Researchers say they now know what allows some Western corn rootworms to survive crop rotation, a farming practice that once effectively managed the rootworm pests. The answer to the decades-long mystery of rotation-resistant ...
Ecology
Jun 24, 2013
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For 50 years, the world's soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode resistant varieties of beans, but no one knew how these plants fought off the nematode pests. Now, the secrets of resistant soybean plants are ...
Biotechnology
Oct 15, 2012
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Fungal diseases are a major threat not just to wild plants and animals, but to us.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2012
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(AP)—A U.S. judge sided on Tuesday with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wildlife Refuges in the South.
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2012
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Entomologists in Texas got a whiff of a new stink bug doing economic damage to soybeans in Texas and are developing ways to help farmers combat it, according to a report in the journal Environmental Entomology.
Ecology
Aug 24, 2015
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Food allergies are a big problem. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. suffer from some kind of food allergy. These allergies cost a whopping $25 billion in health care each year. Then there's the time lost at ...
Biotechnology
Nov 18, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, crop rotation has worked to keep the western corn rootworm in check in Wisconsin.
Ecology
Sep 15, 2009
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Developing countries around the globe face a challenge that pits economic growth against environmental protection. As they expand their agricultural production, they often convert forest into cropland and pasture. But the ...
Agriculture
Oct 10, 2022
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University of Illinois researchers identified the top pathogens, pests and weeds affecting soybean production in a recent article in Food Security. Soybean aphid, soybean rust, soybean cyst nematode, Sclerotina stem rot and ...
Ecology
Jun 23, 2011
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This year farmers in the Midwest are growing a new variety of soybeans developed by University of Illinois researchers that has resistance to soybean aphids. However, in addition to the resistant plants, U of I researchers ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2009
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