News Releases Archive

August 2009

• Improved Soil Water Sensors Aid in Irrigation Management
• Straw Cover Trims Emissions of Specific Gases from Slurry
• Challenges to Choosing the Best Cultivars for Crop Production
• Flexible Soil Model Maps Remote Areas
• GPS Helps Locate Soil Erosion Pathways
• Metal Immobilization using Plant and Poultry Waste Can Revive Soil Ecosystems

July 2009

• Calcium Helps Evaluate Soil's Ability to Retain Earth's Carbon
• Corn Yield Stability Varies with Rotations, Fertility
• New Tools for Discovering DNA Variation in Crop Genomes
• Wood Stoves - A Viable Home Heat Source?

June 2009

• Trees and Farms Working Together: Agroforestry Comes of Age
• Corn Color Can Tell Farmers How Much Fertilizer to Apply
• Volatile Dense Chemical Liquids in Groundwaters Can Produce Slowly Bubbling Gas Flow
• Rainfall and Manure Application Timing Affect Organic Carbon Losses
• Certified Crop Adviser Program Developed for South Asia
• Managing Carbon Storage in Northern California Forests
• Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity

May 2009

• Simulating Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product Transport
• Grasslands: The future of sustainable agriculture
• A Genome May Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
• Crop Models Help Increase Yield per Unit of Water Used
• Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test Measures Microbial Nitrogen
• Wind, Salt, and Water Are Leading Indicators of Land Degradation in Abu Dhabi
• New Book on Food Security: It Starts with Seed

April 2009

• Landfill Cover Soil Methane Oxidation Underestimated
• Taking Plant Biology from the Classroom to the Internet
• Representative Hinchey Receives Award for Support of Science
• Farmers, Foresters Can Play Key Role in Managing Carbon
• Impact of Floods on Soils
• Can Organic Cropping Systems be as Profitable as Conventional Systems?

March 2009

• Nitrate Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production in Small Streams
• Identifying Mega-Targets for High-Yield Plant Breeding
• Tree Species Composition Influences Nitrogen Loss From Forests
• Transport Behavior of E. coli Varies Depending on Manure Source
• How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants
• Understanding Soil Carbon Sequestration: New Book Presents Key Concepts

February 2009

• Soil Carbon Storage is Not Always Influenced by Tillage Practices
• Ultra-fine Coatings on Sediment Grains Influence Nitrate and Sulfate Storage in Soil
• Patience Pays Off with Methanol for Uranium Bioremediation
• No Consistent Advantage for Planting Soybean Early
• Will Large Amounts of Soil Carbon be Released to the Atmosphere if Grasslands are Converted to Energy Crops?
• Preventing Rangeland Erosion: Developing Better Management Practices in Iran
• Plant Soybean Early to Increase Yield
• Understanding Phosphorus in Soils Is Vital to Proper Management
• Dry Beans Inhibit Development of Mammary Cancer
• Historical Increase in Corn Yield -- It’s in the Roots

January 2009

• Tracking Poultry Litter Phosphorus: Threat of Accumulation?
• New Book Confronts Challenges of Producing Crops with Depleted Water Supplies
• Like Herding Cats: Collaborative Learning across Multiple Institutions
• Soil Maps Generate Reliable Quaternary Geologic Map
• Organic Soils Continue to Acidify Despite Reduction in Acidic Deposition
• Preventing Soil Erosion in Continuous Corn
• Low Level Herbicide Use Can Damage Potato Reproduction

December 2008

• Describing Soils: Calibration Tool for Teaching Soil Rupture Resistance
• Models Simulate Nitrate Dynamics in Garonne, Southwest France
• Improving Soybean Digestibility
• Oil Spray Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Pig Finishing Barns
• Strange Travels
• Managing Carbon Loss
• 3-D Laser Scanning: A New Soil Quality Measurement

November 2008

• Urban Trees Enhance Water Infiltration
• A Model to Measure Soil Health in the Era of Bioenergy
• Tillage, Rotation Impacts Peanut Crops
• Where Have All the Students Gone?

October 2008

• Biosolids Microbes Pose Manageable Risk to Workers
• American Society of Agronomy Presents 2008 Fellows
• Crop Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
• ASA, CSSA, SSSA Present Scholarships in Houston
• American Society of Agronomy Presents Awards
• Crop Science Society of America Presents the 2008 Fellows
• Soil Science Society of America Presents 2008 Fellows
• Soil Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
• Nitrous Oxide Emissions Respond Differently to No-Till Depending on the Soil Type
• Scientists Map Soils on an Extinct American Volcano
• Pesticide Concentrations Decreasing
• Estimate Soil Texture-by-Feel
• Pickleweed Tolerates Irrigation with Seawater and High Levels of Boron
• Agricultural Research Highlighted in Houston
• Scientists Keep an Eye on Texas

September 2008

• Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years of Sustainable Agriculture
• Nitrogen Applied
• Allan Romander Selected International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year
• Global Energy Forum in Houston
• Texas-Size Conference Tackles Global Issues
• Experts to Discuss Global Water Crisis
• Carbon Sinks: Issues, Markets, Policy
• The Making of Dig It! the Secrets of Soil Exhibit
• Meeting the Challenges of Teaching the New Agriculture
• Nitrate Concentrations of Ground Water Increasing in Many Areas of the United States
• Two Congressmen Honored with USGS Coalition Leadership Award
• New Field Guide Provides Practical Primer on Soils
• U.S. Air Force Technology Helps Scientists Understand Plant Root Function
• How Are Herbicides Discovered?
• A Little Nitrogen Can Go a Long Way

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