The Northern Forest Region — 26 million acres of woodlands spanning Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and northern New York — is changing due to climate change, invasive insects and other threats. Protecting these ecologically, economically and culturally vital forests will require novel tools and knowledge, prompting new University of Maine research launching this spring. UMaine […]
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Spud Smart highlighted a variant of potato from the University of Maine potato breeding program, AF5819-2, in the 2024 New Potato Varieties Catalog for Canada. This variety of potato is round and yields a lot of growth. It has resistance to shatter bruising, pink rot and soft rot.
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WFVX TV (FOX 22 Bangor) promoted $745,000 in federal funding for a University of Maine research project to accelerate the transition from plastic to a more sustainable, recyclable and biodegradable forest-based packaging for consumer products. This will be achieved through rapid prototyping and the development of a pilot scale production of high-value molded pulp products.
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Spudman interviewed Mario Murad Leite Andrade, University of Maine assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics, on the potato breeding program at UMaine and drought tolerance. Andrade said students in the program conduct trials without irrigation to select cultivars naturally more resistant to water stress.
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Agriculture Dive interviewed Sahir Advani, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Maine, about his research into the causes of mass oyster mortalities along the coast of British Columbia in Canada.
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The Conversation published an article by University of Maine assistant professor of political science and international affairs Nick Micinski that shows how funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to support refugees has been politicized.
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The Boston Globe featured University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, who founded the skincare company Marin and started a lotion product made with lobster glycoprotein in an article about the decline of fisheries in New England.
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Country Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]
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A showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities, “Visions 2024,” will be held on Thursday, February 8 from 5–7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. Featuring brief talks from the Collins Center mainstage, video presentations and an informal conversation in the Bodwell Lounge, and exhibitions in the center lobby, “Visions […]
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County Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]
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