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Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research scientists aren't trying to find ways to ...


Greatest thing since sliced bread: New data offer important clues toward improving wheat yields

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Breed a better crop of wheat? That's exactly what a team of researchers from Kansas State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hope their research will lead to. In their study, appearing in the March 2009 issue ...





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Scientists to sequence DNA of British wheat varieties

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to decode the genome of wheat, in order to help farmers increase the yield of British wheat varieties.


Connectivity illuminates risk of spread of crop pests, diseases

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The United States is one of the most important crop production areas in the world, so its vulnerability to crop pests is a vital concern. Ten such pests are estimated to enter the country every year, and the federal government ...


Australian researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery. Australian researcher Dr David Edwards, in collaboration with Bayer CropScience and Keygene N.V., is the first in the world to have solved the code, ...


Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity increases yields

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created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% per year in the United States, almost all organic grain and forage to support these industries in the mid-Atlantic region is imported from other regions. To ...


Gene to reduce wheat yield losses

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel.


Scientists gain in struggle against wheat rust

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through wheat fields in Africa and Asia.


Feed your crop, not the weeds

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you have weed problems in your cropping system, will adding nutrients just feed the weeds?


Burying crop residues at sea may help reduce global warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Imagine a massive international effort to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide - build up in the atmosphere. It involves gathering billions of tons of cornstalks, wheat straw, and other crop residue from farm ...


Squeezing More Crop Out of Each Drop of Water

Squeezing More Crop Out of Each Drop of Water

Biology / Other

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies in China and Colorado by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have revealed some interesting tactics on how to irrigate with limited water, based on a crop’s ...


Experiment demonstrates 110 years of sustainable agriculture

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created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 1

A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods.



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