Current Headlines

  1. Enko And Syngenta Advance New, Novel Mode-Of-Action Fungicide 12/11/2025

    Enko Chem, Inc. announced today that a novel fungicide class of chemistry developed in collaboration with Syngenta Crop Protection has advanced to field testing.

  2. Danforth Plant Science Center To Lead Multi-Disciplinary Research To Enhance Stress Resilience In Bioenergy Sorghum 12/10/2025

    Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., Principal Investigator and member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, will lead a multi-institutional project to deepen the understanding of sorghum, a versatile bioenergy crop, and its response to environmental challenges.

  3. NewLeaf Vegetable Transplant Technology Launches In California 12/10/2025

    Growers transplanting vegetables from the greenhouse to the field now have an additional tool to prepare for the unexpected during critical periods of transplant stress.

  4. Farmers Edge Announces Corvian — A New Enterprise Technology Division Built To Accelerate Digital Transformation Across Agriculture And Sustainable Supply Chains 12/10/2025

    Farmers Edge Inc. today announced the launch of Corvian, a new enterprise technology division built to modernize systems, align data, and enable large-scale digital execution.

  5. AI-Empowered Breeding Strategy To Revitalize Orphan Crops For Global Food Security 12/9/2025

    With the global population growth and climate change posing escalating threats to crop production, the current food system is unlikely to be sufficient to meet future demand.

  6. BioLumic Expands Light-Activated Seed Trait Platform To South America 12/9/2025

    BioLumic, the only agricultural biotechnology company that programs heritable seed traits using light, today announced steps to expand its Corn xTraits Licensing Program into South America.

  7. NUS Scientists Create Microneedle System To Deliver Biofertiliser Directly Into Plants, Boosting Growth With Less Waste 12/9/2025

    Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed dissolving microneedle patches that deliver living “biofertiliser” straight into plant tissue.

  8. Rice Resists Change: Study Reveals Viral Tools Fall Short 12/9/2025

    Researchers from Rothamsted Research and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul tested two popular viral vectors - barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) and foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) - to see if they could temporarily switch genes on or off in rice (Oryza sativa).

  9. Myosin XI-1: A Key Molecular Target For Salt-Tolerant Crops 12/8/2025

    Salt stress is a major factor that impairs plant growth and yield. In a breakthrough, researchers from Waseda University have revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana myosin XI-1—a member of the motor protein myosin XI—significantly regulates adaptation to salt stress via intracellular sodium ion (Na⁺) homeostasis.

  10. Partnerships Powering AI Advances In Agriculture 12/8/2025

    CGIAR’s global partner network has worked alongside rural communities for over five decades, accumulating unparalleled data, experience and knowledge to deliver technologies that can help tackle today’s agricultural challenges.