Agricultural and Forestry Science

Crop Rotation with Nematode-Resistant Wheat Can Protect Tomatoes

Root-knot nematodes cause crop losses around the world, and they can be difficult to control. In order to reproduce, nematodes need to infect a living plant…

Less O2 Triggers Grasshopper Molting, Farmers Could Benefit

“These grasshoppers, Schistocerca americana, emerge as 10-milligram juveniles and become 2.5-gram adults in about six weeks,” Kirkton said. “That’s a 250-fold…

No-win situation for agricultural expansion in the Amazon

Published today, 10 May, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, it shows that deforestation will not only reduce the capacity of the…

“UrbanFoodPlus” – A contribution towards food security in West African cities

Due to the low level of soil fertility and the limited availability of water, the food situation in Africa is more serious than on any other continent….

US urban trees store carbon, provide billions in economic value

Forest Service research shows that urban trees store an estimated 21 million tons of carbon, which translates to an environmental service valued at $1.5…

Floragenex and Thünen Institute announce collaboration on African and Asian tree genomics

Under the agreement, Floragenex will use Restriction site Associated DNA (RAD) sequencing technology in conjunction with the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform to…

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