Science briefs

Researcher measuring soil volumetric water content using a portable PR2 capacitance probe between two alfalfa rows in Texas.

Low-density alfalfa improves semiarid grassland without soil water depletion

February 2, 2020

A visually selected plant from a spring wheat pre-breeding population at CIMMYT's experimental station in Ciudad Obregón, Sonoram Mexico.

Comparing marker platforms for genome-wide association studies and genome selection in wheat

January 29, 2020

Two-rowed barley line under the Egyptian conditions.

Introducing barley lines from the USA into Egypt

January 29, 2020

“New Rotation” at Swift Current, SK, Canada, which was initiated in 1987. Photo Credit: Darcy Schott.

Diversified systems are more productive, stable, and efficient

January 29, 2020

Nick Ames analyzing DNA and field-performance data to determine how genomewide predictions can reduce field testing in maize.

DNA-based predictions can reduce maize field testing

January 29, 2020

Cover crops emerging in a continuous cotton system.

Cover crop did not affect yields or net returns in water-limited environment

January 29, 2020

Lead author of the study Charlie White walks a handheld NDVI sensor across a cover-cropped field to estimate cover crop biomass N content in the spring. Photo by Natalie Lounsbury.

Predicting cover crop nitrogen with an optical sensor

January 29, 2020

Steady-state pressure heads (h) after wastewater addition for a soil in the moderate hydraulic conductivity class. Wastewater was introduced through the pipe in the gravel-filled trench (notch in upper left). X dimension = 1,500 cm; Z dimension = 200 cm. Vertical exaggeration is 2X.

Model simulations to assess water table impacts on wastewater storage

January 29, 2020

Illustration of the method developed for generation of a two-dimensional labile phosphorus map.

Mapping soil-available phosphorus with scanning electron microscopy

January 29, 2020

Ph.D. student Azam Nikzad (first author of the paper) crossing canola while Habibur Rahman (supervisor and corresponding author of the paper) looks on.

Using Brassica oleracea in breeding of B. napus canola

January 29, 2020

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