Agricultural and Forestry Science

USDA Scientists Study Effects of Rising Carbon Dioxide on Rangelands

Warmer temperatures increase water loss to the atmosphere, leading to drier soils. In contrast, higher CO2 levels cause leaf stomatal pores to partly close,…

AgriLife Research ‘genetically fingerprinting’ E. coli from Lampasas and Leon watersheds

The Lampasas and Leon Rivers watersheds have been listed as impaired by the state due to high counts of E. coli and other bacteria taken in the late 1990s, but…

New Freeze-dry Method Good for Processing Fish

The new freeze-dry method, which requires less energy and processing time, was developed by scientists at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) in…

Bacteria Can "Fertilize" Copper-Polluted Soil

Now, however, Ramakrishna Wusirika’s research team may have discovered how to make plants grow in the mine-waste desert and soak up some copper while they are…

Farmers more likely to be green if they talk to their neighbors

Scientists from the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University used a simulation model to study the amount of land farmers…

UIC Biologists Poll Pollinators for Urban Agriculture

Living in a city poses particular problems of having enough bees, of the right type, and at the crucial time, to pollinate crop plants. Two University of…

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