by Iliyah | Feb 21, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
The Consortium of Food Process Validation Experts: Surrogate Bacteria for Food Safety In the wake of a terrible E. coli food poisoning outbreak, a group of food scientists decided to gear their research towards improving the safety of meat and poultry, whilst reaching...
by Iliyah | Feb 7, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Cowpea – An Ancient Crop for Modern Challenges Cowpea has been cultivated as a crop for thousands of years, and is well-placed to improve the sustainability of modern agricultural systems. As part of a NIFA-funded project, Dr Louis Jackai, Dr Beatrice Dingha and Dr...
by Iliyah | Feb 7, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Macdonald Wick – Illuminating the Causes Behind Muscle Problems in Poultry Muscle defects and non-infectious anomalies in commercial poultry are increasing in prevalence – with implications for bird welfare, meat quality and economic value. Dr Macdonald Wick...
by Iliyah | Jan 24, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Professor Sanford Eigenbrode – Adapting Dryland Cereal Production to Climate Change Cereal production is vulnerable to climate change. Professor Sanford Eigenbrode is the Project Director of Regional Approaches to Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Agriculture...
by Iliyah | Jan 3, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Philippe Rolshausen – Utilising the Plant Microbiome in Agriculture Dr Philippe Rolshausen and his team at the University of California, Riverside, aim to understand the microbial communities that live on and in fruit trees, with implications for crop yield...
by Iliyah | Nov 29, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Martha Giraldo – Solving the Problem of Apio (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) Corm Rot Disease Essentially un-researched until now, corm rot disease has had detrimental effects on the Puerto Rican agricultural industry. Here, Dr Martha Giraldo and her research team...
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