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@ASA_CSSA_SSSA
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Marshmallow growing season is in full swing! 😅 Happy #AprilFoolsDay !
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New #bean varieties such as the UC Sunrise, satisfy the need for #farmers to have a bean that is #disease resistant while also yielding 50% more than heirloom types. The beans also don’t take as long to grow. @UCDavisPlants 📸: @TravisParker91
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Soil scientists separate the solid particles of #soil based on their size. The mixture of sand, silt, and clay particles determines soil texture. This is important to your gardens, and to #farmers growing our food: 📸: SSSA
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We are ready to knock your socks off. Stop by the membership booth in the Exhibit Hall at #ACSmtg and buy exclusive ASA, CSSA, SSSA socks! Mention this Tweet and receive a 10% discount!
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Did you know #coconuts are seeds? Seeds come in many different shapes and sizes. Larger seeds can be planted in greater #soil depth, and have larger embryos therefore have longer dormancies. Read more in this #SeedWeek blog: 📸: Aniruddha Maity
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The relationship of soil health indicators to crop yield and water quality isn’t well understood, so researchers in central Illinois did some testing. What they found out was interesting. Check it out:
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#corn yields increased by 10% when planted with uniform spacing. Read the @AgronomyJournal paper summary
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We've got a full house at the opening keynote for #ACSMtg !
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Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️
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Still true, 80 years later: A nation that destroys its #soil destroys itself.
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Mark Seyfried is deep in a #soil pit to check out how local topography and sun exposure affect soil temperature and #water content - factors that current models don't always take into account. Check out the @vadosezonej study here: 📸: Kathleen Lohse
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Congrats to Joann Whalen, @mcgillu , @DrSethMurray , @TAMU , and @NPKetc , @UWMadison , on being elected the next ASA, CSSA, SSSA President-Elects, respectively. ASA election results: CSSA results: SSSA results:
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Living mulch is a perennial cover crop—so no yearly reseeding! New research shows #clover could be a solid living mulch for #corn , cutting nitrogen inputs and boosting soil health in the process: @UWMadison @universityofga 📸: Ken Albrecht
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While India grows about 12 million tons of #chickpeas each year, the national yield of the crop has not increased much over time. Researchers are developing better yielding varieties to meet the demand: @rajvarshney @coeingenomics @icarindia 📸: @ICRISAT
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#Phenotyping seed traits is a major bottleneck to systematic analysis of seed variation. Advances in digital imaging technology can automatically measure a variety of shape parameters using high resolution images of #seeds .” Read more: 📸: Kevin Murphy
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Revised guidelines to measure #N2O are now available in an #OpenAccess @JEnvironQual special section: @JamesHuttonInst @mwlr_nz @AgResearchNEWS @GRA_GHG 📸: Priscila Simon, AgResearch NZ
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Mature soil is much more fun to hang out with than immature soil. Way less drama.
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Thank you to our members who voted in the 2023 ASA, CSSA, SSSA Elections! Congratulations to our newly elected leaders. Read the full election results: ASA: CSSA: SSSA:
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#Farmers in Iceland see high seed loss after storms in the fall. A team tested to see if #barley varieties that can be harvested earlier in the year could grow in colder environments: @crop_science 📸: Magnus Göransson
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Phosphorus (P) is a critical nutrient for crops, and its loss can be a big problem. Scientists across the US and Canada synthesized P inputs and outputs across 61 (😮) cropping systems to develop guidance to dial in P budgets. We love a balanced budget.
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If you’re interested in agricultural practices that reduce GHGs and mitigate climate change, Mississippi State University has a role that’s right up your alley. Give it a look:
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Rattan Lal, Past-President of @SSSA_soils was honored as the @WorldFoodPrize Laureate this year. Read about his storied career as a #researcher and #agronomist in CSA News: 📸Ken Chamberlain, @OhioState
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Scientists find a way to use a smartphone camera to easily measure soil density. Read more: @nmsu_aces @sssajournal #Soil #SoilScience #Environment #Technology #MobileApp #Innovation #Research #Discover #Agriculture #ScienceNews 📸: Colby Brungard
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Researchers in #India are working to develop high yielding #chickpea varieties. They used genetic techniques to breed several traits for drought tolerance and focused on popular varieties already grown by farmers: @rajvarshney @icarindia 📸 @ICRISAT
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Researchers at @IowaStateU have found that biochar-based nitrogen fertilizers boosted N use efficiency in maize. That’s capital N for “neat”!
