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  1. HarvestPlus Solutions To Pilot CGIAR’s Novel Agricultural Innovation Scaling Methodologies 5/24/2024

    HarvestPlus Solutions, which tackles global food and nutrition security, and CGIAR’s Portfolio Performance Unit (PPU), which builds and catalyzes CGIAR innovation management excellence, are collaborating in the design “innovation packages” that can transform technological products into transformative solutions, starting in Kenya.

  2. SAS, NC A&T And NC State To Offer Analytics-Driven Agricultural Research To State's Farmers And Growers 4/30/2024

    A partnership between North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina State University, and data and AI leader SAS is set to advance agricultural research at the state's land-grant universities. 

  3. Engineered Increase In Mesophyll Conductance Improves Photosynthetic Efficiency In Field Trial 4/30/2024

    It is possible to engineer increased mesophyll conductance in plants according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  4. Why Cherry Growers Have Such A Persistent Problem With Fruit Flies 4/30/2024

    The House of Representatives wants Dutch cherry growers to have access to the pesticides Exirel and Tracer to effectively combat the Suzuki fruit fly. LNV Minister Adema, who previously no longer allowed these resources, is now looking for a solution for cherry growers.

  5. Gene Seekers Discover Atypical Genes That Control Multiple Valuable Soybean Traits 4/29/2024

    A team led by Purdue University soybean geneticist Jianxin Ma has developed a new biotechnological tool for the domestication of desirable traits from wild soybeans, such as resistance to leafhopper insect pests. 

  6. Uncovering A ‘Parallel Universe’ In Tomato Genetics 4/26/2024

    In a new paper appearing in Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers have unraveled a surprising genetic mystery centered on sugars found in what gardeners know as “tomato tar.”

  7. Genetic Hope In Fight Against Devastating Wheat Disease 4/26/2024

    While some types of wheat are resistant to FHB thanks to the action of the TaHRC gene at the Fhb1 locus, how this gene functions in wheat cells was unknown until now.

  8. DJI Agras T50 And T25 Expand Aerial Crop Protection Capabilities 4/25/2024

    DJI, the world leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today announced the international launch of the Agras T50 and Agras T25 drones.

  9. Advancing Crop Breeding Through Targeted Genome Modification 4/25/2024

    Modern crop breeding is entering a new era of genome design, led by genome editing technologies as mainstream tools for targeted genome modification.

  10. AI Deciphers New Gene Regulatory Code In Plants And Makes Accurate Predictions For Newly Sequenced Genomes 4/25/2024

    Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation and its variation between plant species and ecotypes.