April 2019
- Getting fertilizer in the right place at the right rate
- What are cover crops?
- The future of plant disease management
- Fungal mating: Next weapon against corn aflatoxin?
March 2019
- Are no-fun fungi keeping fertilizer from plants?
- Does it really matter when growers irrigate their crops?
- Better water testing, safer produce
- What do gardens bring to urban ecosystems?
- What are the factors that determine seed germination?
- Houston, we’re here to help the farmers
February 2019
- Getting to the core of underwater soil
- Do crops have different metabolisms—like people?
- To bear or not to bear a seed
- More data, more land reclamation success
- Why do we need to keep breeding new crop varieties?
- Gypsum as an agricultural product
January 2019
- Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
- High-protein rice brings value, nutrition
- Why do some farm fields look messy after harvest?
- Right green for crop, environment, wallet
- Long term ag change impacts stream water quality
December 2018
- Peanuts that do more with less water
- Fire’s effects on soil moisture, runoff
- How do breeders know which part of the DNA corresponds to the trait they are breeding for?
- Can rice filter water from ag fields?
November 2018
- Soil tilling, mulching key to China’s potato crop
- Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
- What are some fun facts about cranberries for Thanksgiving?
October 2018
- Fertilizers’ impact on soil health compared
- Breeding beans that resist weevils
- How do they make those crazy designs on major league baseball outfields?
- Penetrating the soil’s surface with radar
- Maintaining high crop quality topic of symposium
- Boxing up ag field nitrogen
- Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
- What’s the difference between hay and straw?
- High-tech observations for food security
- Fighting antinutrients to improve nutrition
- Cross-cutting issues in environmental quality and agriculture symposium
September 2018
- Regional differences in cover crops
- Plant genetic resources ensure ag’s future
- “Enhancing productivity in a changing climate”
- “Ground coffee” with soil perks in Brazil
- What are riparian buffer strips?
August 2018
- Soy natural: Genetic resistance against aphids
- What causes stress in plants?
- In soil carbon measurements, tools tell the tale
- Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
- Why is it important to have seed banks and seed access?
- Soil phosphorus availability and lime: more than just pH?
July 2018
- Manure slipping through (soil) cracks
- Crops and livestock on the same farms, the same fields–why?
- Quick soil test aims to determine nitrogen need
- Reining in soil’s nitrogen chemistry
- What are denitrifying woodchip bioreactors, and how do they help the environment?
June 2018
- Where do agricultural greenhouse gases come from, and what can be done to reduce them?
- Whether wheat weathers heat waves
- High-protein corn also resistant to parasitic weed
- How are plants bred to be biofortified? Why is it important?
- Breeding better Brazilian rice
May 2018
- Radish cover crop traps nitrogen; mystery follows
- Cause of E. coli beach closings? Gulls
- What fertilizers and pesticides commonly go on ag fields and why?
- Sustainable Agronomy Conference: Science meets practice
- Less water, same Texas cotton
- How can I use natural materials to build soil fertility in my garden?
- Plant breeders balance shared innovation, revenue