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Research finds more biological nitrogen fixation, and less nitrogen through fertilizer, can increase soy yield 27% A more #sustainable future? Find out at
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We're all jealous of not thinking of this before. #LoveYourWork
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U.S. investment in plant breeding has fallen. The current funding model of short-term grants is challenging for crops that require several years of breeding cycles. The loss of plant breeding programs would be devastating to our food system: 📸 @wsucahnrs
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Today marked our annual Congressional Visits Day! ASA/CSSA/SSSA members met with members of Congress on Capitol Hill, advocating to #SupportAgResearch . Thank you to all of our teams for your hard work!
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A new review in @plantgenome puts systems #biology at the forefront of crop improvement. Read the latest from @ICRISAT ; @rajvarshney ; @coeingenomics ; @univienna ; @uwanews ; @MurdochUni in CSA News: 📸: Nilesh Mishra
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There’s about 40 traits to consider when developing a new potato variety. The process is complicated by the fact that potato varieties often have four copies of every gene. #Scientists developed diploid #potatoes that are self-compatible: 📸Natalie Kaiser
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“Phosphorus is most available to plants when soil is at a “Goldilocks” zone of acidity.” #Research at
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#SoilsMatter ! #Phosphorus is the sixth most abundant element in living organisms ( #carbon is the first!) It never occurs freely in nature. It is a necessary element for #plant growth and good #yields . More “P facts” here:
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Get ready for an adventure! We've got everything you need to make this meeting a blast. 🌟🌾 #ACSMTG
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That’s a wrap! 🎬 Thank you to everyone who joined us in beautiful St. Louis for #ACSMtg 2023. We hope you had as much fun as we did…we can’t wait to see you next year. We wish you all safe travels home.
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Do #corn tillers decrease #yield ? @KSUCROPS scientists found out—see what their study from 10 site-years shows in CSA News: @rachel_veenstra @CiampittiLab @CortevaUS @kstateag @DanBerning @paulcagronomist 📷: Jessica Veenstra
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"I Heart #Soil " stickers in 16 languages, including Klingon are a major hit at #WCSS22 in Glasgow! You can print for free or buy them here:
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Seeds aren't just for planting--they're the grains we eat, too. Rodomiro Ortiz tells us about new ways to study #seeds with the "-omics" in CSA News: #SeedWeek
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Handheld #spectrometers could massively increase throughput in #plant breeding, but how do you analyze the data? Try a new R package called Waves: @GoreLab_Cornell @wileyplantsci @CornellCALS @BTIscience @plantphenomej 📸: @jennahersh
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Registration for the 2022 Sustainable #Agronomy Conference Virtual-Event Series is open! This FREE conference provides CCAs and Agri-Sales Professionals with the opportunity to better understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Earn CEUs!
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It’s been a great #ACSMtg for our Grad Students, who raised $1,065 for their ASF Travel Grant Fund. Thank you to all our generous donors, including SSSA President Carrie Laboski! If you’d like to donate, click here:
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Congratulations to @ChelseaDirtball and Qi Mu, for winning the SSSA and CSSA Society Wide Student Contests, respectively. They each receive $1,000 and complimentary registrations to the 2021 Annual Meeting! Thank you again to all of our attendees for an incredible week! #ACSmtg
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We've got a wonderful turnout at our networking luncheon to recognize our ASA, CSSA, and SSSA award recipients and Fellows. Congratulations to all our awardees! #ACSMtg
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Graduate #students work what seems like endless hours on their research. Finding time for hobbies is hard, so read this CSA News story to learn how Carlos Pires, @kstateag , and Fernanda Krupek, @unlagrohort , find time!
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Palmer amaranth is a weed that is invading #crops , stealing their nutrients. @SarahKezar and her team found this weed grows in hotter and drier conditions like those the U.S. faces in the future: @FFARFellows @aglifesciences @TAMUWeedNinjas 📸: Sam Craft
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For 2022’s #HispanicMonth , the Societies are honoring several of our recent award winners – looking to the future of our sciences. Today’s featured award winner is Ignacio Ciampitti. @CiampittiLab
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Agricultural soils are major sources of GHG emissions, especially nitrous oxide. Unfortunately, emission predictions using traditional models aren’t super accurate. The good news is that machine learning may be the key to dialing them in. Learn more:
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A #soil archive in North Dakota features over 5,000 soil samples. Researchers are conducting a study to find changes in soil properties between a 1947 collection and a resample in 2018. Read more in this new #SoilsMatter blog: @USDA_ARS 📸: Mark Liebig
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When glaciers in #Wisconsin melted, they left all the mineral debris they had picked up during their formation. This included sand and gravel. Later, silt and clay blew over the land that is now called Antigo Silt Loam–Wisconsin’s state #soil : 📸USDA-NRCS
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Fill in the ___ in the comments! #Agronomy #Crops #Soil
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If #soil is your cupcake, wind erosion eats the frosting. In both sandy and fine-grained silt soils of Eastern Washington, wind erosion lifts, sifts, and then carries away the best part of the soil. Learn what #farmers are doing: 📸: Andrew McGuire
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A new smartphone system for determining the bulk density of soil provides results that are nearly identical to traditional laser-scanning or wax-dipping methods. Learn more: @nmsu_aces @sssajournal #Soil #SoilScience #Environment 📸: Colby Brungard
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#Popcorn is one of America’s favorite snacks. But did you know #sorghum can also be popped? Researchers at @TAMU recently released a new variety of sorghum with excellent yield and superior popping quality: 📸: MA Kent
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Nodule structures are necessary to protect the anaerobic activity of #nitrogen fixing bacteria, which form a mutualistic symbiosis with the plant. Read more about #root architecture: 📸: Jake Mowrer
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It takes a lot of research to understand what crop rotations yield the best benefits for short-term and long-term impact. 🤔 This article discusses the results of studying six-crop rotations in various ecozones of Western Canada.
