time – can occur so rapidly in…

Soy Provides High-Performance Perch Feed

“In human food production realm, fish production provides another option to utilize South Dakota’s agricultural resources for economic development,” said…

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