Latest Food Headlines

  1. Academics Find New Approach To Protect Crop Plants From Drought 3/28/2025

    New research by academics at Royal Holloway, University of London, has identified new, ultrapotent chemicals that control the growth of plants. 

  2. BioOx Grow Is Certified To Be Used In Organic Production And Uses Proprietary Technology To Stimulate Agricultural Plant Growth While Detoxifying Your Soil 3/27/2025

    BioOx (www.bioox.us) announces today it has received certified listing from the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) for organic production according to the USDA National Organic Program regulations for its agricultural growth supplement called BioOx Natural Media for Plants, also known as BioOx Grow (www.bioox.us/grow/).

  3. New AI Model Can Measure Weed Growth – Here's How It Could Help Ensure Global Food Security 3/27/2025

    A new AI model has been developed that can quickly tell how much weeds have grown – and it could help ensure global food security by accelerating the development of next generation herbicides.

  4. 'Too Much Of A Good Thing': Overuse Is Making Bt Corn Less Effective Against Rootworm 3/26/2025

    Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop’s most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is reducing both the technology’s effectiveness and some farmers’ profits.

  5. Biochar And Microbe Synergy: A Path To Climate-Smart Farming 3/26/2025

    Biochar has recently emerged as a 'Climate-Smart Agriculture' since it improves many aspects of agricultural sustainability without the negative environmental consequences associated with traditional fertilizers.  

  6. Technology Developed By MIT Engineers Makes Pesticides Stick To Plant Leaves 3/25/2025

    Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers — including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides — could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at the same time reducing farmers’ costs and perhaps even enhancing their productivity.

  7. Using Cover Plants To Remove Pollutants From Arable Soil 3/25/2025

    Nitrate, pesticides, metals, plastic agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and climate-friendly ways to restore and promote soil health in agricultural land? Yes, says a research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).

  8. Chinese Scientists Unravel Century-Old Mystery Of Wheat Hybrid Necrosis 3/25/2025

    Wheat hybrid necrosis, a long-standing mystery in plant science, has been known to be regulated by two complementary genes, Ne1 and Ne2. In 2021, Ne2 has been characterized as a leaf rust resistance NLR-type resistance protein (Lr13) by three independent research teams.

  9. Nighttime Blue-Light Radiation Found To Boost Anthocyanin Production In Purple Paprika 3/24/2025

    A recent study, conducted by researchers at Meiji University, has revealed that nighttime blue-light radiation significantly enhances anthocyanin production in the purple paprika cultivar ‘Tequila’ by stimulating the expression of structural genes during fruit growth.

  10. Traditional Breeding Falls Short In Boosting Soybean Photosynthesis 3/24/2025

    A team from the University of Illinois has determined that improving a key component of soybean photosynthesis is unlikely to come from traditional breeding methods, and that gene editing is likely the key to unlocking soybean potential.