Agriculture Week back issues from June 2009:
Recent findings from M. Kasina and co-authors highlight research in science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The Kakamega district is endowed with good climatic and soil conditions that have favoured agricultural production, and houses the Kakamega Tropical Rain Forest, the only remaining patch of the easternmost end of the Congo Forest. In efforts to halt its fragmentation and to salvage the ...
Research findings from University of Canterbury update understanding of science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Christchurch, New Zealand, "Livestock evacuation from farms affected by volcanic ashfall during or following a moderate to large volcanic eruption of Taranaki volcano would pose serious logistical challenges for emergency organisations. The volcanic ...
Study results from Punjab Agricultural University update understanding of science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The poplar based agroforestry system improves aggregation of soil through huge amounts of organic matter in the form of leaf biomass. The extent of improvement may be affected by the age of the poplar trees and the soil type," scientists writing in the journal Agroforestry Systems report ....
Scientists at University of Maribor target science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Hoce, Slovenia, "This paper presents and reviews agricultural terminology to gain a better understanding of the terms." "The authors examine such phrases as sustainable agriculture, sustainable animal production, good agricultural practice, ...
Researchers from University of Kassel report on findings in science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "This paper analyses the impact of the economic structure of Chinas meat market and various livestock inventories on the demand for and supply of protein feed, with particular consideration of its world market implications. The results of econometric analyses indicate that the effects of ...
Data from Wageningen University advance knowledge in botany.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Netherlands, "Although residue management seems a key factor in residue-mediated weed suppression, very few studies have systematically compared the influence of different residue management strategies on the establishment of crop and weed species. We ...
Reports outline biotechnology research from Technion.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Haifa, Israel, "Erosion is defined as the displacement of solid particles originating from soil, rock, and sediments by forces of wind, water, and ice. Erosion affects soil microtopography and surface roughness, leading to clogging of surface drainage ...
Research from Monash University provides new data about science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Holocene, "A series of monoliths collected from Ambra Crater in the Upper Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea have been subject to multiproxy (pollen microcharcoal and diatom) palaeoecological investigation. The palaeoecological record ...
New remote sensing study results from S. Bandyopadhyay et al described.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Land suitability potential evaluation is an important step to detect the environmental limit in sustainable land use planning. It deals with the assessment of land performances for the specific use that is crop production," researchers in Bangalore, India report. "In the ...
Research on hydrology reported by scientists at Department of Agriculture.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The variable Source area (VSA) concept provides the underlying paradigm for managing phosphorus losses in runoff in the north-eastern USA. This study sought to elucidate factors controlling runoff along two hillslopes with contrasting soils, including characterizing runoff generation ...
Reports outline genetics study results from University of Edinburgh.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Selection for resistance to an infectious disease not only improves resistance of animals, but also has the potential to reduce the pathogen challenge to contemporaries, especially when the population under selection is the main reservoir of pathogens. A model was developed to describe ...
Studies from S. Aviron and co-researchers in the area of agricultural systems published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, "The present study investigated whether case-specific Monitoring (CSM) Would be an appropriate option to detect possible effects Oil butterflies during commercial cultivation of Bt-maize (Cry1Ab), ...
Studies from China Agricultural University describe new findings in animal science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "The objective of this work was to study the direct effects of daidzein on steroidogenesis in cultured mouse Leydig cells. Adult mouse Leydig cells were purified by Percoll gradient centrifugation. and the cell purity was ...
Study results from University of Tasmania in the area of aquatic research published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "A Tasmanian tidalflat receiving differing amounts of vehicle traffic associated with the servicing of oyster farm leases was sampled for sediment properties and benthic community structure. There was a gradient of vehicle usage in both the littoral zone (LZ) and the intertidal zone (IZ), ...
New biological controls research from China Agricultural University discussed.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Antonospora locustae is a microsporidian parasite of grasshopper insects that is used as a biological control agent. We report on laboratory selection of isolates from different regions with increased virulence," scientists writing in the journal Biocontrol Science and Technology report. ...
Study results from A. Gohin and colleagues in the area of agricultural economics published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The main objective of this article is to examine econometric estimates of price elasticities of food trade functions. We investigate the relevance of the prominent gravity approach," scientists writing in the Journal of Agricultural Economics report. "This approach is based on ...
New findings from S. Magnussen and co-authors in the area of forestry published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Victoria, Canada, "Bayesian accuracy assessments draw inference about random (super-population) parameters characterizing the classification process and accuracy statistics derived from these parameters. A conventional frequentist approach seeks to ...
