An international collaboration with strong Aggie ties has figured out how to make a longer cotton fiber -- information that a Texas A&M University biologist believes could potentially have a multi-billion-dollar impact on the global cotton industry and help cotton farmers fend off increasing competition from synthetic fibers.

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency presented a $167,874 check to the LSU AgCenter on Jan. 8 as part of an integrated pest management program.

WATKINSVILLE — Scientists working at the University of Georgia’s newest farm recently met  to discuss research they’re conducting and to start building new research initiatives for the future.

A team of University of Arizona researchers is looking at ways to grow strawberries hydroponically in a greenhouse.

Crop growers, wine grape and other fruit growers, food processors and even concrete makers all benefit from water sensors for accurate, steady and numerous moisture readings. But current sensors are large, may cost thousands of dollars and often must be read manually.

In a review study, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance.

Scientists have produced the first systematic network map of interactions between proteins in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.