MADISON, Wis. — Many farmers – and gardeners – focus on the physical and chemical management of their farms (or gardens). Techniques such as no-till, or best practices in fertilizer management have had many advances. The Soil Science Society of America’s (SSSA) May 16th Soils Matter blog explores advances in soil additions that help soil biology. […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — A new multi-institution, transdisciplinary center will develop systems for two-way communication with plants, allowing scientists to remotely sense a plant’s biology and its immediate ecosystem, in hopes of one day using the information to improve plant growth. The new Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), funded by a five-year, $25 […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Alan Johnson, former Walther H. Ott Professor in Avian Biology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Poultry Science Association. Recognized nationally and internationally for his four decades of studies on avian female reproduction, Johnson’s pioneering research explored the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie ovarian […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — George Carman, Board of Governors Professor of Food Science and founding director of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, has been named a fellow in the inaugural class of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, an honor bestowed only […]