Research from Texas A&M University has provided new data on soil science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Most methods to determine soil organic C (SOC) content are constrained by the time or equipment required, thereby limiting their use in determining the spatial variability of SOC across large areas. In this study, a new spectrophotometric ...
Studies from T. Tonooka and co-authors have provided new information about breeding science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "(1-3, 1-4)-beta-D-glucan contained in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grains is a main component of endosperm cell walls and constitutes the cell wall matrix with arabinoxylan. A monofactorial recessive mutant gene for (1-3, 1-4)-beta-D-glucanless grain was round and the new gene was ...
Studies from A. Huuskonen et al have provided new data on food science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The objective of the present study was to compare the performance of Hereford bulls in an insulated tie-stall, an uninsulated barn and a forest paddock in Northern Finland (Ruukki: 64 degrees 44'N, 25 degrees 15'E). In November 1999, thirty Hereford bulls (age 6.8 +/- 0.5 (mean +/- SD) ...
New findings in agricultural research described from University of Gottingen.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "In the last few years, following a number of food crises, quality assurance systems have been widely introduced into the European agri-food sector. Customers' growing quality demands and their undermined trust in food safety are just two of the driving forces behind this trend," ...
New findings from D.J. Ossip and co-authors in the area of tobacco research published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases quit rates and is increasingly distributed through quitlines, but no systematic data are available on adverse effects and safety among quitline NRT users. Smokers who contacted the New York ...
Research from University of Barcelona has provided new data on agricultural and food chemistry.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Barcelona, Spain, "During sparkling wine aging, a narrow interaction is established between wine and lees of second fermentation, which remain in contact during long periods. In order to contribute to the knowledge on this interaction, volatile compounds ...
University of Florida study provides insight into evolution of first flowers.
Jun 04, 2009 ... Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve. But a new University of Florida study, set to appear next week in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National ...
Recent findings from I.R. Mcivor and co-authors highlight research in forestry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Palmerston North, New Zealand, "Poplars are commonly planted on moist, unstable pastoral hill country to prevent or reduce soil erosion, thereby maintaining hillslope integrity and pasture production. Mechanical reinforcement by poplar root systems aids ...
Reports outline breeding science study results from Kyoto University.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Japan, "We analyzed 25 chloroplast simple sequence repeat (cpSSR) loci in 82 accessions, 59 of cultivated radish and 23 of three wild Raphanus species and identified 7 polymorphic loci and 20 haplotypes. The distribution of haplotypes in different species and ...
New findings reported from D. Marot and co-authors describe advances in soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Under the effect of internal flows, a liner can undergo a washing out of particles, which modifies the particle size distribution and affects hydraulic, chemical and mechanical characteristics. This paper discusses the effects of internal flows on sand/kaolin mixture, in terms of rate of ...
New findings from University of Kuopio in the area of agricultural and food chemistry published.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Blocking bacterial adhesion to host surfaces provides novel potential to control infections. The present study was directed to binding and inhibitory activity of different fresh berries and berry and fruit juices against Neisseria meningitidis," scientists in Kuopio, Finland report. ...
Study findings from University of Leuven broaden understanding of agricultural and food chemistry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Mildly, intermediately, and severely parboiled Jacinto [16% free amylose (FAM) content] and Puntal (26% FAM content) rice samples were submitted to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). DSC thermograms revealed ungelatinized starch only in mildly ...
Akerman Senterfitt Shareholder Develops Florida's First Minority Legal Pipeline Program.
Jun 04, 2009 ... Akerman Senterfitt announced a new partnership with Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Law School (FAMU), one of Florida's oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to promote diversity in the legal profession. At the helm of this project is The Honorable Joseph W ....
Researchers from University of Sao Paulo discuss findings in soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Piracicaba, Brazil, "Currently there is a trend for the expansion of the area cropped with sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), driven by an increase in the world demand for biofuels, due to economical, environmental, and geopolitical issues. Although ...
Research on soil science described by K.J. Mcfarlane and colleagues.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, "Belowground C and N storage is important in maintaining forest productivity and to CO2 sequestration. How these pools respond to management is poorly understood." "We investigated effects of ...
Findings from R. Dinesh and co-authors broaden understanding of soil science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The leguminous cover crops Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth., Centrosema pubescens Benth., and Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth., were grown in the interspaces; of a 19 y-old coconut plantation and incorporated into the soil at the end of the monsoon season every year. At the end of ...