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Turfgrass is the largest crop in the United States, and it definitely has an impact on the environment. Find out how turfgrass scientists are exploring ways to maximize its benefits while minimizing its environmental footprint.
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If you teach soil science and need resources, SSSA wants to help. The SSSA grant program provides up to 10 $500 grants to go toward supplies and materials needed to conduct lessons about soils. Applications are due on April 15; get yours in today:
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Preplant-kill is when a cover crop is killed before (crops like #soybeans ) are planted. Planting green is when the #covercrop is killed after the soybeans are planted. In a study, planting green doubled cereal rye biomass: 📸: Heidi Reed
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Sesame is one of the most versatile crops. Researchers have been investigating the potential impacts of different air temperatures on #sesame growth, yield, and physiology. Read more in this new Sustainable, Secure Food Blog: 📸: Gurjinder Baath
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78 @ASA_CSSA_SSSA leadership, faculty, students, and CCAs are in Washington DC today and tomorrow advocating for USDA agriculture research. #SupportAgResearch
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Use of ag application #drones is taking off in Canada, but regulations and knowledge are still evolving. Check out this overview of #UAV pros and cons: @appinsightllc
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Rotating wheat with corn and soybean crops has lots of benefits. #Soils tend to be healthier and have better structure when crop rotations include small grains or forages in addition to #corn and soybean. More: @AgronomyJournal 📸: David Hooker
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Researchers found that in dry areas, cover crops increased soil organic carbon levels close to 60% of the time. They also suppress weeds in dry areas. This is important because several weed species are resistant to current #herbicides : 📸 Augustine Obour
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How many sample cores make a good composite soil sample? Check out what this researcher discovered, and how standard recommendations stack up.
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Today, @ASA_CSSA_SSSA staff met with lawmakers on the Hill to talk about all things ag production and research. We’re looking forward to our Societies’ leaders joining us for meetings tomorrow!
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Researchers found rhizobacteria combined with orange peels can increase the size of soybean plant roots and their number of nodules. This can have a positive influence in the amount of #nitrogen that #soybeans fix from the atmosphere: 📸: Maria Leticia
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Root hairs play key roles in #cowpea tolerance to drought and poor soils. Cowpea plants with longer, denser root hairs were found to have higher yields when grown in low-phosphorus conditions. @IITA_CGIAR @PSUPlantScience @BorlaugLEAP 📸: Saba Mohammed
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Thank you to @SenAmyKlobuchar for being a #SupportAgResearch advocate! A few of our members from Minnesota met with a staff member and discussed all the ways @USDA research funding programs can benefit their research.
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Francesca Cotrufo is this year’s Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Soil Biology #speaker . She will discuss how soil organic matter is at the intersection of the challenges facing humanity. Read more here: #ACSmtg #soil #organic #biology
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Researchers found that fields planted in continuous #corn had higher soil organic matter contents but lower #yields . Corn planted in rotation (corn-soy and corn-oat-alfalfa) resulted in high yields: @bradfordlab @RuarkLab @eeoldfield 📸: @DiscoveryFarms
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We are so proud and happy to see our ASA & CSSA member, Gebisa Ejeta of @LifeAtPurdue , receive a National Medal of Science for outstanding contributions to the science of plant genetics. Congratulations, Dr. Ejeta!
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The soils of a #baseball infield are engineered with sand and clay to withstand the pounding from players’ cleats. The sand provides rigidity while the clay allows the soil to be shaped and molded - a property known as #plasticity : 📸: Evan Mascitti
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Each spring farmers determine the initial crop to be planted for the year. Join us on 1/18 as we explore the impact of crop planting order on farm revenue.
