By Wes Muller | Staff Writer
“Other studies in agriculture have shown that crops can become more salt tolerant when they’re grown along the coast if you inoculate them with salt-loving bacteria,” – Sunshine Van Bael, professor at Tulane’s department of biology and evolutionary ecology.
Clouds pass over Tiger Stadium on March 20, 2023, on Louisiana State University’s campus in Baton Rouge, La. (Matthew Perschall for Louisiana Illuminator)
By Piper Hutchinson
LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin took his family to Boca Raton using his private airplane travel benefits at a cost of $40,000 to LSU donors, according to LSU Board of Supervisors documents.
Bek Markel holds a young cypress tree. Researchers at Tulane are experimenting with glass sand and salt-tolerant bacteria to improve cypress growth in coastal restoration projects. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Elise Plunk
Tulane University researchers and the recycling facility Glass Half Full are using evolutionary relationships between bacteria, fungi and plants to grow cypress and other plant species in glass sand created from recycled bottles.
A dog walks along a wooded trail in a Maryland park. Ticks are commonly found in wooded and grassy habitats, and the lone star tick has expanded well beyond its historic range in the Southeast. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline)
By Amanda Watford | Stateline
The tiniest menace of summer doesn’t care if you’re hiking through the woods, walking the dog or pulling weeds in your backyard.
It just wants a ride and a meal.
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