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  1. Key Transcription Factor SlERF.F4 Found To Strengthen Tomato Resistance To Gray Mold 4/15/2026

    Gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) is a devastating post-harvest disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) that causes billions of dollars in global economic losses annually.

  2. Renewed Effort To Supercharge Faba Bean Breeding And Expansion 4/15/2026

    A new national Faba Bean Breeding Program will provide growers with improved higher-yielding varieties of faba beans with better disease resistance, quality traits and adaptation across Australian growing regions.

  3. Nigeria Approves High-Performing Groundnut Variety SAMNUT 30 Developed By ICRISAT 4/14/2026

    Nigeria has approved the release of SAMNUT 30 (ICGV 206228), a high-performing groundnut variety developed by ICRISAT, marking an important step toward enhancing productivity and resilience and food and nutrition security among smallholder farmers.

  4. Flies Found To Be Effective Pollinators Of Berry Crops 4/14/2026

    Researchers at the University of New England have identified two fly species as promising pollinators for berry crops, offering a vital alternative to European honey bees in protected cropping systems.

  5. New Genetic Discovery Reveals Why Some Plants Are Born To Survive A Warming World 4/14/2026

    The new study published in Plants, People and Planet has identified that certain plants were born with a biological starter kit of genes that allowed them to evolve a turbo-charged form of growth known as C4 photosynthesis.

  6. Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Tool That Could Help Stop The World's Third Biggest Driver Of Deforestation 4/13/2026

    Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, World Forest ID, University of Sheffield and international collaborators have developed a new technique that can identify where soybeans – the third largest driver of tropical deforestation – are grown to within roughly 200 kilometres, a breakthrough that could transform efforts to stop deforestation linked to global food supply chains.

  7. Fungal Alliances: New Research Reveals Co-Infection Dynamics In Wheat Diseases 4/13/2026

    Australian researchers have revealed the intricate relationship between two major fungal wheat diseases – septoria nodorum blotch and yellow leaf spot – and how the order of infection can dramatically influence disease severity and plant resistance.

  8. Researchers Identify Key Gene For Perennial Growth In Wild Rice 4/10/2026

    In a study published in Science, the research groups led by HAN Bin and WANG Jiawei from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have cloned Endless Branches and Tillers 1 (EBT1), a key gene that determines whether wild rice grows as a perennial, and revealed that changes in the expression pattern of this gene underlie the transition of rice from perennial to annual during domestication.

  9. Artificial Intelligence And Drones To Select The Most Resilient Wheat 4/10/2026

    Making wheat more resilient to climate change without compromising yields has become an urgent priority for the agricultural sector.

  10. Biochar Has Limited Effect On Potato Yields – But May Improve Soil And Climate 4/10/2026

    In a three-year project, researchers at NIBIO have tested how biochar affects potato yields and soil quality under Norwegian conditions.