Phosphorus shortage could affect worldwide crop yields

by Paul Hollis | Jan 26, 2023 | Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is uncertain. A shortage of this important nutrient could lead to lower crop yields, especially in poorer countries. “Our...

Researchers lead $2 million research project to produce hydrogen

by Paul Hollis | Jan 10, 2023 | Biosystems Engineering, Research

Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million Department of Energy grant that aims to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock such as legacy waste coal, forest residues and municipal solid waste. “The benefits of converting waste coal, biomass and food waste...

Auburn shares $28 million grant to meet rural challenges

by Paul Hollis | Dec 14, 2022 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Poultry Science

Auburn University is one of three universities sharing a $28 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), to establish an Institute for Rural Partnership to research the causes and conditions of...

Proposal among 2023 JGI Community Science Program awardees

by Paul Hollis | Nov 8, 2022 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Research

A proposal from Auburn University is one of 19 selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley...

AAES launches new weather exchange

by Paul Hollis | Nov 7, 2022 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature

Even with the latest technology, predicting the weather can still be a guessing game at best. But with a new system recently launched by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) at Auburn University, stakeholders can at least know the history of weather in...

Fisheries lab joins U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on $5 million project

by Paul Hollis | Nov 1, 2022 | News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

The Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory — a multistate fish disease diagnostics laboratory that is part of the College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences — has recently joined with the U.S. Fish and...

Auburn-developed robotics promising for U.S. forest tree industry

by Paul Hollis | Oct 14, 2022 | Biosystems Engineering, Research

Like many U.S. industries, forest seedling nursery production is dependent on seasonal manual labor, a situation that is becoming untenable due to an acute shortage of workers. However, researchers at Auburn University are working on a robotic system that could...