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Another year, another successful Annual Meeting. Thank you to ALL attendees for making this meeting AMAZING! See you in Baltimore! #ACSmtg
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This week, CSSA is celebrating seeds with #SeedWeek ! To bring awareness to the importance of #seeds , we’ve put together a variety of content including blogs, journal papers, K-12 activities and more! Share with your friends to spread the word! Get started:
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Storing carbon, improving air quality, providing green space! If a lawn is in your life, use these sensible tips from a #turfguy pro for keeping it healthy:
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What is sunn hemp and how is it used in #agronomy ? Sunn hemp is a legume commonly used as a cover crop for southern and sub-tropical farming systems. It can grow up to nine feet tall! Read more in this new Sustainable, Secure Food blog: 📸Carlos B. Pires
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A huge congratulations to Andrea Basche for receiving the American Society of Agronomy Environmental Quality Section Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award. We’re so proud of you. 🎉
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Phosphorus is essential to all life. To overstate its role is impossible. Without #phosphorus , #crops would not grow into healthy #plants . Learn why phosphorus is needed on farms with this #Soils Matter blog: 📸: Andrew Burkhardt
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#Oats are full of nutrients, are a great source of energy, and provide dietary fiber, a key part of healthy, balanced diets. In a new study, researchers showed that the fiber content in oats can vary with the size of oat kernels: 📸: Marcelo Pacheco
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For 2022’s #HispanicMonth , the Societies are honoring several of our recent award winners – looking to the future of our sciences. Today’s featured award winner is @FernandaKrupek .
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We all know planting time matters, but how should you manage your early- versus late-planted #soybeans ? Researchers found there’s no silver bullet. Read about this recent #Agronomy Journal study in CSA News: 📸Laura Lindsay, Ohio State University
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
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Researchers found that #sorghum grown with lupin as a winter cover crop had an increase in height and greenness compared to sorghum grown without #lupin . Read more: 📸: Bill Anderson
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
4 years
Historical #nitrogen , phosphorus, and potassium #fertilizer addition impacts carbon sequestration, as new @sssajournal research shows. Read about the findings in CSA News: 📸 Lu-Jun Li
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
What are #corn tillers? Tillers are a type of branching structure; they grow from the stem base of grass plants. Scientists found the presence of corn #tillers don’t reduce yields. Read more in this new Sustainable, Secure Food Blog: 📸: Rachel Veenstra
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
1 year
Thank you to the staff of @SenKevinCramer for meeting with team North Dakota today! Past ASA President David Clay, a @CCASoundAdvice member and two of our professionals talked about the importance of ag research. #SupportAgResearch
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
Researchers found that #corn tillers may be beneficial in fields with a low-density planting strategy. Data such as plant density, ears of corn per plant, tillers per plant, and corn #yield were collected and evaluated: 📸: Ignacio Massigoge
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
3 years
Animals? Humans? Soil health? #Kernza can do wonders for all three—check out the new @crop_science perennial for summer grain harvest and winter forage in CSA News: 📸: Valentin Picasso, @UWMadison
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth , our journals published a collection of scholarly research from females in agronomic, crop, and soil sciences that highlights valuable contributions made by leading scientists. Find them here: #BreakTheBias 📸: Wiley
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
A #soil that has fewer nutrients will result in the plant with less #nutrients . Like a human body, plants also have a vascular system. Rather than a bloodstream, they have xylem and phloem. Read more: @carbpires @oagroconnection 📸: Jim Toomey
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
3 years
Worried your #drone won’t be accurate enough for that big phenotyping project? New @crop_science research by @HLplants and @DrSethMurray finds throughput is more important than accuracy. Read on in CSA News: @wileyplantsci 📸: Beth Ann Luedeker
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
For 2022’s #Women ’sHistoryMonth, the Societies are honoring several of our recent award winners – looking to the future of our sciences. Today’s featured award winner is @daroublab .
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
7 years
We already know about #soil and #roots - but these photos are awesome!
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
New @AgronomyJournal research sought to summarize abnormalities in #corn ears, and describe the current understanding of the potential cause(s) and timing(s). @waterforfood @unlagrohort @KStateAgron @PurdueAgronomy @OSU_HortCropSci 📸: Lana Johnson
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
2 years
Happy #WorldSoilDay ! Take a look at this throwback from 2011 and celebrate the beauty of soil! Find fun soil-related activities here: @FAO
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
1 year
Renowned cytogeneticist Rosalind Morris was a trailblazer, one of just a few women in @CornellCALS ’s #PlantBreeding program in the 1940s. Read about her long, amazing career and life: #WomensHistoryMonth #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScience 📸: Marla McIntosh
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Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies
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We caught up with 17 of our members to see what they've been up to in their research and to ask what #WomensHistoryMonth means to them: @NPKetc @LazoAriana @Rach_elle_ED @BoyledWorms @FernandaKrupek @MariaTeresaTan @KirstenKurtz11 @Buckwheatgal
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