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Evaluating four soft red winter wheat heads for Fusarium head blight severity, which represents the percentage of infected spikelets with a bleached appearance, within a wheat head. Photo by Amanda Holder.

Multiple traits better than one for predicting fusarium head blight resistance in wheat

October 26, 2020

Corn under different fertilization histories at the National Field Observation and Research Station of Hailun Agroecosystems, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo by Lu-Jun Li.

Fertilization histories influence soil organic carbon mineralization

October 25, 2020

Manoel Teixeira Souza Junior with oil palms in the greenhouse. Photo by Vania Souza.

Insights for more efficient use of the American oil palm

October 25, 2020

Water quality impacts were compared in fall-planted winter oilseed–soybean intercropping systems (shown here in late June) with other cover-cropped and fallow systems. Photo courtesy of Carrie Eberle.

Winter oilseeds reduce surface runoff

October 25, 2020

Timothy Neher collects a water quality sample from a wetland located in the Black Hawk Lake watershed. Photo by Ji Yeow Law.

Catchment-wide conservation practices reduce phosphorus, sediment losses

October 25, 2020

First author, Ph.D. student Xiang Lin, working in the field to collect samples of clay-rich sediments. Photo by (Max) Qinhong Hu.

Relative humidity controls water distribution in clayey materials

October 25, 2020

Lead author, Christopher Gillespie, soil sampling a high-acidity plot. Photo by Hailin Zhang.

When acidity goes high, wheat goes low

October 25, 2020

Dr. Athyna Cambouris's research team member installing a suction lysimeter during a field experiment in Quebec, Canada. Photo by Athyna Cambouris.

Precipitation controls fertilizer source effects on nitrate leaching

October 22, 2020

A soil monolith that will be sorted for visible soil organisms that may be important for soil function. Photo by Courtland Kelly.

Large soil invertebrates may improve water capture in drylands

October 22, 2020

Features

Symptons of ammonia toxicity in old leaves of broccoli (first two panels starting on the left) and cabbage (last two panels).

Silicon mitigates ammonium toxicity in plants

October 25, 2020

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