Agricultural and Forestry Science

Two neonicotinoid insecticides may have inadvertent contraceptive effects on male honey bees

In recent years, beekeepers have struggled to maintain healthy honey bee colonies throughout the northern hemisphere. In the first study to investigate the…

New model is first to predict tree growth in earliest stages of tree life

Land managers, forestry professionals and conservationists seek to predict how trees will grow so they can better manage existing forests and regrow forests…

Improving artichoke root development, transplant quality

According to the authors of a new study, transplant shock is very common in globe artichoke grown in semiarid regions of the United States; high air…

Genome of 6,000-year-old barley grains sequenced for first time

An international team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in sequencing the genome of Chalcolithic barley grains. This is the oldest plant genome…

MSU builds high-tech test track to improve crop performance

Many car companies push test models to their limits at Nurburgring before selling them off the showroom floor. For scientists, standard laboratory conditions…

New farming strategies can help prevent soil runoff while maintaining high crop yields

Soil and nutrient loss and runoff from agricultural fields are major problems environmentally and economically in the U.S. and globally. After heavy spring…

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