Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop and Forestry Production
Building a Robotic Hand to Pick Blackberries
Research Highlights -Advancing Sustainable and Innovation Crop, Forestry and Water ManagementFresh market blackberries are a delicate fruit that must be hand-picked. As labor becomes increasingly difficult to come by, scientists have adapted the use of “soft robotics”...
Herbicide Drift Study Provides New Recommendations for Aerial Applications
Research Highlights -Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water ManagementSoybeans offer a potential late-season food source for pollinators but are sensitive to damage from herbicide drift, or when an herbicide moves away from its intended target....
First-Ever Blackberry Genome will Help Lead to Better Blackberries
Research Highlights -Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water ManagementChanging environmental conditions and consumer tastes drive a continuous need to develop new crop varieties that are hardier and taste better. Arkansas scientists led an...
Turfgrass Wetting Agent Studies Explore Application Rates and Timings
< Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water Management Mike Richardson Professor Contact Mike RichardsonThe Problem Mike Richardson, professor of horticulture with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, says putting greens built to United...
Arkansas Researchers Recommend Keeping Residue on the Field for Long-term Benefits
< Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water Management Kristofor Brye University Professor of Applied Soil Physics and Pedology Contact Kristofor BryeThe Problem Soil scientists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station say the common...
Plant-Elicitor Peptides Boost Nematode Resistance in Soybean
< Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water Management In Brief Nematodes pose a serious economic threat to soybeans in the U.S. In Arkansas alone, they caused tens of millions of dollars in losses. Arkansas scientists collaborated with other...
Non-Lethal Levels of Pesticides Can Cause Life-Altering Effects on Bee Larvae, Study Shows
< Advancing Sustainable and Innovative Crop, Forestry and Water Management WILD BEES—Neelendra Joshi, associate professor of entomology, is leading two other researchers in studying the effects of pesticides on native bee populations –insects of growing importance...
Pitless Tailwater Recovery Irrigation a Paradigm Change for Rice
Chris Henry, associate professor and water management engineer, gives rice farmers updates on irrigation technology studies at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart. (U of A System Division of Ag...
Delayed Strawberry Planting in the Fall Impacts Spring Returns
STRAWBERRY SEASON - Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station tested how late strawberries could grow in the 2018-2020 seasons and began testing the earliest planting times in September 2021. Amanda McWhirt Assistant Professor and Extension...
Study on Pyrethroid Resistance in Tomato Fruitworm Develops New Recommendations
Tomato fruit worm, the caterpillar of the Helicoverpa zea moth, has developed resistance to pyrethroid pesticides in Arkansas. A two-year study by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station has developed new recommendations to control the fruit-boring caterpillar....