Name all the billion-dollar crops grown in the U.S. Midwest. The answer: corn, soybeans and cranberries(蔓越莓). Roughly 70 percent of the U.S. cranberry crop is produced in Wisconsin, generating close to US$ 1 billion in revenue(税收) and 4,000 jobs. Other top-producing states includ...
Check out the 19 Most Valuable Crops for the state of Texas right here... LOOK: These Are the Most Valuable Crops Grown in Texas Stackercompiled a list of the most valuable crops produced in Texas using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. #19. Cucumbers Fotokostic // Shuttersto...
The recent emergence of a seriously weedy race of millet (Panicum miliaceum) in Wisconsin and Minnesota after 200-300 years of cultivation in North America without weed problems emphasizes how much we do not understand about weed evolution. Until such events can be anticipated, there will be an...
The latest issue of Upward, official magazine of the ISS National Lab, explores an investigation by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) that compared how ordinary cotton and cotton genetically modified to withstand drought grew in space. Plants typically struggle to thrive in har...
This Amish heirloom was discovered in Wisconsin. The fruit is a tear drop shape very much like an ox heart. The fruit is juicy and has great flavor. It simmers down to an excellent sauce or a paste very easily. Amy's Sugar Gem ...
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are the predominant forage legumes grown in the north central USA. Frequently these legumes are established with a companion crop to increase establishment year forage yield, reduce erosion, and suppress weeds. Information comparing forage yield, quality, and legume establishment using traditional ...
Cadmium and zinc additions to Wisconsin soils by commercial fertilizers and wastewater sludge application Cadmium and Zn concentrations were determined on 21 commercial fertilizer samples by atomic absorption. The Cd concentration ranged from 1.5 to 9.7 mg kg −1 , the median being 4.3 mg kg −...
SUMMARYFour types of ascomycete mycorrhizas were found on seedlings of Abies alba grown in pot cultures on mineral soil. One type was formed by Cenococcum graniforme Ferd. & Winge; the fungal partners of the other three types could not be identified. The macroscopic and microscopic characteristi...
The APSIM modules performed reasonably well in reproducing measured aboveground plant values including groundcover, biomass, N uptake, and LAI for the range of cover crop species grown in both monocultures and mixtures (Fig. 2C-F; Table 1). Overall, there was good correspondence between measured...