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Arroz y edición del genoma: soluciones para el cambio climático y la escasez de recursos

- En un artículo publicado en la prestigiosa revista Trends in Plant Science, investigadores de Agrotecnio y la Universidad de Lleida revisan los últimos avances en tecnologías CRISPR.La...

Tough conditions loom: Philippine farm output faces late year headwinds

12/05/2026 - - The DA anticipates a recovery in farm output in the second quarter.- Despite short-term optimism, rising fuel and input costs, as well as the risk of an El Niño-induced...

Exploring Genetic Resource of Wild Rice Species for Neo-domestication

24/04/2026 - Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple crop that provides sustenance to more than half of the global population and is vital to global food security. However, the viability of this crop is under threat from...

Raising energy and fertilizer prices and upcoming El Niño main concerns to farming

- Maize field in the early vegetative stagesCopernicus4GEOGLAM – field survey, Kenya, 2023Main findings of the March global overviewIn Southern Africa, the cereal harvest...

New farming strategy boosts rice yields while saving water and cutting pollution

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Nano-enabled biochar fertilizers help rice grow safer in contaminated soils

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FAO Chief Economist warns of severe global food security risks from disruption to Strait of Hormuz trade corridor

26/03/2026 - New York / Rome — The Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Máximo Torero, warned that the ongoing disruption to the Strait of...

Turning waste into a solution: micro-nano bone biochar boosts rice yield and cuts toxic cadmium

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Gene‑edited crops draw record investor backing as Tropic lands $105m to scale climate‑resilient bananas and rice

12/03/2026 - As the investment community emerges from a period of market correction, appetite for gene‑edited crops is accelerating, underscored by UK‑based Tropic’s announcement that it has raised $105...

A review on the genus Draeculacephala with a focus on Draeculacephala robinsoni

03/03/2026 - The recent introduction in Europe of Draeculacephala robinsoni Hamilton (1967), an alien sharpshooter species vector of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and originally native to North America,...

Agri Smile prepares Vietnam launch after successful trials lift rice yields by 43%

02/03/2026 - The trial was conducted in partnership with Mitsubishi...

Engineering of Amygdalin Biosynthesis in Rice Endosperm for Pharmaceutical Production and Sitophilus oryzae Resistance

- ABSTRACTCultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oilseed and cash crop, and seed sucrose content (SSC), seed oil content (SOC) and seed protein content (SPC) are key determinants of...

Seasonal Pre?Planting Drought Impact?Based Forecasting of Crop Yield in India

15/04/2026 - AbstractAccurate drought impact?based forecasting of crop yield in India remains challenging due to the country's hydro?climatic diversity and complex interactions between climate variability,...

Fifteen years of organic farming under modified land configuration improves crop diversification and ecosystem services in the eastern Himalayas

- Extensive valley lands in the Eastern Himalayas remain uncultivated after the rainy-season rice crop due to water seepage from surrounding hills, leading to reduced productivity and deterioration of...

Evaluating the effects of in-person and virtual agro-advisories dissemination on farmer adoption rates—a case study of Rice Crop Manager, Odisha, India

- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools have proliferated in agriculture, complementing conventional extension services by delivering timely information directly to farmers. In 2012, to...

Harnessing climate-adaptive breeding to accelerate tolerance to extreme temperatures in rice

- Rice is a crucial staple crop for global food security; however, its production is adversely affected by climate change-induced extreme temperatures. High and low extreme temperatures significantly...

The MarR Family Transcriptional Regulator EmrR Negatively Regulates the Type III Secretion System (T3SS) and Positively Modulates Pathogenicity in Dickeya oryzae

- This study revealed that the transcriptional regulator EmrR in Dickeya oryzae modulates virulence by regulating hrpL expression and c?di?GMP levels. It affects motility, biofilm formation, cellulase...

Multi?environment evaluation and genomic prediction of agronomic traits in the southern US rice genepool

- AbstractThe southern United States is responsible for 80% of the country's production of rice, approximately half of which is exported. Understanding genotypic and environmental factors impacting the...

The Genome of the Rice Variety Mowanggu Provides Insight Into Resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae

- Chromosome?scale Mowanggu genome sequence reveals durable, broad?spectrum rice blast resistance; expansion of RLK/NBS genes at Pi49, with OSAmwg_038136 enhancing defence and interacting with OsDIP1...

CRISPR/Cas gene editing for plant resistance to pests, diseases, and herbicide: application, risk assessment, and safety evaluation

- Volume 17, Issue 1, December 2026.

Transgenic Lepidopteran?Pests?Resistant and Herbicide?Tolerant Cotton Through Transfer of Cry1Ab?vip3Aa and Cp4?epsps+bar Genes

- ABSTRACTEfficient nitrogen (N) uptake is critical for crop yield, but soil salinization inhibits plant nitrogen acquisition. In this study, the nitrate (NO3?) transporter gene SsNRT2.5 and its...

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