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Fruitful innovation: China pear producers’ high-tech adoption increase yields, fruit quality
20/05/2025 -
Cangzhou, a prefecture in the Hebei province, is one of China’s major pear producers.It has embarked on a mission to convert its saline-alkaline land into a productive agricultural...
Grain goals: Australia eyes 100,000-tonne mungbean goal with new high-yield varieties
08/05/2025 -
The varieties — Brolga and Kookaburra — were developed to provide Queensland growers with improved grain quality and disease resistance.“Brolga and Kookaburra have the potential to...
FFAR taps Danforth Center plant scientists for crop research to preserve soil and water health
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ST. LOUIS, MO, May 12, 2025 — The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and matching funders today...
Proper training needed for successful science communication in Africa
12/03/2025 -
Two weeks ago in Nairobi, Kenya, I had the privilege of adding my voice...
In a Hotter and Drier World, How Can Food and Farming Systems Adapt?
09/05/2025 -
Here’s a question: Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more people around the globe than any other?The answer,
PoLoPo Completes Plans for Pilot Production Plant for Functional Protein Extraction
08/04/2025 -
NESS ZIONA, Israel – April 8, 2025 – PoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today, announced final plans for a pilot-scale...
Soil microbes shape the future of crop breeding
07/05/2025 -
A better understanding of the plant-microbe partnerships can lead to more resilient and sustainable agriculture. When breeding crops it is now time to consider both the plant and its microbial...
Biofuel Policy Is Failing Consumers and the Climate
07/05/2025 -
Farmers are among the hardest hit by China’s new retaliatory tariffs, developed in response to President Trump’s tariffs announced earlier this year. During the 2017-18 trade dispute with...
Safety evaluation of the food enzyme acetolactate decarboxylase from the genetically modified Bacillus subtilis strain DP‐Ezz65
07/05/2025 -
The food enzyme acetolactate decarboxylase (α‐acetolactate decarboxylase; EC 4.1.1.5) is produced with the genetically modified Bacillus subtilis strain DP‐Ezz65 by Genencor International...
Recognizing the importance of plant health
07/05/2025 -
Plant health plays a crucial role in global food security and safety, safe trade, and the environment, and it is interconnected with human, animal and environmental health. FAO has...
Scientists unlock wild rice genes for “climate ready” varieties amid global crop yield pressures
07/05/2025 -
Researchers in Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands have investigated rice genetics to understand how years of artificial selection for valuable traits like nutritional profile have unintentionally...
Growing together: competence centre for Swiss plant breeding
11/10/2024 -
Climate change and new diseases call for new varieties adapted to Switzerland. FiBL Switzerland, Agroscope, ETH Zurich, Sativa Rheinau AG and Delley Seeds and Plants Ltd have initiated the Swiss...
European project "Pro-Wild" to protect and promote crop wild relatives launched
27/09/2024 -
A ground-breaking European initiative, "Pro-Wild", has officially commenced with the aim of protecting and promoting crop wild relatives (CWR) that are closely related to commonly cultivated plants....
Why bumbling bees prefer yellow flowers to red – and why it matters for biodiversity
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Some years ago, scientists examining wild plants in a western corner of the United States encountered a curiously colourful example of biodiversity. Two species of red Mimulus...
Plant genotype-dependent biocontrol of wheat diseases
22/04/2025 -
Genetic variation in plants can affect how efficiently biological control agents can reduce diseases. In this doctoral thesis, Sidhant Chaudhary has investigated this variation to bring us closer to...
Sustainable tomato protection and the power of the microbiome
14/04/2025 -
In his new thesis, Daniele Nicotra has uncovered mechanisms driving complex interactions within the plant microbiome. The goal is to develop new bioinoculants as sustainable alternatives to chemical...
New Scientific Breakthrough Could Unlock Development of Sustainable, Resilient and Nutritious Pea Crops
02/05/2025 -
© Sea Wave - stock.adobe.comAn international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics, and genetics to map the diversity of an important pea collection, uncovering...
Genetic secrets of rice pave way for future farming and conservation
28/04/2025 -
A new study, seen in Nature Genetics and led by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the...
