News Releases Archive

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?

November 2018

• Soil tilling, mulching key to China’s potato crop
• How can we tell if forest rehabilitation is successful?
• Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
• What are some fun facts about cranberries for Thanksgiving?

October 2018

• Fertilizers’ impact on soil health compared
• Breeding beans that resist weevils
• How do they make those crazy designs on major league baseball outfields?
• Penetrating the soil’s surface with radar
• What are those wavy bands in the soil?
• Maintaining high crop quality topic of symposium
• Boxing up ag field nitrogen
• Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
• What’s the difference between hay and straw?
• High-tech observations for food security
• Fighting antinutrients to improve nutrition
• Cross-cutting issues in environmental quality and agriculture symposium
• What is “porous pavement” and how does that help soils capture and clean water?

September 2018

• Regional differences in cover crops
• Plant genetic resources ensure ag’s future
• “Enhancing productivity in a changing climate”
• The many uses of crop wild relatives
• “Ground coffee” with soil perks in Brazil
• Celebrating plant cousins: Crop Wild Relative Week
• How do wetlands protect land and water?
• Protect your soils in the fall
• What are riparian buffer strips?
• What is ‘soil friendly’ eating?

August 2018

• Soy natural: Genetic resistance against aphids
• What causes stress in plants?
• In soil carbon measurements, tools tell the tale
• How can I help my soil hold more carbon?
• Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
• Why is it important to have seed banks and seed access?
• What are canopy soils?
• Soil phosphorus availability and lime: more than just pH?

July 2018

• Manure slipping through (soil) cracks
• Crops and livestock on the same farms, the same fields–why?
• Quick soil test aims to determine nitrogen need
• Why are soils different in different states?
• Reining in soil’s nitrogen chemistry
• What are denitrifying woodchip bioreactors, and how do they help the environment?
• How is carbon “stored” in soils of the Arctic and Subarctic?

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