Researchers from Gazi University detail new studies and findings in the area of soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) film pieces were degraded by sulfate reducing Desulfotomaculum sp. incubated under anaerobic laboratory conditions. Degradation started with adherence of the microbial cells and followed by formation of black colonies on the film surface," scientists in ...
Study results from Technical University of Munich update understanding of soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "In organic farming systems, it has been demonstrated that grain pulses such as peas often do not enhance soil N supply to the following crops. This may be due to large N removals via harvested grains as well as N-leaching losses during winter," scientists in Germany report. ...
Research from University of Florida provide new insights into soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in southwest Florida is typically grown on fumigated, raised beds with polyethylene mulch under seepage irrigation. An average grower's N rate currently exceeds the University of Florida's Institute of ...
Research from Z. Saprokina et al broadens understanding of food science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Tartu, Estonia, "The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of omega-3 PUFA-rich linseed-supplemented diet on the omega-6/omega-3 PUFA content and IGF-1 mRNA expression in broiler tissues. Broilers (50 of 21 d old and 90 of 42 d old) were divided ...
Findings in agricultural and food chemistry reported from University of Georgia.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Rice bran oil (RBO) was enzymatically modified in a continuous packed bed bioreactor to incorporate caprylic acid with Lipozyme RM IM as biocatalyst. The reaction product was purified by short-path distillation," investigators in the United States report. "Rice bran oil ...
Research from S. Vishnoi et al has provided new information about agricultural and food chemistry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, "In the present investigation, substituted cinnamic acids (3-hydroxy, 4-hydroxy, 2-nitro, 3-nitro, 4-nitro, 3-chloro, and 4-methoxy) and their amide analogues with four different types of substituted ...
New findings from V. Stokes and co-researchers in the area of forestry described.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Farnham, the United Kingdom, "Extensive damage to and mortality of understorey seedlings during overstorey thinning could prevent the use of natural regeneration as a method of restocking. Experiments carried out on three upland conifer sites in Britain assessed ...
New forestry study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Gottingen.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Germany, "Tropical insect species show year-round breeding activity due to favourable climatic conditions. However, most species also display seasonal reproductive peaks, but little is known about underlying causes of temporal density changes." ...
New agricultural research findings from P. Ghosh and co-authors described.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from India, "Among the primary needs of the central Himalayan region is a sustainable agriculture that will increase farmers' income through agricultural diversification While conserving biodiversity and achieving food self-sufficiency." "The danger of ...
Researchers at University of California publish new data on agricultural economics.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "A new empirical industrial organisation approach is used to measure seller market power in the French Comte cheese market, characterised by government-approved supply control. The estimation is performed on quarterly data at the wholesale stage over the period 1985-2005," scientists in ...
Research from W. Skierucha and co-researchers in the area of soil science described.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The purpose of this study is to determine the temperature influence on the soil bulk dielectric permittivity, epsilon(b), calculated from the measurement of the electromagnetic-wave velocity of propagation along the parallel waveguide in a TDR probe, i.e., a probe working in time domain ...
Research results from University of Halle-Wittenberg update knowledge of soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Tests were carried out to determine the weighing precision of a 2 m deep lysimeter with a 1 m(2) cross-sectional area and a total mass of 3500 to 3850 kg, depending on the soil water content. The weighing mechanism consists on three shear-stress cells laid out for a load capacity of 1320 ...
Willie Nelson and Farm Aid Warn Low Milk Prices for Farmers Threaten Local and Regional Economies.
Jun 04, 2009 ... The drastic drop in milk prices paid to farmers over the past year has led to an unprecedented crisis for dairy farmers who, on average, are being paid less than half the cost of production. Low prices and high production costs threaten to push nearly one-third of dairy farmers off their ...
Research conducted at Taipei Medical University has updated our knowledge about tobacco research.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "In Taiwan, the Smoke-Free Restaurant Program (SFRP) was implemented from 2003 to 2005 as an initial phase before the introduction of restrictive legislation promoting smoke-free restaurants (SFRs). No studies have evaluated trends in ...
Scientists at Auburn University release new data on soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The bioavailability of pesticides in soils is affected by the addition of crop-residue-derived char, which alters the sorption and desorption characteristics of the soils. Sorption, desorption, and biodegradation experiments were performed using atrazine ...
New findings reported from A. Akerstrom and co-authors describe advances in agricultural and food chemistry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Uppsala, Sweden, "Vaccinium myrtillus berries (bilberries) contain antioxidants, in particular anthocyanins, which are secondary metabolites that have proven health-promoting effects. Bilberries were collected at the Svartberget research forest in northern Sweden ...
