Science briefs

Lead author and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York graduate student Nirmela Govinda samples constructed urban wetlands in Newtown Creek, a Superfund site in New York City. Photo by Sarah Durand.

Constructed Salt Marshes Provide Important Services in New York City

September 4, 2023

Key processes for six classes of recharge estimation methods. Image by GSI Environmental Inc.

A Better Way to Estimate Groundwater Recharge for Quantifying PFAS

September 1, 2023

An unmanned aerial vehicle flies over a maize field in Aurora, NY, part of an experiment conducted through the Genomes-to-Fields Initiative. Photo by Nicholas Morales.

Novel Approach to Large- Scale Crop Modeling

August 7, 2023

Left: Bottles containing subsurface drainage water samples. Inset shows a top-down view of the inside of the auto-sampler used to collect water samples. Right: Giovani Preza-Fontes, who worked on the study as a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, takes greenhouse gas samples from the field. Photos by Giovani Preza-Fontes.

System-Level Approach Needed to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution

August 6, 2023

Collecting corn leaf tissue sample for nutrient concentration. Photo by OSU Soil Fertility Lab.

Sulfur Fertilization Rarely Boosts Yield in Ohio Grain

August 5, 2023

Biochar and urea can be processed through a pellet mill to produce nitrogen (N) fertilizer pellets that can slowly release N to crop plants. This can increase N use efficiency to plants and reduce N loss to the environment. Illustration by Chumki Banik and Santanu Bakshi.

Biochar-Based Fertilizer Boosts Nitrogen Use Efficiency

August 4, 2023

First author Ricardo St Aime records volumetric water content in a corn field in Pendleton, SC. The study suggests that interseeding cover crops with silage corn does not harm corn performance or soil moisture. Photo courtesy of Ricardo St Aime.

Interseeded Cover Crops Don't Reduce Silage Corn Performance in Sandy Loam Soils

August 2, 2023

Tile line map for Purdue University’s Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE). Image by Shams R. Rahmani.

Locating Tile Lines on a Research Farm

August 2, 2023

Top: drone image of a Michigan soybean field showing maturity progression based on planting date. Brown-colored strips represent early-season planting while yellow- and green-colored strips represent mid- and late-season plantings, respectively. Bottom: Soybean plants from plots planted at 124,000 to 519,000 seeds ha-1 (l to r, in increments of 99,000 seeds). These plants show the differences in plant architecture between seeding rate treatments. Photos by Maninder Singh/MSU.

Adjusting Seeding Rate, Seed Treatment, and Planting Date for Soybean Yield and Profit

August 1, 2023

Lettuce growing at the urban farm study site in New London, CT. Photo by Eric Vukicevich.

Contaminant Uptake Varies with Crop and Management Choices in Urban Gardens

July 7, 2023

Notice: 2026 Annual Elections

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