Overly optimistic assumptions about transgenic crops that produce two or more Bt toxins active against the same pest can lead to inadequate strategies for delaying evolution of pest resistance, says University of Arizona.
Researchers found wheat that's resistant to Fusarium Head Blight has specialized and protective cell walls, which may help produce disease-resistant varieties of durum wheat.
The 23rd annual National No-Tillage Conference drew 943 attendees to the Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, making the event the largest of five events held in the Queen City through the history of the program.
Growers should soon begin planning their program for controlling kochia, as the spread of glyphosate-resistant populations suggest that perhaps control measures should begin prior to emergence.
Maryland, North Dakota and Pennsylvania growers share their efficient, effective fertility practices with no-tillers at the National No-Tillage Conference.
Many growers have taken out their grassed waterways after tiling their fields, but South Dakota State University Extension says this doesn't prevent all soil erosion.
With China approving Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera trait, South Dakota State University sees the U.S. becoming a major corn export for the country's increasing livestock demands.
The easiest way to monitor the effectiveness of your SCN-resistant soybeans is to test for SCN about every 6 years, says University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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