Fungal species naturally suppresses cyst nematodes responsible for major sugar beet losses
Credit: James Borneman The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different plants, including sugar beets, and causes ...
Tag: Fertilizers/Pest Management
Researchers map genomes of agricultural monsters
Hungry screwworms eat livestock alive while thrips transmit virusesCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative The University of Cincinnati is decoding the ...
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species on heterodera glycines
Credit: M. L. Pawlowski and G. L. Hartman Introduced to the United States over 60 years ago, soybean cyst nematode ...
Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on ...
Aerial images detect and track food security threats for millions of African farmers
An early warning system detects and prevents diseases in banana, a key food security crop in Africa. It relies on ...
Why is fertilizer used in explosives? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 -- Over the last century, the compound ammonium nitrate has been ...
Vanilla cultivation under trees promotes pest regulation
Research team led by University of Göttingen investigates agroforestry systems in MadagascarCredit: Annemarie Wurz The cultivation of vanilla in Madagascar ...
Removal of synthetic estrogen from water
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 20, 2020--Synthetic estrogens from pharmaceuticals contaminate rivers and threaten the ...
Future of farming
East Carolina University research team awarded $1.5M grant to study watershed resiliencyCredit: Cliff Hollis/ECU A nearly $1.5 million grant awarded ...
New grant fuels better nutrient management in vineyards
Credit: Dan Bell ITHACA, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a ...
UCI, others see agriculture as major source of increase in atmospheric nitrous oxide
Long-lived greenhouse gas could hinder international climate goals, researchers sayCredit: Global Carbon Project Irvine, Calif. ¬ - An international team ...
UOG monitors Guam for two of USDA’s Priority Pests of 2021
Pests pose danger to tomato and other solanaceous cropsCredit: University of Guam The University of Guam received another round of ...
Pesticides and food scarcity dramatically reduce wild bee population
Study finds 57% drop in reproduction when exposed to both threatsCredit: Clara Stuligross/UC Davis The loss of flowering plants and ...
Corn farmers can apply a fungicide just once to protect against foliar diseases
Credit: APS Foliar diseases, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust, were estimated to cause ...