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08/27/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Conservationists looking at fungi to restore native plant populations

More than five million species of fungi have been identified so far, but only about 300 are known to make people sick. Fungi – both the “good” and the “bad” ones – play a vital role in the ecosystem, something that conservationists from Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSU Tri-Cities) are demonstrating through their research. Tanya […]

07/17/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Cost prohibitive AND completely ineffective: Weeds can no longer be controlled by herbicides, demanding new management strategies

The continued use of herbicides has given rise to weeds resistant to these chemicals, calling for the utilization of new weed management strategies. This was the conclusion that a multi-institutional team of researchers came to in their study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The study, a cooperative work among scientists from the University of […]

06/09/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Symbiotic farming: Using sheep to graze weeds on coffee plantations found to be beneficial economically, agriculturally, and environmentally

Could sheep help solve the weed problem troubling coffee plantations? According to an investigative team from the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), they most certainly can. So much so that they found the use of sheep to be highly beneficial from economic, agronomic, and environmental viewpoints. To arrive at this […]

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