by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Freshwater is essential for life on earth. It also is a finite resource and must be safeguarded from pollution and waste. Scientists with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are conducting a number of research projects focused on water quality and...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Protecting and maintaining our current water supply is a priority of scientists with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, who were addressing the issue through research aimed at overall environmental quality and sustainability. David Blersch, an ecological...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Researchers from the College of Agriculture are using the oldest continuous cotton experiment in the world to find answers to some of the most vexing problems of modern-day agriculture. The “Old Rotation,” established in 1896, is the third oldest field crop experiment...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Genetically improved peanut varieties promise more drought tolerance for farmers and improved food safety for consumers. Charles Chen, associate professor in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, is currently researching ways to genetically modify and breed...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
A simple, economical tool that could be used to detect and identify harmful bacteria on food products in minutes instead of days and could significantly reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. and beyond is in the works in biochemist Jacek Wower’s...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Auburn University graduate student Elle Chadwick, under the direction of Ken Macklin, is studying antibiotic-resistant salmonella serotypes that are known to cause foodborne infections in humans. If the two-year salmonella study launched by Auburn University poultry...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a tar ball fact sheet. Among the factoids was one stating...