Agriculture

  2009 DEC 10 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "Brown patch disease, caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn, is one of the most devastating fungal pathogens that occur on tall fescue [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh. = Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort]. The development of genetic resistance to brown patch would provide the most effective long term control to this disease; however, the genetic mechanism of brown patch resistance in tall fescue is not known," scientists in the United States report ...read more

  2009 DEC 10 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the journal Crop Science, "Growing warm-season legumes during fallow periods associated with traditional continuous systems of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the southern Great Plains (SGP) can provide supplemental forage, biological N, and protection from soil erosion, provided the legumes can tolerate drought stress and not deplete the available water in the soil profile. Our objective was to quantify water use by five species of pulse legumes {pigeon pea [(Cajanus Cajan (L.) Millsp.) cv. ...read more

  2009 DEC 10 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "Winter hardiness is a complex trait and poor winter hardiness limits commercial production of winter oat (Avena spp:). The objective of this study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for five winter-hardiness component traits in a recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between the winter-tender cultivar Fulghum and the winter-hardy cultivar Norline," investigators in the United States report ...read more