Maddie Johnson

1 day ago | phys.org | Maddie Johnson |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months.

1 week ago | jonesborosun.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE — Justin Chlapecka’s new role as assistant professor of agronomy comes with an office just about 35 miles from where he grew up – a return home he sees as an opportunity to give back to his community through recommendations for enhancing crop production. Growing up in Newport – located in one of the state’s top rice-producing counties, Jackson County – Chlapecka went to a rural school and remembers being surrounded by agriculture. k9cm$6CG:46 E@ 72C>6CDk^9cmkAmx?

1 week ago | magnoliareporter.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE -- When you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test results. Each year, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station publishes the Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies.

1 week ago | magnoliareporter.com | Maddie Johnson

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries’ deploying of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. They can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless blackberry varieties the preferred option in the U.S. market. Now, a team of researchers has pinpointed the genetic location behind them, paving the way for plant breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties.

1 week ago | jonesborosun.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE — Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries’ deploying of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. They can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless blackberry varieties the preferred option in the U.S. market. Now, a team of researchers has pinpointed the genetic location behind them, paving the way for plant breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties.