June 19, 2008
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter June 19, 2008 |
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Crops and soil threatened by floods in the Midwest
Here, in some of the best soil in the world, the stunted stalks of Dave Timmerman`s newly planted corn are wilting in what sometimes look more like rice paddies than the plains, the sunshine glinting off of pools of collected water. Although time is running out, he has yet to plant all of his soybean crop because the waterlogged soil cannot support his footsteps, much less heavy machinery. Mr. Timmerman`s small farm has been flooded four times in the past month by the Wildcat Creek, a tributary of the Cedar River which overflowed its banks at a record 31 feet last week, causing catastrophic ... |
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Groundbreaking research in Australia digs into soil
Scientists in Victoria, Australia have released preliminary details of research to decode and sequence the DNA of soil microbes. The collaborative research project between the Victoria State Government and the US Venter Institution is using the same technique pioneered to map human DNA. Victoria Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the work involving Victorian scientists is featured in the Innovation corridor at the BIO International Convention in San Diego. Mr. Jennings is at the conference and exhibition as part of a Victorian contingent being led by Premier John Brumby. ... |
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