Plants harbor many different microbes, fungi and bacteria that take advantage of their hosts. However, the host can also benefit from these little organisms, which are known as endophytes. Endophyte ...

A new study finds that glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer decrease the growth of strawberry and meadow fescue as well as runner production of strawberry. Earlier experiments with Japanese quails ...

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 28 (UPI) --A long ignored grass species is poised for a comeback. Federal researchers are urging cattle farmers in the Upper Midwest to reintroduce a fescue variety forgotten by ...

This release is available in Spanish. A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass that seems just right for today's intensive rotational grazing. A farmer's ...

The effect of barley yellow dwarf virus on the forage yield of twenty five varieties belonging to five hearbage grass species was studeid in a glasshouse experiment. The species tested were: perennial ...

Instead of a trim and neatly edged lawn, Ellen Hoffs grows grasses and sedges in a billowy backyard meadow. It’s soft and “furry,” as she puts it, and varied enough to be called a garden because there ...

New grass varieties could offer a solution for drought-stricken sheep producers. Jeremy Hunt finds out more. Sheep producers at risk of losing performance from drought-stricken grass should be looking ...