Features

Dr. Jane Dever, project leader and cotton breeder at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center. Photo by Mark Arnold.

Improved cotton fiber sets these upland germplasm lines apart

October 6, 2021

The world’s first diploid recombinant inbred potato population

October 4, 2021

Research site where three side-by-side rain garden lysimeters are studied at Villanova University. A lysimeter measures the mass balance of the system such that evapotranspiration can be calculated.

Measuring evapotranspiration in rain gardens with soil moisture sensors

October 3, 2021

Bare soil treatment nearly two years after a compaction event with clearly visible tire lug pattern imprints in the compacted plot on the left side. Photo by Thomas Keller.

Tapping soil compaction’s secrets with seismic signatures

September 18, 2021

Prior to installation of a saturated riparian buffer. After the installation, the field on the left will include a strip of prairie plants between the field and the stream. Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA-NRCS.

Proper design of saturated riparian buffers critical to nitrate removal effectiveness

August 14, 2021

A collaboration of scientists and the general public led to a study that looked at the risk of exposure to heavy metals that children face in preschool gardens and play areas. Photo by Robert H. Pos/USFWS.

Gold mines and gardenroots

August 10, 2021

John Nergenah of Illinois enrolled in the Nori carbon removal marketplace through his adoption of cover crops. Photo courtesy of John Nergenah.

Offsets, insets, carbon markets

August 10, 2021

What drives soil water memory and persistence?

July 27, 2021

Managing phosphorus loss to Lake Erie with regional recommendations

June 28, 2021

Rusty Rodriguez, CEO of Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies, applies his company’s commercial fungal endophyte inoculant to a field. Photo courtesy of Rusty Rodriguez.

Fungal endophytes: An inside fix for abiotic stress?

June 28, 2021

Call for Papers: Intercropping for Sustainable Agriculture

Call for Papers: Rice Genomics

Call for Papers: Crop Production in Mexico

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone