Sustainability News

  1. ADAMA And BASF Agricultural Solutions Partner To Co-Develop Breakthrough Gilboa® Fungicide Technology 12/18/2025

    ADAMA Ltd. (SZSE: 000553), and BASF announced a strategic co-development and commercialization agreement centered on ADAMA's proprietary fungicide active ingredient, Gilboa® (flumetylsulforim).

  2. Pathogen Hijacks Fruit Ripening Program In Citrus Plants 12/18/2025

    The bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri, which causes canker disease in citrus trees, activates selected parts of the fruit ripening program inside infected leaves.

  3. Scientists Build 'Speed Scanner' To Test Thousands Of Plant Gene Switches At Once 12/18/2025

    Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce more of what we want, and survive drought, pests, and infection.

  4. Advances In Breeding And Production Of Caneberries In The Pacific Northwest 12/18/2025

    New research published in HortScience highlights developments in breeding for disease and insect resistance in raspberries and production strategies for blackberries and raspberries in the Pacific Northwest.

  5. Strengthening Bean Breeding To Meet Ethiopia's Needs 12/17/2025

    Over several days in Addis Ababa, Melkassa, and Kulumsa, Enable, the partnership coordination engine of CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow Science Program, worked closely with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) to strengthen bean breeding efforts in Ethiopia.

  6. New Ideas For Improving Photosynthesis In Agricultural Environments 12/17/2025

    For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been viewed as a scientific holy grail. Yet photosynthesis does not operate in isolation: it is tightly interwoven with environmental factors—light, CO₂, soil nitrogen, and water—as well as the plant’s own internal regulatory networks.

  7. Agroz Achieves Breakthrough In Growing Japanese Strawberries Using AI-Powered Technologies 12/17/2025

    Agroz Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRZ) ("Agroz," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), an innovative, fully vertically integrated agricultural technology company specializing in AI-powered Controlled Environment Agriculture ("CEA") vertical farms, today announced an exciting new advancement, the ability to grow Japanese strawberries in its CEA vertical farms.

  8. Illinois Study Shows Public Seed Banks Can Fast-Track Corn Quality Research 12/17/2025

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign corn breeders know profitability is about more than yield.

  9. Ginkgo Bioworks And Agricen Enter Collaboration To Optimize Manufacturing Processes For A Key Agricultural Soil Amendment 12/17/2025

    Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA, "Ginkgo"), a provider of research and development services and tools for biological product development and Agricen, a leader in the development and commercialization of novel biological and soil amendment solutions for plant nutrition and health, today announced the successful completion of their initial collaboration to develop and optimize a low-cost, efficient fermentation process for complex bacterial strains used as a component in one of Agricen's soil amendment products.

  10. Introducing Sivanto Energy: Enhanced Flea Beetle Control 12/16/2025

    Bayer Crop Science Canada is excited to announce the launch of Sivanto Energy, a groundbreaking foliar insecticide designed to deliver swift, reliable pest control with extended protection.