Crop Science

News in crop research and innovation

Chas Schmid (right), senior researcher with the OSU BeaverTurf program, discusses topdressing treatments for golf course putting greens during the annual Turfgrass Field Day on Aug. 29.

Oregon State Turfgrass Field Day Digs Into Latest Research

StaffSep 09, 2024

Grant Develops Cotton-Based Precision Irrigation to Improve Sustainability

StaffSep 09, 2024

Six men standing in front of a broad field of tall green grassy plants. Blue sky above
Kassim Al-Khatib, second from left, is a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences and expert in managing weeds in rice. During the recent Rice Field Day in Biggs, Calif., he presented research with team members, from left, Edgar O'Horan, Saul Estrada, Abel Bernal, Michael Lynch and Richard Pringle. (Trina Kleist/UC Davis)

New Herbicides, Cultivation Alternatives For Rice Farmers

StaffSep 09, 2024

Field day offers solutions amid low prices, fallow land

Sam Fernandes, left, assistant professor of agricultural statistics and quantitative genetics, and Igor Fernandes, statistics and analytics master's student, have worked to improve crop yield prediction using environmental and genetic data. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson)

New Machine Learning Model Offers Simple Solution to Predicting Crop Yield

StaffSep 09, 2024

Five Ways The Center for Regenerative Agriculture is Cultivating Growth in Missouri

StaffSep 06, 2024

K-State wheat disease specialist Erick DeWolf says the number of wheat stripe rust reproductive cycles in a growing season determines the extent of the damage it inflicts on individual plants and crop yields.

Kansas State Researchers Starting to Investigate Heat Tolerant Wheat Stripe Rust

StaffSep 05, 2024

K-State wheat disease specialist announces grant to help predict yield loss

Grant Examines Biopesticides For Hemp Treatment

StaffSep 04, 2024

Researcher Angela Mehta in the greenhouse. (Photo: Cláudio Bezerra)

Science Uses Gene Editing to Develop Blast-Resistant Rice

StaffSep 04, 2024

Gibberella ear rot is generally caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum. (Photo by Alison Robertson/Bugwood.org)

University of Kentucky Leads International Effort to Combat Debilitating Crop Fungus

StaffSep 04, 2024

From left: Alex Lipka and Geoffrey Morris.

University of Illinois Scientists to Test Modernized Genetic Model For Optimized Crop Breeding

StaffSep 03, 2024

Ewes preferentially grazing a dhurrin-free sorghum hybrid at Purdue University’s Animal Sciences Research and Education Center. (Purdue Agricultural Communications photo)

Researchers Document Animals’ Preference For Purdue-Patented Sorghum Technology

StaffAug 29, 2024

The 2024 Turfgrass Research Field Day, held Aug. 7 at UGA-Griffin, began with a guided research tour. Visiting eight stations, attendees received CAES expert advice to improve precision irrigation management, disease control, soil testing and fertility management for turf. (Photo by Ashley Biles)

Turfgrass Research Field Day Draws Hundreds to University of Georgia-Griffin

StaffAug 29, 2024

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