Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Does it matter whether long periods of hot weather, such as last year's heat wave that gripped the U.S. Midwest, happen in June or July, August or September?
Environment
Feb 13, 2012
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Anyone who has visited the Australian outback would be familiar with spinifex grasses, which cover almost a fifth of our continent.
Plants & Animals
Apr 7, 2021
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The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and so are the environments of many plant and animal species. Populations die out in places that become intolerable, and thrive in other places that have become more benign.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2019
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Extreme weather is harming UK agriculture—but many farmers have not yet made adapting to the effects of the climate emergency a priority, a new study shows.
Environment
May 11, 2021
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Using herbicides to sterilize rather than to kill weedy grasses might be a more economical and environmentally sound weed control strategy, according to a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and a cooperator.
Ecology
May 5, 2010
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Plant fungi are indispensable for a good plant growth. Dutch researcher Erik Verbruggen from the VU University Amsterdam has discovered that phosphate and grass-clover have an effect on the diversity and variation in the ...
Biotechnology
Feb 14, 2012
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Below par looks great on the leaderboard but never when it describes the appearance and playability of golf course putting greens. Purdue University researchers are working to help course managers produce winning greens at ...
Other
Aug 24, 2011
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere continue to increase and while that stimulates plant growth, it also means plants have less nitrogen, which is a key nutrient.
Ecology
Aug 27, 2019
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Small RNAs (sRNAs) are key regulators involved in plant growth and development. Two groups of sRNAs are abundant during development of pollen in the anthers—a critical process for reproductive success. One of these pathways ...
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2019
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