Research from B. Ruffino and co-authors yields new data on soil science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Turin, Italy, "This work was aimed at evaluating the feasibility of a remediation treatment performed by means of a supercritical carbon dioxide extraction on a sandy soil recently contaminated by light polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The soil utilized ...
Study findings on agricultural and food chemistry are outlined in reports from Gyeongsang National University.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The influence of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on the growth of some foodborne and pathogenic bacteria was examined. A potassium salt of CLA (CLA-K) was tested against three Gram-positive strains (Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus mutans) and five Gram-negative ...
Study findings from University of Florida broaden understanding of soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Fertilizer management, particularly of P and K, on sandy soils is crucial to maximize production and minimize environmental impact in agricultural systems. Experiments were conducted at commercial tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) farms in southwest Florida during the 2006 spring and ...
Studies from C. Thenail and colleagues provide new data on agricultural systems.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Farming activities are major drivers of the landscape-related ecological patterning because of their multiple influences oil both non-arable and arable landscape elements and mosaics. Uncertainties still remain about the way individual farmer decisions and the aggregation of their ...
Study data from University of Tsukuba provide new insights into breeding science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Little is known about the physiological responses of higher plant cells during the early stages of embryogenesis and the genes that are involved in these responses. Carrot is an appropriate plant for the study of somatic embryogenesis as a model of zygotic embryogenesis," scientists ...
New forestry findings from F. Payan and co-authors described.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The impact of Erythrina poeppigiana on soil characteristics, at three different positions relative to the shade tree and from three different soil depths, was evaluated in pairs of comparable Costa Rican coffee farms (organic and conventional) in 2000 and 2004. In the conventional system ...
Fitch Rates Monarch-Chesterfield Levee District, MO's Special Tax Bonds 'A-'; Outlook Stable.
Jun 04, 2009 ... Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A-' rating to Monarch-Chesterfield Levee District, Missouri's (the district) approximately $3.4 million levee district improvement bonds, series 2009, scheduled for a negotiated sale on or about May 28, 2009. In addition, Fitch affirms its 'A-' rating on the ...
Reports summarize soil science research from Agricultural University.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Athens, Greece, "The effect of four levels of nitrogen (N) application (3.2, 16.2, 32.4, and 48.6 g m(-2)) on the biomass and concentration and composition of essential oils of three parsley types (plain leaf, turnip-rooted, curl leaf) was investigated in ...
Researchers from Laval University report on findings in soil science.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... "In Quebec (Canada), approximately 3.5 million tons of bark are produced annually, most of which are burned or buried without being used or recycled, whereas they could be used as basic components in growing media. However, growing media made of fresh bark often inhibits plant growth due ...
Research from G.X. Chen and co-researchers provides new data on breeding science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "Segregation analysis showed that eibi1, a drought hypersensitive Cuticle wild barley mutant, was monogenic and recessive, and mapped in two F, Populations, one made from a cross between the mutant and a Cultivated barley (cv," scientists in Tsukuba, Japan report. "Morex), and ...
Studies from Mississippi State University add new findings in the area of forestry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "In 2004, four focus groups consisting of agricultural landowners were organized in Northcentral Iowa to assess opportunities for hunting along in-field shelterbelts and on adjacent lands. A majority of respondents (95%) allowed/practiced some hunting on their lands," researchers in the ...
Study results from X.L. Hao et al provide new insights into agricultural and food chemistry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Wuxi, People's Republic of China, "A general and broad class selective competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of the a-cyano pyrethroids was developed. One class specific hapten, the 5-(3-benzylphenyl)-5-cyanopentanoic acid ...
Research reports from Hunan Normal University provide new insights into agricultural and food chemistry.(Report)
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, "Nonnutritive sweeteners are the low calorie substances used to replace sugar and other caloric ones. Determination of these sweetners in foods is important to ensure consistency in product quality." ...
University of Copenhagen details research in agricultural economics.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Agricultural Economics, "This paper examines market integration between fish species in Europe, taking international market integration into account. Based on Juselius (2006), market integration is found both on the fresh and frozen ...
Investigators at Department of Agriculture zero in on soil science.
Jun 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Soil phenols have been implicated as inhibitors of soil N cycling within many agroecosystems, including irrigated lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.). To quantify the effects of crop management on temporal patterns of phenol accumulation in ...
Findings from University of Maine advance knowledge in forestry.
Jun 04, 2009 ... "The management styles of chief executives largely determine how firms react to a myriad of challenges and opportunities that arise in the marketplace. The management style of a chief executive can influence a firm's ability to successfully compete in an increasingly globalized world," ...