An international team of researchers led by Emad Mady, environmental conservation, has successfully traced the biochemical and molecular variations of nine different pumpkin varieties grown in several climatic zones of central and northeastern Egypt.
News from the Media
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Saving Egyptian Pumpkins is Key for Biodiversity and Future Farmers, Scientists Say
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Rewriting the History Books: Why the Vikings Left Greenland
March 23, 2022A study led by UMass Amherst and published recently in “Science Advances” suggests that increasing aridity, not temperature change, contributed to the Norse abandonment of Greenland settlements in the 15th century.
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Don't be Surprised if You See a Caterpillar Crawling About on a Frosty Spring Day — It's Just a Winter Cutworm
March 22, 2022Tawny Simisky, UMass Extension, is mentioned in an article about winter cutworm, a type of caterpillar that can withstand extreme cold.
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Joining Hands to Address Climate Change: UMass Events Bring Together Artists, Scientists and Activists
March 22, 2022To address climate change, UMass Amherst will host a series of events called “Art.Sustainabilty.Activism,” from March 26-28, in an effort to unite artists, scientists and activists on the issue.
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New Stone Fruit Thinner Reduces Hand Labor
March 21, 2022An article reporting the effectiveness of a new chemical stone fruit thinner named Accede cites research by Duane Greene, Stockbridge School of Agriculture and Jon Clements, UMass extension.
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Mount Grace and UMass Extension Host Pasture Management Workshop Series
March 21, 2022Masoud Hashemi, UMass extension, will present a two-part pasture management workshop series in collaboration with Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.
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Plant-Based Milk Varieties Increasing
March 1, 2022David Julian McClements, distinguished professor of food science, is quoted in an article about the rise in popularity of plant-based milks.
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Climate Adaptation Networks Drive Resilience And Transformation
February 6, 2022Melissa Ocana, UMass Extension, discusses the importance of building collaboration and partnership of networks to transform how our country adapts to a changing climate.
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Cornstarch Can Change Your Life, In And Out Of The Kitchen
January 31, 2022Matthew Steffens, UMass food science, is quoted extensively in an article detailing the many uses of corn starch in the kitchen and in various household uses.
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Fight Continues to Preserve Great Northern Elevator Despite Court Ruling
January 23, 2022Michael Di Pasquale, UMass Extension Assistant Professor, is quoted about historic preservation and placemaking in Post-Industrial Legacy Cities.
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Beavers Offer Lessons about Managing Water in a Changing Climate
January 21, 2022Christine Hatch, geosciences, wrote an article for The Conversation enumerating the value of beavers’ small-scale natural interventions in the era of climate change.
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Putting the Farming into Solar Farms
January 4, 2022In an opinion piece about agrisolar farms, a Northfield farmer notes that “UMass Amherst provides oversight to ensure that agrisolar systems will meet the needs of real, commercial agriculture.”
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Yes, There Are Plants That Still Bloom in the Dead of Winter
January 4, 2022Tips from the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program on growing witch hazel are cited in an article about growing plants in winter.
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Here’s the Beef: More Protein, Calories and Fat in Meat Burgers
December 21, 2021Data compiled and analyzed by a team led by Alissa Nolden, UMass food science, compared nutritional aspects of beef and alternative burgers available to U.S. consumers.
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Xing Finds Steam Disinfection of Baby Bottle Nipples Exposes Babies to Micro- and Nanoplastic Particles
December 1, 2021New research from collaborating scientists at UMass Amherst and Nanjing University in China found that steam disinfection of silicone-rubber baby bottle nipples exposes babies and the environment to micro- and nanoplastic particles.
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Fishing Guides React to Shark Depredation on Hooked Fish, Danylchuk Researches
December 1, 2021UMass Amherst researchers have found that anglers, and especially recreational fishing guides, who experienced depredation were more likely to have a negative response towards sharks and were thus more likely to target sharks for additional harvesting.
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Climate Change is Impacting Cranberry Harvest
November 30, 2021Hilary Sandler, extension professor, and director of UMass Cranberry Station, explains challenges to cranberry growers during climate change while interviewed on a national TV news segment. Warmer weather and record rainfall caused by climate change are making the berries grow more slowly.
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Making Cranberries More Resilient To Climate Change
November 30, 2021Hillary Sandler, extension professor and director of the UMass Cranberry Station, is quoted in a story examining the ways that growers are trying to make cranberries more resilient to climate change.
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Ticks Remain a Theat on Cape Cod
November 22, 2021There is a continuing threat of ticks and the danger of the diseases they carry notes that Stephen Rich, microbiology. His tick testing lab recently had to increase prices for having ticks tested for diseases due to an expiration of the grants that helped subsidize the costs.
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UMass Food Science and Agriculture Programs Rank Two of the Best in the World
November 8, 2021UMass Amherst’s food science program and agriculture program were ranked as two of the best in the world, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global subject rankings.
