Agricultural and Forestry Science

It does not always need to be antibiotics: healthy pig breeding

Researchers investigated the application of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) as substitutes for antibiotics in liquid sperm preservation. Firstly they were able to…

Statistical model predicts performance of hybrid rice

Genomic prediction, a new field of quantitative genetics, is a statistical approach to predicting the value of an economically important trait in a plant, such…

Wild sheep show benefits of putting up with parasites

The researchers used 25 years of data on a population of wild sheep living on an island in northwest Scotland to assess the evolutionary importance of…

Strawberry Monitoring System Could Add $1.7 Million Over 10 Years to Some Farms

The Strawberry Advisory System, devised by an Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher, takes data such as temperature and leaf wetness and tells…

Study Shows Flavor Trumps Health for Blueberry Buying

About 61 percent of blueberry consumers buy the fruit for its flavor, while 39 percent do so for psychological reasons, according to two national online…

Study Finds Benefits to Burning Flint Hills Prairie in Fall and Winter

The study was conducted by Gene Towne, research associate and the Konza Prairie Biological Station fire chief, and Joseph Craine, research assistant professor,…

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