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Some Ways to Get Rid of Pesky Fruit Flies

Dan July 31, 2020 This Land of Ours

Some ways to get rid of pesky fruit flies in and around your home. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Even though fruit flies may do little harm to you, they do threaten the hygiene of your kitchen and the food in it. But with a few simple ingredients, you can easily keep a lid on them. Apple …

Citrus Seedlings Prefer Nitrate Over Ammonium
In a recent study, Chinese researchers found that citrus seedlings clearly prefer nitrate over ammonium as a nitrogen source. The researchers — Hao Xu, Wenlang Hu, Kaiyuan Du, Yan Dong, Qingru Fan, Zengrong Huang, Lin-Tong Yang, Li-Song Chen and Jiuxin Guo — are with the Fujan Agriculture and Forestry University. In their study, the researchers compared […]
USDA Amends Brix Standards to Align With FDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) is amending the U.S. Standards for grades of orange juice (OJ) by changing the limits for Grade B Brix allowances in pasteurized OJ (POJ). The change will align with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Standard of Identity (SOI) for POJ. The Brix allowances under […]

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