Science briefs

Bishwoyog Bhattarai, a graduate student in Dr. Sukhbir Singh’s lab at Texas Tech University, measuring the canopy temperature using the infrared thermometer. Photo by Sukhbir Singh.

Sorghum and pearl millet as water-saving alternative silage crops

August 18, 2020

Short-duration rice breeding trial at the IRRI, Los Banos, the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Dr. Phyo L.P. Won

Short-duration rice breeding for tropical Asia

August 18, 2020

Trials (from a different study) investigating the interaction of mowing height and nitrogen fertility on weed encroachment as alternatives to traditional herbicide use. Photo courtesy of Bernd Leinauer.

Managing cool-season turfgrass without herbicides: Optimizing maintenance practices to control weeds

August 18, 2020

The foreground shows what the chat looks like with no amendments—no vegetation, coarse textured, and bare. Photo by Abdulaziz Alghamdi.

Keeping lead dust down with clay clumps

July 21, 2020

Lead author Reza Keshavarz taking note of wheat growth stage. Photo courtesy of Reza Keshavarz.

Improve yield and quality of bread wheat with zinc

July 16, 2020

Madsen, growing next to lines that have it as a parent, in the Palouse region of Washington State. Photo courtesy of Arron Carter.

How ‘Madsen’ has shaped pacific northwest wheat and beyond

July 16, 2020

University of Minnesota Kernza researcher Prabin Bajgain evaluating intermediate wheatgrass in a selection nursery at St. Paul, MN before harvest. Photo courtesy of Prabin Bajgain.

Kernza perennial grain cultivar released by the University of Minnesota

July 16, 2020

Holstein steers grazing a fresh allocation of corn intercropped with Kura clover after grazing for three days on the prior strip. Photo courtesy of Christine Nieman.

Warm-season annuals mitigate summer foraging slump

July 16, 2020

Soil scientist Matthew Streeter from the Iowa Geological Survey collects a groundwater sample from a shallow well installed at a reconstructed prairie in Iowa. Photo courtesy of the Iowa Geological Survey.

Elevated phosphate concentrations in Iowa groundwater

July 16, 2020

Green onions grown on miscanthus-amended field. Photo courtesy of Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré.

Biomass crop to conserve cultivated histosols

July 16, 2020

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