Here’s how to check if those old garden seeds are viable.

Last year more than 24,000 farmers and gardeners requested soil sample testing through MU Extension. This year, the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory in Mumford Hall is making it simpler and cheaper ...

Like many people, I occasionally have days when my digestive tract isn’t as happy as I’d like it to be. On my best days, I’m fine. But on my worst days, pain, bloating and other issues can be more ...

I have quite a few leftover vegetable seeds. How can I make sure they are viable before I plant them or buy more? Most seeds that are just a year or two old are still viable. There is a simple way to ...

One of the recurring themes in this column over the past few years has been the development of new test methods for sandwich composites. This is primarily a result of the opportunities I’ve had to ...

Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé), native to Brazil, was once widely used in landscaping and is currently more commonly found along roadsides and in large urban areas with old plantings, such as ...

There is little debate about whether treated seeds are important, but debate remains over whether there is an abundance of seed going to waste. Farmers look at treated seed as a high-value product, ...

A phytotoxicity-based toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) approach was employed to identify toxic substances in river water, focusing on the Taiyuan section of the Fen River in China as a case ...

The National Seed Health System (NSHS) has released a new validated seed health testing method for the detection of Tomato Mottle Mosaic Virus (ToMMV) in tomato and pepper seeds. Listed as NSHS ...