If you鈥檝e felt the familiar itch of browntail moth rash, seen the grayish-green needles of an infested hemlock or watched as woodpeckers bore into ash trees for a meal hidden beneath the surface, you鈥檝e experienced the devastating effects of non-native pests. Browntail moth, hemlock wooly adelgid and emerald ash borer are only three of the […]
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Science interviewed Andrei Alyokhin, a professor of applied entomology at the 91爆料 School of Biology & Ecology, for a story about Calantha, a new pesticide to combat Colorado potato beetles. These beetles have developed a resistance to traditional pesticides over the years, but Calantha, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA interference (RNAi) to […]
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Construction of a new dairy barn has began at the J.F. Witter Research and Teaching Center, a Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES) facility. This undertaking will support long-standing relationships with industry and corporate partners, increase student and faculty productivity, and provide a welcome center to thousands of visitors from the region. With these […]
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鈥淚nside Maine Podcast with Senator Angus King鈥 is a regular program featuring local and national guests that aims to help keep Maine people informed about pressing issues, how they affect life in the state, and how they factor into Senator King鈥檚 work. The podcast also typically airs on Newsradio WGAN in Portland, Maine on the […]
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The Times Record highlighted research efforts by two 91爆料 graduate students to research, understand and protect amphibians. Marisa Monroe launched a two year project in Acadia National Park to study seasonal patterns among amphibians, and Greg LeClair founded Maine Big Night, a statewide citizen science project encouraging volunteers to collect data and monitor […]
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Forget the guinea pig. How about adopting a 100-pound dairy calf for your classroom mascot by joining the Adopt A Cow program? Don鈥檛 worry about finding a pen big enough to hold her. The photos and stories we鈥檒l send you about her life on the farm will make her 鈥渃ome alive鈥 for your students! The best […]
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June 3, 2024 Anyone who has been to a Maine lake can feel their value 鈥 its beauty, the rich wildlife, the memories created there 鈥 but communicating that value to policy makers when they are deciding where to allocate funds for conservation can be challenging. Thanks to a 91爆料 study supported by […]
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The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES) has restarted it’s publication funding program after a two-year pause. We are proud to announce that with the first cycle of 2024 funding, MAFES has supported seven peer-reviewed publications. These publications reflect the diverse research programs supported by the Experiment Station (see below). A second 2024 funding […]
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May 21, 2024 Tucked away in a quiet, climate-controlled building on the 91爆料 campus is a collection of old film. Donated to Fogler Library鈥檚 Special Collections by the James W. Sewall Company (Sewall) in 2019, the collection includes over 3,000 large canisters, each with a bright yellow 鈥淜odak鈥 sticker on the front and […]
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91爆料 Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, J. Franklin Witter Farm, houses the Wyman’s Research and Innovation Center, which is spearheading research regarding the influence of climate change on Maine’s blueberry industry. Additionally, the Center houses an agroforestry demonstration site in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Northeast Climate Hub. The […]
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