Agricultural and Forestry Science

New fish feeds made from fish byproducts

Research scientist Dong-Fang Deng and her colleagues with the Oceanic Institute in Waimanalo, Hawaii, are collaborating with USDA food technologist Peter…

AgriLife Research scientists complete two-year study on short-day onions

Texas AgriLife Research scientists have recently completed a two-year study on the impact of deficit irrigation and plant density on the growth, yield and…

Black aspergilli species responsible for infecting corn identified

Using a molecular procedure they developed, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research leader Charles Bacon, microbiologist Dorothy Hinton, and Edwin…

Anti-inflammatory agent with side effects: Rapid test to save Indian vultures from extinction

In the meantime three species are facing extinction. In 2004 scientists in the United States identified the cause: the drug Diclofenac. The use of this…

GMO research: Report on concrete measures to avoid mixing of GM and conventional maize

In particular, the Best Practice Document, prepared by the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre…

Insecticides from genetically modified corn present in adjacent streams

In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cary Institute aquatic ecologist Dr. Emma Rosi-Marshall and colleagues…

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