Mastodawn

CellBioNews Feb 21, 2025

Select #corn lines contain compounds that sicken and kill major #crop #pest

#flavonoids #agriculture #food_security #Helicoverpa #predation #organic_farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-corn-lines-compounds-sicken-major.html

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken and kill major crop pest

The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will exacerbate the damage done to agricultural output by insect pests.

Phys.org

scholar_farmer Feb 1, 2025

Last year the garden was fallow. I am now two hours into resetting it for spring planting, with about ten hours to go. So far it's mostly been carting away the remnants of tall weeds. (10'-12' weeds, Tennessee isn't kidding with its weeds)

Dirt under my fingernails: joy!

#garden #organic_farming #dirt