News articles tagged with 'planting'
Sweet corn study provides large-scale picture of better fields
— 6 Jan 2010 11:01 | EnvironmentIn what amounted to a kind of census of sweet corn grown for processing, three years of data from 175 fields in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota shed light on what works and what…
Perennial energy crops could be good for carbon savings and for wildlife
— 16 Sep 2009 14:36 | EnvironmentGrowing the energy crops short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and miscanthus grass could help the UK to reduce carbon emissions and benefit wildlife, according to researchers from the…
WWF rewards Pakistan for tree planting world record
— 16 Jul 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentPakistan set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, beating India in a healthy and productive international competition contributing to preserving fragile and endangered forests…
Tree survival skills
— 4 May 2009 18:49 | BiologyConsider the cumulative stresses that transplanted trees must endure from the time they are harvested until they become established in a landscape. Multiple stress factors can mean…
Biofuel crops pose invasive pest risk
— 22 Apr 2009 12:02 | EnvironmentResearchers with the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit have examined the impact of unregulated planting of biofuel crops for their potential invasiveness and raised…
California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use
— 6 Jan 2009 11:22 | TechnologyA recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted…
Surviving the revolution, easier than withstanding human use and abuse
— 12 Aug 2008 18:11 | EnvironmentInwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with…
Giving nature a helping hand
— 3 Jul 2008 12:01 | EnvironmentDutch ecologist Marijke van Kuijk has studied the regeneration of the tropical forest in Vietnam. Abandoned agricultural land does regenerate to tropical forest, but only slowly…
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