Mick Kulikowski
Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions
This post was written by Autumn Canady at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate. The warmer and more unpredictable weather has been a source of instability on U.S. farms. ARS agroecologists turned to history for a solution to…
No Pollen, No Seeds: Genome Editing Technique Yields Useful Traits
Tweaks to the mitochondrial genome hold the potential for better hybrid seed production or to introduce seedless fruits.
Study: Cover Crops Help Mitigate Farmer Losses
Results suggest cover crops can keep soil drier and healthier, allowing Midwestern farmers to plant cash crops after flooding.
No-Till Farming Study Shows Benefit to Midwestern Land Values
Analysis quantifies monetary land value benefits of environmentally friendly practice.
New NSF Center Will Advance Phosphorus Sustainability
A new interdisciplinary center will advance ambitious goals to reduce phosphorus dependence — with the support of a five-year, $25 million grant.
Elevated Warming, Ozone Have Detrimental Effects on Plant Roots, Promote Soil Carbon Loss
Soybean plant roots weaken when placed under climate change stresses, a new study shows.
Farm-Level Study Shows Rising Temperatures Hurt Rice Yields
Long-term study in the Philippines tracks the effects of warming temperatures on yields of a staple crop – rice.
Manganese Oxides in Treatment System Could Be Mixed Blessing
Bad news or good news? Black sludge grows in water-treatment plant, but can it be used to clean up metal pollutants?
Study Reveals Soil Influence on Well Water Manganese Levels
Levels of a dangerous heavy metal are above water-quality standards for more than 1 million southeastern Piedmont residents. NC State researchers get to the bottom (and the top) of the problem.