Agricultural and Forestry Science

Wetland restoration in the northern Everglades: Watershed potential and nutrient legacies

“The Everglades at the southern tip of Florida—the remains of what was once a vast ecosystem—is interconnected with a large hydrologic system that really…

Discovery Should Save Wheat Farmers Millions of Dollars

The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 billion a year because prolonged rainfall and high humidity contribute to grains germinating before…

Scientists Battle Herbicide Resistance

Jason Bond, a weed scientist at the MSU Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, said Mississippi was the first state to discover Italian ryegrass…

Precision Agriculture for Small Scale Farming Systems

The principles are the same no matter the location: use the right input, at the right time, at the right place, and in the right amount. How those principles…

Bt sweet corn can reduce insecticide use

Since 1996, corn containing a gene that allows it to create a protein that is toxic to certain insects, yet safe for human consumption, has been grown in the…

Salt-tolerant bacteria improve crop yields

Uzbek microbiologist Dilfuza Egamberdieva, group leader at the National University of Uzbekistan, at Tashkent, has isolated salt-tolerant bacterial strains…

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