November 2019
October 2019
- Preserved pollen tells the history of floodplains
- Mapping millet genetics
- What is urban ecology and why is it important?
- Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
- What is phytoremediation?
- Celebrating the health and nutritional potential of underutilized crop species
- Linking soil and environmental health
- Mapping white clover heritage
- Datasets can lead to risk-reducing solutions in agriculture
- What is the difference between square and round hay bales?
- Fungi as predictors of climate change effects
- Managing stormwater and stream restoration projects together
- Updates on balancing food production with environmental quality
September 2019
- Composting and Urban Agriculture of San Antonio Tour
- Featured speakers announced for Embracing the Digital Environment meeting
- Turning up the heat for weed control
- Upcoming: Embracing the Digital Environment Meeting
- What is the value of using crop wild relatives in potato breeding?
- Sesame yields stable in drought conditions
- Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Phosphorus’ Discovery!
- Reduce, reuse, recycle: the future of phosphorus
- Breeders release new flaxseed cultivar with higher yield
August 2019
- Scientists call for infiltration to be better incorporated into land surface models
- Optimizing fertilizer source and rate to avoid root death
- How are soil scientists studying soils under water?
- Hard-working termites crucial to forest, wetland ecosystems
- What are the types of crops based on nutrition?
- Cover crops, compost and carbon
- Can soil microbes adapt to different climates and regions?
July 2019
- Overturning the truth on conservation tillage
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment
- How do plant partnerships help sustainability?
- Giving a chip about masa
- What are soil aggregates?
- Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth
June 2019
- Managing the ups and downs of coffee production
- What are some challenges of breeding flavorful food crops?
- Unexpected culprit – wetlands as source of methane
- What is biofumigation and the connection to soil health?
- Farmer researchers reap more benefits than just increased crop production
- How are scientists making wheat more climate resilient?
May 2019
- How does root depth affect the nearby soil?
- Where there’s waste there’s fertilizer
- Polyploidy – or how do we get seedless fruit?
- How do I keep more of the nitrogen in my soil?
- ‘Exotic’ genes may improve cotton yield and quality
April 2019
- Getting fertilizer in the right place at the right rate
- What are cover crops?
- How much compost is enough for my garden?
- The future of plant disease management
- Fungal mating: Next weapon against corn aflatoxin?
- Why are petroleum, chromated copper arsenate and radon bad for the soil?
March 2019
- Are no-fun fungi keeping fertilizer from plants?
- Does it really matter when growers irrigate their crops?
- Better water testing, safer produce
- Dealing with the fallout in Fukushima – Part 2
- What do gardens bring to urban ecosystems?
- What are the factors that determine seed germination?
- Houston, we’re here to help the farmers
- Dealing with the fallout in Fukushima–Part 1
February 2019
- Getting to the core of underwater soil
- Do crops have different metabolisms—like people?
- To bear or not to bear a seed
- What are soil contaminants, and how did soil get contaminated?
- More data, more land reclamation success
- Why do we need to keep breeding new crop varieties?
- Gypsum as an agricultural product
- Are there salinity problems for urban soils?
January 2019
- Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
- High-protein rice brings value, nutrition
- Why do some farm fields look messy after harvest?
- Right green for crop, environment, wallet
- How does the freeze-thaw cycle impact soil?
- Long term ag change impacts stream water quality
December 2018
- Peanuts that do more with less water
- Fire’s effects on soil moisture, runoff
- Under snow, underfoot: soils in winter
- How do breeders know which part of the DNA corresponds to the trait they are breeding for?
- Can rice filter water from ag fields?
- What are “boutique” soils?