Agricultural and Forestry Science

Harnessing a peptide holds promise for increasing crop yields without more fertilizer

Molecular biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who study nitrogen-fixing bacteria in plants have discovered a “double agent” peptide in an…

Study shows how crop prices and climate variables affect yield and acreage

When corn prices increase farmers reap higher yields by making changes. According to a recent University of Illinois study, about one-third of the yield…

Tomatoes get boost in growth, antioxidants from nano-sized nutrients

Ramesh Raliya, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher, and Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental…

Maternal influences – The contribution of mare genetics to gestation length and foal sex

Owners of sport and leisure horses are keen on knowing the parentage of their animals. A horse with a good pedigree will often have the desired characteristics…

Covering the bases with cover crops

Most of us think that farmers grow and harvest crops for food. That's true for many crops: they either feed humans or farm animals. However, there's another…

Innovative seeding machine to speed up kenaf planting

Kenaf seeds as well as other seedlings such as corn can now be planted in an economical, easier and organized way and faster with the use of pneumatic seeding…

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