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Soybean Industry Meeting Needs of Animal Agriculture

Dan February 21, 2018 Soybeans

The United Soybean Board (USB) is meeting this week in Mobile, Alabama. Included in the event is an animal nutritionist panel discussion designed to help the soybean industry learn more about meeting the needs of the animal ag industry. USB Vice-Chair Keith Tapp, a Kentucky farmer, told Southeast AgNet they want to make sure they are meeting the needs of …

NuCitrus Shows Strong HLB Tolerance
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers are putting genes from a non-citrus plant into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease. The newly developed plant is called NuCitrus. It’s based on a protein called Arabidopsis NPR1 (AtNPR1). The new citrus shows strong […]
Planning This Season’s Use of Brassinosteroids for Better Juice Quality
By Fernando Alferez and Divya Aryal Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of plant growth regulators with several effects on plant growth and development. They engage in crosstalk with other hormones like auxin, gibberellins, ethylene and abscisic acid, influencing all plant growth and development aspects including fruit maturation, but the timing of this effect appears to […]

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