CSA NewsPub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1002/csan.21371
{"title":"Nondestructive Spectroscopy of Kernels Helps Predict Maize Agronomic Traits","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csan.21371","DOIUrl":"10.1002/csan.21371","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To evaluate and identify stable, high-performing crops, many commercial and research breeding programs implement genomic prediction where DNA sequence data are extracted from different varieties and used in downstream statistical analysis. However, nondestructive methods of obtaining data for prediction of crop performance could save time and costs.</p><p>To explore this, researchers at Texas A&M University used near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to scan maize kernels from four distinct growing environments and recorded reflected light (over 3,000 wavelengths). By using a similar statistical analysis to what is used for handling large genomic data sets, the researchers were able to test how well NIRS-based prediction performed vs. genomic prediction. Though in several instances genomic prediction outperformed NIRS-based prediction, they found that NIRS performed comparably in across-environment prediction.</p><p>These findings are important for breeding programs seeking to screen varieties at scale and nondestructively by harnessing information from intact maize kernels. High-throughput methods such as NIRS have the potential to accelerate the pace of progress for variety improvement and can complement or act as a standalone method for prediction of performance.</p><p></p>","PeriodicalId":100344,"journal":{"name":"CSA News","volume":"69 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csan.21371","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141923642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CSA NewsPub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1002/csan.21368
{"title":"Imbalanced Data From U.S. Cotton Variety Test","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csan.21368","DOIUrl":"10.1002/csan.21368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100344,"journal":{"name":"CSA News","volume":"69 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CSA NewsPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1002/csan.21367
{"title":"Perspective of U.S. Farmers on Collaborative On-Farm Research","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csan.21367","DOIUrl":"10.1002/csan.21367","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Farmers worldwide increasingly emphasize improving agricultural practices to enhance sustainability and build resilience in the face of various environmental and production challenges. In this scenario, on-farm research is gaining traction as a participatory approach involving farmers and stakeholders in knowledge development and technology and innovation transfer across farms. However, despite the enthusiasm for the concept of on-farm research within the agricultural community, there are still uncertainties regarding farmers’ willingness to collaborate.</p><p>Researchers from several U.S. universities surveyed farmers across the U.S. Midwest and South-Central regions, revealing that they are generally open to collaborating with universities for on-farm research. The findings suggest that farmers are 40% more likely to adopt practices backed by on-farm research compared with those not conducted on the farm. Their primary motivators for engaging in on-farm research were productivity and profitability.</p><p>These insights have implications for fostering collaborations, addressing constraints, and maximizing the impact of on-farm research. They offer guidance for sustainable agriculture progress and policy and initiatives promoting on-farm research.</p>","PeriodicalId":100344,"journal":{"name":"CSA News","volume":"69 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csan.21367","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CSA NewsPub Date : 2024-07-29DOI: 10.1002/csan.21364
{"title":"Cover Image, Volume 69, Issue 8","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csan.21364","DOIUrl":"10.1002/csan.21364","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Cover</b>: Sugarcane is a tropical tallgrass with stalks containing sucrose-rich cane juice, which is harvested, extracted, and processed through a variety of methods to become the sugar we add to our coffee and bake in our chocolate chip cookies. A new article in <i>the Journal of Plant Registrations</i> tells the story of the development of an important sugarcane variety in Louisiana, LCP 85–384, which was a cooperative effort among a land grant university, the federal government, and industry. The development of this high-performing variety, along with the machinery needed to handle it, led to sugar yield increases in the state of 22% and the rapid expansion of the industry. See story on page 8. Cover photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/angkhan.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100344,"journal":{"name":"CSA News","volume":"69 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csan.21364","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141968320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CSA NewsPub Date : 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1002/csan.21360
Hallie Wright, Tina Sullivan, Jessica Bezerra de Oliveira, Om Prakash Ghimire
{"title":"Job Hunt: Landing Your First Position After Graduate School","authors":"Hallie Wright, Tina Sullivan, Jessica Bezerra de Oliveira, Om Prakash Ghimire","doi":"10.1002/csan.21360","DOIUrl":"10.1002/csan.21360","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100344,"journal":{"name":"CSA News","volume":"69 8","pages":"26-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141800584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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