CURRENT HEADLINES

• Research Expands Options For More Sustainable Soybean Production

  4/17/2025

  Brazil is the world’s largest producer of soybeans and one of the reasons is the incorporation of bio-inputs, microorganisms that promote biological nitrogen fixation.

• New Discovery Boosts Wheat's Fight Against Devastating Disease

  4/17/2025

  A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Associate Professor Brande Wulff reports a previously unknown molecular event that initiates the immune response to a major wheat disease.

• Genetic Basis Of Our Potato Varieties Found To Be Narrow But Diverse

  4/17/2025

  Research by German scientists into the genetic makeup of European potato varieties has revealed that, despite significant differences between chromosomes, these varieties share a narrow genetic base.

• FMC Corporation Secures First Global Registration For Agricultural Breakthrough, Dodhylex™ Active

  4/16/2025

  FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), a leading global agricultural sciences company, today announced it has received regulatory approval for Keenali™ herbicide powered by Dodhylex™ active (tetflupyrolimet) in Peru.

• Farm Robot Autonomously Navigates, Harvests Among Raised Beds

  4/16/2025

  Strawberry fields forever will exist for the in-demand fruit, but the laborers who do the backbreaking work of harvesting them might continue to dwindle.

• Pangenome Study Unveils Genetic Diversity Of Wild And Cultivated Rice

  4/16/2025

  A study led by Prof. HAN Bin’s team at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has constructed an unprecedented pangenome map of wild and cultivated rice, decoding the genetic architecture and diversity of rice.

• Feeling Salty? Increased Salt Stress Reduces Tomato Pest Activity

  4/15/2025

  Increased soil salinity can reduce damage from prominent tomato pests such as the tomato fruitworm, according to researchers at Penn State.

• Maize, Barley, Rapeseed: MLU Receives Millions In Funding To Improve Crop Performance

  4/15/2025

  Can the nutritional value of barley be increased? How can plants produce more cellulose? What unknown, valuable substances are found in olive leaves? Questions like these are at the heart of the new "Value Plant" research network at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).

• New Study Confirms Copper-Based Fungicides As A Reliable Solution For Aerial Stem Rot In Potatoes

  4/15/2025

  Potato growers face a persistent late-season threat: aerial stem rot (ASR), a bacterial disease primarily caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum.

• Project Delves Into Water Repellent Soils

  4/14/2025

  Australian grain growers will be able to better manage and mitigate soil water repellence and its impact on crops thanks to a new research project exploring management options.