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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Organic, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Pollinators,

Breaking News: Pollinators contribute to flowering plant diversity » Holden Forests & Gardens

Holden Forests & Gardens (HF&G) Scientist Na Wei, Ph.D., and her collaborators from the University of Pittsburgh and East Tennessee State University discovered how pollinators may contribute to the maintenance of flowering plant diversity. This study that accelerates our understanding of biodiversity conservation is now published in the journal Nature. “For years, scientists have been... Read more »

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Innovation, Biotech, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

GM crops: Kenya and Nigeria progress as Uganda falters - Alliance for Science

Though several African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia, are making tremendous strides in their quest to develop and commercialize genetically modified crops, it’s not the same story in Uganda. Despite very promising initial successes, Ugandan scientists in the East African country have struggled to progress their GM crop research beyond confined field trials (CFTs) […]

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Rice, Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, Plant Breeding, Education,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, GMO's, Ag Asia / Pacific, Genes /Genetics, Plant-Based/Animal Free, Plant Breeding,

Identification of plant-parasitic nematode attractant

A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University, Japan has become the first to successfully purify and identify an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flaxseeds. Their experiments revealed that rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I), a flaxseed cell wall component, can attract root-knot nematodes. The linkages between rhamnose and L-galactose are essential for the attraction.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, USDA,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Diverse landcover boosts yields for major U.S. crops, study finds

Monoculture is widely assumed to boost a farm’s production capacity, but a major study encompassing the mainland United States, however, suggests that the opposite is true. "Landscape diversification appears to be an important piece for boosting our resilience to climate change, both as a country and at the farm scale," says Emily Burchfield, assistant professor of environmental sciences.

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