Seize some seeds from the garden for planting next year
As the gardening season winds down and you pick the season's last vegetables let some plants go to seed and harvest them for planting next year.
As the gardening season winds down and you pick the season's last vegetables let some plants go to seed and harvest them for planting next year.
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2019
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According to the report of the World Biodiversity Council IPBES 2019 on the global state of biodiversity, one million animal and plant species are acutely threatened with extinction. In addition, the overexploitation of the ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2019
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As seed prices rise, growers must be increasingly mindful of the density and configuration of cotton in their fields. However, current cotton plant population recommendations aren't always helpful or based on the latest research. ...
Ecology
May 21, 2019
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Hemp is one of the most versatile and sustainable plants on the planet—and with Mirreco's new harvesting machine, its many uses could go mainstream.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 11, 2019
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Salinity stress is considered one of the most important abiotic factors that limits the productivity of crop plants, and the estimated global cost due to salinity is more than $12 billion annually. This is due to the extensive ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2019
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Recent advances in next-generation sequencing technologies have allowed scientists to access and assess previously undetectable plant microorganisms. Scientists have long known that various plant-associated microorganisms ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2019
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Restoration of rangelands in the Great Basin is taking a new direction as scientists seek to find the ideal seed stock to use for the many different ecosystems across the 70 million acre expanse - native seeds that are locally ...
Ecology
Dec 11, 2017
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New research has identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that could lead to improving the nutritional profile of this staple crop.
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2017
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All summer long, at Dartmouth's organic farm, Poli Sierra-Long '19 has been nurturing what she thinks of as a miracle of nature. Happen upon her watering or weeding her huge, rainbow-colored squash nestled in a robust web ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2017
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Orchids are loved by gardeners around the world but are notoriously difficult to cultivate. Japanese researchers have developed a new orchid cultivation kit that allows seed germination, flowering, and fruiting, and have ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2017
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