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Research on Satellite Imagery Aims to Advance Sustainable Agriculture
April 1, 2011 — Scientists evaluated the potential of multispectral reflectance and seven vegetation indices in the visible and near-infrared spectral range for discriminating and classifying bare soil and several ... > full story -
Ants and Termites Boost Dryland Wheat Yields
April 1, 2011 — Ants and termites have a significant positive impact on crop yields in dryland agriculture, according to scientists in ... > full story -
Foodborne Illness? E. Coli an Unlikely Contaminant of Plant Vascular Systems
April 1, 2011 — A technique developed for tracking pathogens has helped confirm that Escherichia coli is not likely to contaminate the internal vascular structure of field-grown leafy greens and thus increase the ... > full story -
Improve Crop Yield by Removing Manure Solids
March 29, 2011 — Scientists have tested the effectiveness of removing solids from dairy manure to improve yield by increasing the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio and reducing the loss of nitrogen by hastening soil ... > full story -
Manure Runoff Depends on Soil Texture
March 29, 2011 — A new study investigated the influence of dairy slurry on leaching of manure nutrient ... > full story -
How Plants Absorb Pollutants
March 29, 2011 — Scientists have investigated the distribution of contaminants in the roots of ryegrass. Recent studies had indicated that contaminated fungi attached to the root of plants were responsible for the ... > full story -
Calculating Livestock Numbers by Weather and Climate
March 29, 2011 — Ranchers in the central Great Plains may be using some of their winter downtime in the future to rehearse the upcoming production season, all from the warmth of their homes, according to soil ... > full story -
Why Ancient Mayan Communities Were 'Living on the Edge' of What Is Now a Massive Wetland
March 28, 2011 — Archeologists are investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. The research zeroes in on why larger and ... > full story -
Large Regional Changes in Farmland Area Predicted
March 25, 2011 — The effects of climate change and population growth on agricultural land area vary from region to region, according to a new study. Regions with relative high latitudes -- China, Russia and the US -- ... > full story -
Russian Boreal Forests Undergoing Vegetation Change, Study Shows
March 25, 2011 — Russia's boreal forest -- the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions -- is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation types as ... > full story
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