Agricultural and Forestry Science

Is conservation aid preventing deforestation?

University of Illinois's Daniel Miller, who studies international environmental politics, and two other researchers examined data from 2000 to 2013 on the…

In grasslands, longer spring growing season offsets higher summer temperatures

Grasslands across North America will face higher summer temperatures and widespread drought by the end of the century, according to a new study.

Researchers grow cyberforests to predict climate change

It can take Mother Nature 1,000 years to grow a forest. But Nikolay Strigul, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Washington State University…

Open-access article on Mexican bean beetles offers control tips

“If you look through the literature on this pest, there are probably only 10 or so articles in the past 20 years, and nothing in terms of a profile-type…

Improved harvest for small farms thanks to naturally cloned crops

In today’s agriculture, hybrid plants are crucial for the sufficient production of food, feed, fuel and fiber. These crosses between two different varieties…

Molecular method promises to speed development of food crops

The first human farmers needed hundreds of years and a lot of good luck to shape the first domesticated crops. Modern plant breeders wait weeks or months, not…

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