USDA Agricultural Research Service
August 6, 2010
___________________________________________
New poultry litter applicator could help protect the Chesapeake Bay:
A research coalition of scientists from five Chesapeake Bay states-Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York-is taking a close look at two different versions of machines that could help protect the Bay by injecting dry poultry litter and composted cattle manure below the surface of farm fields, thus reducing the likelihood of harmful runoff of nutrients into the Bay. (8/2)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100802.htm
Throwing a citrus pest off its scent:
An ARS scientist and his university colleague have pinpointed compounds released by female citrus leafminer moths that could be used to control this damaging pest by disrupting the ability of the male moths to find females for mating. (8/3)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100803.htm
"Bee pastures" to help pollinators prosper:
Beautiful wildflowers planted in pesticide-free "bee pastures," small floral havens of as little as a half-acre of land, could be an efficient, practical, environmentally friendly and economically sound way to produce successive generations of healthy young bees vital for crop pollination, according to an ARS entomologist. (8/4)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100804.htm
Potting medium that starts life as a pine tree:
A new type of sustainable and environmentally friendly potting medium made from thinned pine trees has been created by ARS scientists and their university cooperators. (8/5/)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100805.htm
A flower-dwelling yeast to help combat scab disease:
An ARS plant pathologist and his university colleague are evaluating an improved variant of the yeast Cryptococcus flavescens that tolerates fungicide and may prove to be a valuable new weapon against Fusarium graminearum, the fungal culprit behind Fusarium head blight, also known as scab. (8/6)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100806.htm
___________________________________________
Newslink is the weekly e-mail pointer for web links to stories issued each workday by the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
* Send feedback and questions to the ARS News Service at NewsService@ars.usda.gov
* You are subscribed to "Newslink" as mbhenry@ufl.edu.
* To change the address, please notify the ARS News Service at NewsService@ars.usda.gov.
* To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-188788-84528.9cd57c6e1af7d57c7b4ca2b2c824e5ca@ls.ars.usda.gov.
* Other ARS news products are available by e-mail. For details about them or to subscribe, please contact the ARS News Service or visit http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/lists.htm.
__________________________________________
ARS News Service, Information Staff, Agricultural Research Service
5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room 1-2251, Beltsville MD 20705-5128
NewsService@ars.usda.gov | www.ars.usda.gov/news
Phone (301) 504-1636 | fax (301) 504-1486
No comments:
Post a Comment
Tell us what you think! Please use common sense and good judgement. Comments will be moderated if necessary.