News tagged with silage yield


Researchers develop drought-tolerant corn

Biology /

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

At the end of the day, drought tolerance in corn has to equate to good yields and good quality, not just good looks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.





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A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage

A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a spontaneous-combustion ...


Undesirable weather slows down hay production

Biology / Other

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spring weather has been less than favorable for harvesting hay, keeping many Indiana hay producers out of their fields, said Keith Johnson, Purdue Extension forage specialist.


Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing the soybean model GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around the world. In the process, they’ve been able ...


New Peas Unfazed by Viral Bully

New Peas Unfazed by Viral Bully

Biology / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four advanced dry pea breeding lines that tolerate the pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV) -- a “scourge” of Pacific West pea crops -- have been identified by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...


TSMC Achieves 28nm SRAM Yield Breakthrough

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has become the first foundry not only to achieve 28nm functional 64Mb SRAM yield, but also to achieve it across all three 28nm nodes.


Tension on the grapevine

Tension on the grapevine

Biology / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predictions of grape yields are extremely important to juice processors and wineries; timely and precise yield forecasts allow producers to plan for harvest and move the highly perishable grape crop from vine ...


Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions

Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a joint project with Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, as well as the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) and Quantum Technology Sciences, ...


Drought tolerant cowpea can improve crop yield in arid West Africa

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even the highly drought-resistant cowpea (a long type of legume) now has an increasingly difficult time surviving in the Sahel countries where climate change has resulted in shorter and less frequent rainy seasons. Wageningen ...


Scientists develop high-yield deep water rice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice to survive high water, providing hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding.


Flemish researchers develop revolutionary technology for use in plant breeding

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In collaboration with researchers at VIB-UGent and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), scientists at the BioScience business group of Bayer CropScience AG in Gent have developed a technology that can significantly increase ...



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