Double crops, cut the acreage by 2010, predicts scientist
Imagine two crops of corn or soybeans each growing season. Plant in March, harvest in July. Plant another crop, harvest in November.

Helping Beneficial Fungi Work
Certain fertilizers can actually inhibit beneficial, naturally occurring fungi that help plants use water and nutrients while suppressing diseases, according to a scientist.

With Just A Sprinkle, Plants Soak Up More Selenium
Because of their ability to sop up selenium, some plants have been enlisted in efforts to clean up soils and wastewater that have an excess of this potentially toxic element.

How Will Rising CO2 Affect Nitrogen Use?
Wheat grown under elevated levels of carbon dioxide over the next half-century will need slightly more nitrogen to grow, but not as much as previously predicted, according to a two-year study.

New Protection For Peanuts From Aflatoxin
Peanut farmers now have a biological pesticide for protecting their crops from fungi that produce aflatoxin.

Fight Between Genetically Modified Organisms And The Bugs They Repel May Not Be Over
For all the promise of crops genetically modified to resist pests, the miracles of the laboratory are only good until the bugs outsmart them.

Great Plains Farmers Are Diversifying
The days of growing wheat every other year or two and leaving the ground bare the rest of the time are a thing of the past in the Great Plains states.

Genome Study Of Beneficial Microbe May Help Boost Plant Health
In a study expected to greatly benefit crop plants, scientists have deciphered the genome of a root- and seed-dwelling bacterium that protects plants from diseases...

Fight Weeds With Plant Pathogens
Although plant pathogens are typically viewed as detrimental, plant pathologists say plant pathogens may be a successful, eco-friendly tool for managing weeds.

Management to reduce nitrogen losses in animal production
This review quantifies N losses for various animal production strategies and to discuss the major management options available for reducing these losses.

Breeding for high water-use efficiency
Progress in breeding for improved water-use efficiency of rain-fed wheat is reviewed to illustrate the nature of some of these interactions and to highlight opportunities that may be exploited in other crops as well as potential pitfalls.

Mechanisms underlying plant resilience to water deficits: prospects for water-saving agriculture
In this paper, the major constraints to carbon assimilation and the metabolic regulations that play a role in plant responses to water deficits, acting in isolation or in conjunction with other stresses, is reviewed.

Phosphorus Runoff from Agricultural Land and Direct Fertilizer Effects
This review highlights and discusses some options that have recently become available that may make a significant contribution to the task of sustainable management of nutrient losses from agriculture.

New Carrots Offer Colorful Surprises--and Health Benefits
News: Researchers have been breeding carrots that come in a palette of totally unexpected colors including yellow, dark orange, bright red--even purple.

Copper Oxide Effective Against Nematodes In Small Ruminants
Using copper oxide wire particles to control internal parasites in small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, is safe and effective when two grams or less are used.

Increased CO2 Levels Are Mixed Blessing For Agriculture
News: A new study suggests that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be a boon for agricultural crops, as this greenhouse gas helps crop plants grow and reproduce more.

Researchers Discover New Way to Boost Grain Crops' Drought Tolerance
News: Researchers report the development of technology that increases the tolerance of grains crops to drought by decreasing the amount of an enzyme that is responsible for producing the plant hormone ethylene.

Signal Chemical Primes Plants For Pest Attack
Physically damaged or chewed plants produce a volatile chemical that may serve as a primer to prepare nearby plants to defend themselves against insect attack, according to a team of researchers.

Biofortified, iron-rich rice improves the nutrition of women, study by Cornell researcher shows for the first time
News: For the past decade, plant breeders have been trying to boost the vitamin and mineral content of rice and other staples through traditional plant breeding and genetic engineering.

Wealth Of Nations Depends On Jack Frost, Research Finds
News: Why do the rich get richer and the poor stay poor?When it comes to nations, the answers may include frost, according to a study that for the first time links economic and new global climate data.