Winter wheat breeding increases yield potential
It's been a good year for winter wheat in South Dakota.
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Winter wheat feasible cover crop for Rolling Plains cotton
Interest in using cover crops to improve soil health continues to grow in the Texas Rolling Plains region, but the nagging concern of reductions in soil moisture and effects on yields of subsequent cash crops still exists.
Environment
Nov 28, 2017
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The key to drought-tolerant crops may be in the leaves
A solution to help farmers to grow crops in dry areas or during stretches of drought may depend on breeding and cultivating plants that protect themselves with a thicker layer of leaf wax, a new study shows.
Biotechnology
Aug 15, 2017
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Climate change will cut cereal yields, model predicts—technological advances could offset those losses
Climate change will likely cause wheat and barley yields to decline by 17 to 33 percent by the end of the century, predicts a new statistical model developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell ...
Environment
May 16, 2017
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Which cropping system is best for the environment?
What is the best cereal cropping system when considering the impacts on global warming, eutrophication, land use in a global perspective, and arable land quality?
Environment
Oct 5, 2016
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New winter wheat variety offers high yields, disease resistance
High yields and an excellent disease resistance package—these are qualities producers can expect from Oahe, the new winter wheat cultivar released by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, according to South ...
Biotechnology
Sep 26, 2016
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Farming with forests
In the race to feed a growing population, it is important to consider sustainability. University of Illinois researchers are promoting the practice of agroforestry—the intentional planting of trees and shrubs with crops ...
Environment
Sep 23, 2016
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Wheat producers advised to take advantage of existing soil nitrogen
As producers across the state are planting winter wheat, it is important they consider crediting soil nitrogen in their management plans, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
Environment
Sep 14, 2016
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Timing, resistance help decrease incidence of wheat streak mosaic virus
When it comes to viruses in South Dakota wheat, the chief culprit is wheat streak mosaic virus.
Biotechnology
Jun 2, 2016
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Independent variety trials show productivity of wheat varieties continues to increase
Nowhere in the world is the average grain yield as high as in the Netherlands, where it is over ten tonnes per hectare. Research by Wageningen UR shows that the introduction of new varieties has caused yields to increase ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2016
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