Field Trial

“Across 26 on-farm Nebraska trials, foliar micronutrients rarely raised corn yield because soils were already sufficient — helping growers avoid unnecessary micronutrient spending.”

“No soybean variety tested in Pennsylvania was immune to soybean vein necrosis virus, and the variety Channel3917R2x attracted the most thrips, making it the preferred host. Thrips feeding alone, and especially combined with virus infection, cut soybean growth and photosynthetic performance and altered seed protein, oil, fiber, and carbohydrate content.”

“A University of Nebraska-built cable-and-sensor robot measures entire corn fields in fine detail, compressing years of hand data-collection in breeding and agronomy trials into a single season.”

“Open imaging datasets of widely-grown corn lines give breeders and data scientists a shared benchmark for building faster, cheaper crop-improvement tools.”

“This study focused on assessing the influence of the riparian habitat on physical instream habitats in trout streams in southeastern Minnesota, USA.”

“Conservation Tillage and Nitrogen Management for Sugarbeet Production.”

“Lactobionate, a byproduct of cheese production, can be used as a soil amendment in winter wheat and corn production.”

“Across 15 North Dakota nitrogen-rate sites, red and red edge NDVI predicted corn yield equally well at V6, but at the later V12 stage red edge NDVI outperformed red NDVI because red readings saturate once the canopy closes. For growers using GreenSeeker or Crop Circle sensors to guide in-season N, red edge is the better choice for late-season sidedress decisions.”

“FLEA CONTROL ON PRAIRIE DOGS (CYNOMYS SPP.) WITH FIPRONIL BAIT PELLETS: POTENTIAL PLAGUE MITIGATION TOOL FOR RAPID FIELD APPLICATION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.”

“Quantifying changes in total and pyrogenic carbon stocks across fire severity gradients in California mixed-conifer forest.”

“Using Waste Ceramic Dust in Stabilization of Clay Soils.”

“Boosting soil health and crop nutrients with locally sourced biochar and compost in Sacramento urban agriculture.”

“Field-evolved resistance by western corn rootworm to multiple Bt toxins in transgenic maize.”

“The presence, size and importance of bacterial communities on plant leaf surfaces are widely appreciated. However, information is scarce regarding their composition and how it changes along geographical and seasonal scales.”

“The need for sustainable agricultural practices to meet the food, feed, and fuel demands of a growing global population while reducing detrimental environmental impacts has driven research in multifaceted approaches to agricultural sustainability. Perennial cropping systems and microbial biofertilizer supplements are two emerging strategies to increase agricultural sustainability that are studied in tandem in this study.”

“Invasion of Acacia mangium in Amazonian savannas following planting for forestry.”

“Woody plant encroachment enhances soil infiltration of a semiarid karst savanna.”

“Registration of ‘Sierra’ Chickpea.”

“Estimating Field-Level Perennial Bioenergy Grass Biomass Yields Using the Normalized Difference Red-Edge Index and Linear Regression Analysis for Central Virginia, USA.”

“Foliar sprays of eight plant-derived protein hydrolysates on tomato generally increased digital biomass, with two products (A and I) significantly improving relative growth rate and overall growth performance, though chlorophyll fluorescence showed no photosynthetic differences. Metabolomics indicated the biostimulants worked by reprogramming ethylene-precursor, polyamine, and ROS-signaling pathways, and the phenotyping-plus-metabolomics combination proved an efficient way to screen new biostimulant candidates.”

“Timing of a single urea application (224 kg N/ha) strongly changed gas losses: fertilizer-derived N2O was under 0.05% of applied N across all six application dates — far below the IPCC 1% default — with fertilizer raising N2O rates above unfertilized soil only in early fall and early summer. The biggest combined N2O + ammonia losses came in cool, wet early-spring soils (>60% water-filled pore space), so matching application date to soil temperature and moisture can cut nitrogen losses.”

“In HLB-infected 'Ray Ruby' grapefruit in Florida, packing 975 trees/ha instead of 300 cut canopy volume per tree by 33% but raised fruit yield per hectare 160% and solids yield 190%, with slightly more acidic, higher-soluble-solids fruit. Controlled-release fertilizer blends with extra micronutrients and less potassium grew bigger canopies but did not improve yield — in fact yield per hectare dropped 24% in the first season — so micronutrient-boosted CRF is not a reliable fix for HLB in grapefruit.”

“In HLB-infected 'Ray Ruby' grapefruit, planting at 975 trees/ha (double-row high density) gave the highest fruit and solids yield per hectare despite smaller trees and lower yield per tree, with slightly more acidic, higher-soluble-solids fruit. Extra soil or foliar B/Mn/Zn (up to 6x recommended rates) raised leaf nutrient levels but did not improve yield or reduce bacterial titer — foliar micronutrients actually coincided with lower yield and photosynthesis in one year.”

“Nitrous oxide emissions are driven by environmental conditions rather than nitrogen application methods in a perennial hayfield.”

“Long-term biosolids applications improve key soil health functions for semi-arid dryland systems.”

“Seasonal effects of granivory on broadcast seeding restoration in degraded semiarid grassland.”

“Indaziflam is a promising herbicide for conservation purposes in areas where the invasive species seed bank needs to be depleted with as little disturbance to biocrusts as possible.”

“Earlier fall precipitation and low severity fire impacts on cheatgrass and sagebrush establishment in the Great Basin.”

“An indepth field validation of “DUSST”: A novel lowmaintenance soiling measurement device.”

“Microbiome of Field Grown Hemp Reveals Potential Microbial Interactions With Root and Rhizosphere Soil.”

“Evaluating growth, biomass and cannabinoid profiles of floral hemp varieties under different planting dates in organic soils of Florida.”

“A propane-fueled in-field heat treatment to reduce Cercospora beticola survival in plant residue and improve CLS management in sugarbeet.”

“An experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin's Arlington Agricultural Research Station from 2021 to 2022 examined both pre and postcorn planting management strategies of a red clover living mulch on clover growth, weed biomass, corn plant population, and grain yield.”

“Applying coal combustion residue as a carbon amendment (3.3–19.7 Mg C/ha) in a western Nebraska dry bean–maize–sugarbeet rotation gave no consistent yield benefit over three years, with only weak yield trends (p = 0.07–0.22) in some crop-years. It did not reduce herbicide effectiveness on weeds, though one mid-rate treatment cut maize yield where saflufenacil + dimethenamid-p was applied.”