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University of Kentucky study highlights the benefits of mixing cover crops

Jul 17, 2024, 9:52 AM

New research from the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment provides insights for farmers looking to enhance their crop management practices.

Farmer, Researcher Partnerships Are Backbone of Agricultural Advances

Jan 11, 2021, 8:29 AM

On-farm research helps scientists and producers gain new knowledge that improves and advances agriculture. These valuable relationships between Kentucky farmers and UK researchers work toward the goal of more efficient and profitable Kentucky farms.

Plant Reproduction Finding by UK Scientists Could Lead to More Reliable Crop Production

Jan 5, 2021, 8:33 AM

Flowering plants use a unique method called double fertilization in which two male nuclei and two female nuclei containing the plant’s genetic material must meet to produce a seed. This study sheds new light on how the connection between nuclei occurs.

Solving Plant Mysteries Goal of UK Student

Sep 18, 2020, 8:02 AM

“Plant pathologists and forensic scientists use a lot of the same technologies to find solutions to problems. When I got into the extension side of agriculture at UK and started doing a lot of hands-on, applied research, I knew this was what I wanted to do.”

Cancer, COVID and the Kentucky Economy: How 'Sweet Annie' Could Make an Impact

Aug 11, 2020, 8:19 AM

Artemisia annua or "Sweet Annie" has been used as a medicinal herb for centuries. With potential to treat a variety of cancers & even COVID-19, this plant is more relevant than ever & UK is showing how we can take it from Kentucky fields to the lab to our patients.

UK Leads National Team Studying Pandemic’s Effect on Local Food Systems

Jun 11, 2020, 8:17 AM

The study seeks to answer how sectors of local and regional food systems are responding to COVID-19, what successful adaptations have been implemented, what obstacles the various arms of local food systems have encountered and the economic and value-chain impacts.

UK Researcher Part of Team That Found How Plants Forget

Jun 10, 2020, 8:23 AM

“Parental memories of environmental stresses such as drought and extreme temperatures can influence the growth and yield of its offspring. We can now start understanding how plants control such epigenetic memory reprogramming."

UK, ArtemiLife Partner to Test for Anti-Cancer Activity of Artemisia Annua Extracts

Jun 3, 2020, 8:28 AM

UK and ArtemiLife Inc. will collaborate on a clinical study using the extract of a medicinal plant grown in Kentucky to test for anti-cancer activity of Artemisia annua and to determine the recommended dose of Artemisia annua for future clinical trials.

UK Economist Offers Considerations for Potential Hemp Producers

Mar 4, 2020, 9:04 AM

As much uncertainty continues to swirl around the hemp industry, UK agricultural economists remind producers to consider their personal risk tolerance, business contracts and all possible production scenarios before committing to grow hemp.

UK Professor Named President of Soil Science Society of America

Jan 17, 2020, 8:05 AM

UK's Ole Wendroth recently became president of the Soil Science Society of America. The society is an international scientific organization with more than 6,000 members and 1,000 certified professionals focused on advancing soil science.

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