BASEL, Switzerland, May 24 -- Agriculture, a scientific open access journal on the science of cultivating the soil, growing, harvesting crops and raising livestock, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2021 edition: Articles: * Effect of Soil Tillage Practice on Photosynthesis, Grain Yield and Quality of Hybrid Winter Wheat * Allelic Variation of Soybean Maturity Genes E1-E4 in the Huang-Huai-Hai River Valley and the Northwest China * Efficacy of Root Zone Temperat  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 25 (TNSAwa) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Excellence in teaching is earning four Kansas State University faculty members the 2021 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. This year's recipients are Kevin Donnelly, professor of agronomy; Amelia Hicks, associate professor of philosophy; Nicole Meritt, instructor of special education, counseling and student affairs; and Linda Yarrow, instructor of foo  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 25 (TNSRes) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma's cool, rainy spring is making its mark on some of the state's wheat crop. Stripe rust infections in some Oklahoma wheat fields continue to activate, mostly triggered by recent rains, heavy dew and moderately cool weather conditions, Oklahoma State University experts said. "Texas had more stripe rust develop than leaf rust this year, and that's what has moved northward in terms of foliar dis  more