Agricultural and Forestry Science

Winners and losers in the cotton field

Genetically modified Bt cotton plants contain a poison that protects them from their most significant enemies. As a result, these plants rely less on their own…

Promoting poultry health through diet

“An important nutritional outcome is how well an animal is able to digest and metabolize its diet,” said Ryan Dilger. Poultry and swine nutritionists are…

Genetically modified crops are overregulated, food science expert says

Bruce Chassy, a professor emeritus of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believes that after thousands of…

Next Generation Soybean Breeding: The Potential of Spectral Analysis

That interest inspired the Kansas State University soybean breeding program to team up with the spectral analysis lab of Kevin Price, K-State professor of…

Modern Growing Methods May Be Culprit of 'Coffee Rust' Fungal Outbreak

The current outbreak of coffee rust is the worst seen in Central America and Mexico since the fungal disease arrived in the region more than 40 years ago….

The gene that turns ponies into large horses

Ponies have a maximum height of 148 centimetres. When the height at the withers is greater, they are deemed to be large horses. Scientists at the Institute for…

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