A team of scientists from the United States announced that they have identified the protein in plants responsible for its cellular defense...
It should come as no surprise that innovation is linked to uncertainty,
Studies conducted at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) showed experimental genetically modified (GM) wheat lines the potential to significantly increase yields. These...
For the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been studying six offspring of a dairy...
Above a Saskatchewan field, a line of drones rises in formation, sensors primed to pick out enemy targets below. But...
Genome editing could be a ‘key tool’ in improving the efficiency of UK pig production and could help in tackling...
Weeds are thieves. They steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our food crops. In the case of sugarcane, yield refers...
As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges...
Early this year, 85-year-old Bonipak Produce unleashed an orange, 8,000-pound autonomous robot upon its California vegetable fields. It was one...
Washington State University researchers have for the first time grown the bacteria in a laboratory that causes Citrus Greening Disease,...
In South Korea, the National Center for GM Crops (NCGC) aims to enhance national food security and to turn agriculture...
Achieving an adequate, healthy diet in most low- and middle-income countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions...
Honey bees forage across a large area, continually scouting the local landscape for ephemeral food resources. Beekeepers often rely on...
The bacterium Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease in apple, triggers its infection through the DspA/E effector...
If you wanted to really mess with the world’s food production, a good place to start would be in Morocco....
In insects, rapidly evolving primary sex-determining signals are transduced by a conserved regulatory module controlling sexual differentiation. In the agricultural...
A new study provides valuable insights into pollen abundance and diversity available to honeybee colonies employed in five major pollinator-dependent...
Plant diseases, especially those caused by fungal pathogens, jeopardize global crop biosecurity and preventing them requires rapid detection and identification...
Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead...
Researchers from around the globe gathered in Saskatoon , focused on making wheat more efficient and sustainable using the latest...
cientists have used bacteria found in the roots of salt-tolerant plants to successfully inoculate alfalfa plants against overly salty soil. “We take...
Researchers from Texas Tech University and the University of Buffalo have studiedavocados in a way that is best described as a...
Pretty soon there will be 9 billion people coming to dinner. That population boom is going to require an increase...
Scientists are experimenting with new genetic modification technology that “supercharges” plants to enhance what they already excel at– sequestering carbon....
The AI in agriculture market was valued at USD 600 million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD 2.6...
Pesticides have been widely used after the Second World War in management of weeds, diseases and pests of plants. Most...
Following the submission of application …. from Monsanto Company (referred to hereafter as the applicant), the Panel on Genetically Modified...
Genetic technologies such as gene editing are developing quickly and their cost is rapidly falling. This is creating new approaches...
Decades have passed since genetic engineering and agriculture were linked positively—in the media at least. We love the idea of...
Too often, science and facts fall victim to fear mongering and emotion. Recently, we have seen an uptick in false...
Britain was once the world leader in biotechnology for agriculture, but that all changed 20 years ago when the environmental...
Despite an increasing concern of consequences of using vast amounts of glyphosate-based herbicides in agroecosystems, their potential effects on non-target...
Plant Science reports that OsNCED5 gene regulated tolerance to water and salt stress, as well as leaf aging in rice plants. The enzyme 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed portable technologythat allows farmers to identify plant diseases in the field. The handheld...
New breeding techniques can help Africa meet its food security and industrial needs while improving farmer livelihoods, according to a...
To feed a global population that has expanded from 3.7 billion in 1970 to about 7.7 billion today, agriculture has...
Advancements in crop genomics and molecular biology are enabling us to combat plant pests, disease, environmental stresses as well as...
In Iowa they call it “black gold” – a fertile blanket covering the landlocked Midwestern state. Thousands of years of...
The rapidly changing climate and an expanding global population are serious risks for worldwide food security. Edible insects have a...
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