This study aimed to investigate the impact of individual drought, heat, and combined drought and heat stress on twelve cotton genotypes, including eight tolerant and four susceptible genotypes. A ...

The Midwest, Northeast and Southeast generally saw one-category degradations near existing abnormally dry or drought areas. There was some improvement from Texas to West Virginia and northeastern ...

“Nitrates can accumulate to toxic levels in some plant species, especially during drought stress,” Jennings said. Plants known for accumulating nitrate include johnsongrass, sorghums (forage sorghum, ...

Raising BMR sorghum sudangrass (BMR SxS) is a viable alternative that offers a host of advantages ... In addition, splitting N applications may reduce its losses through leaching, denitrification, and ...

Introduction: Drought stress usually inhibits plant growth, which may increase the difficulty of greening slopes. Results: Compared with, those in the CK treatment, the greatest increases in the net ...

If you’re trying to grow corn silage on drought-prone soils or where irrigation is an issue ... “Yields of [new variety] sorghums are comparable to corn, and in some cases, superior to corn. Forage ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...

Under more difficult drought scenarios ... stands,” Simon said. Kansas sorghum producers should always be mindful of stalk rot, Simon said. Stalk rot is a stress-related disease.

The researchers discovered that the monkeys who showed a steeper rise in these stress hormones during the mild droughts were more likely to survive the severe El Niño drought than those monkeys ...

This approach built on previous successes with other crops, focusing in on sorghum for its heat and drought tolerance and well-understood genome. By using advanced gene transfer methods ...