Agricultural and Forestry Science

New gene for atrazine resistance identified in waterhemp

Adding to the challenge is the fact that waterhemp can evolve resistance in at least two ways. In target-site resistance, a gene mutation changes the protein…

Important to maintain a diversity of habitats in the sea

Marine shallow-water environments, where this research was performed, are highly productive systems organized into distinct habitats. There are sandy beaches…

Researchers discover a new link to fight billion-dollar threat to soybean production

Invisible to the naked eye, cyst nematodes are a major threat to agriculture, causing billions of dollars in global crop losses every year. A group of plant…

DFG-Project: Biodiversity, Interaction and Nitrogen Cycle in Grassland Soil

Most importantly, microorganisms are essential to understand the conversion of nitrate to ammonium. This process of the nitrogen cycle creates a soluble form…

Crop achilles' heel costs farmers 10 percent of potential yield

These findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Botany, could help scientists further boost the yields of corn and Miscanthus, as well as other C4…

How much drought can a forest take?

Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts?

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