A small group of New Jersey farmers lost nearly $1.3 million to deer damage in 2019, according to a new report by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) and the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES).
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2022
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Are you one of the increasingly large number of people seeking to minimise the environmental damage wrought when producing the food you eat? If so, you might use the common "environmental footprint" method to decide what ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2022
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The technology, which is described today in Nature Food, could help growers work out the best time to use fertilizer on their crops and how much is needed, taking into account factors such as the weather and the condition ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2021
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Researchers in the UK and Africa have teamed up to help tea producers better understand future climate risks so that they can reduce crop damage caused by climate change.
Ecology
Oct 14, 2021
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2021
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The Masai Mara ecosystem, in south-western Kenya, is home to an important elephant population of about 2,500 individuals.
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2021
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A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize root cells may be managed to produce hardier crops that need less fertilizer.
Biotechnology
May 12, 2021
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Heat waves, which are projected to become more frequent and intense as the century progresses, could cause as much as 10 times more crop damage than is now projected, a team of researchers led by the University of Colorado ...
Environment
Mar 30, 2021
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Axis deer, a species native to India presented as a gift from Hong Kong to the king of Hawaii in 1868, have fed hunters and their families on the rural island of Molokai for generations. But for the community of about 7,500, ...
Ecology
Feb 9, 2021
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Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 2, 2020
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