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Bayer: Biotechnology and AI could accelerate the next generation of crop improvement

Biotechnology is a broad field, and Bayer Crop Science is using several tools to improve crop genetics and help farmers manage risk. Amanda McClerren, Bayer’s head of biotechnology...

Quantifying crop science: a review of phenotyping, mechanics, and modeling

Crop science is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation, and a new review published in Plant Molecular Biology argues that the change amounts to the birth of an entirely new...

Syngenta Announces New Biologicals Technology

Syngenta recently announced new EXORTâ„¢ technology, a major scientific breakthrough the company says helps plants make better use of their own biology. This new technology opens t...

Engineered Rhizobium Strain Opens Transient Gene Expression to Diverse Crops

An engineered Rhizobium rhizogenes strain called AS109 enables efficient transient gene expression across diverse dicot crop species, opening rapid functional genomics to non-model...

Gene editing a must to raise yield in India as technologies have no boundary: Seed industry

The sector seeks the development of new technologies and their approval, so that they can be made available to the farmers

Mild Pepper Virus Turned Into a Powerful Gene Tool for Crop Scientists

Pepper is one of the most economically important vegetable crops in the world, yet scientists trying to understand which of its genes do what have long been hampered by a stubborn...

Why biofortified crops could shape the next phase of Indian agriculture

Biofortified crops offer us an opportunity to move from calorie security to nutrition security, and it is one of the most important agricultural shifts our country can make

Bayer to bring 10 products to world market in 10 years

In soy, ‘Vyconic 1’ is expected to be introduced next year in the US and Canada, and ‘Intacta 5+’ is expected to be introduced in the 2027-28 growing season in Brazil

CRISPR-Cas13 Test Spots Three Quarantine Sugarcane Viruses Without Amplification

Sugarcane is the most cultivated crop in the world by volume, underpinning an industry that produces roughly 179 million metric tons each year and supplying far more than sweetener...

Kenya Listed Among African Countries Growing Genetically Modified Crops

Bt cotton is a genetically modified cotton plant designed to protect itself against certain caterpillar pests, particularly the African bollworm, a major cotton pest in Kenya.

New Microhaplotype Databases and Tools Reveal Crop Genetic Diversity

Tiny DNA Signatures Give Crop Breeders a Sharper View of Hidden Genetic Diversity Plant breeders have gained a new way to see genetic variation that standard DNA markers can miss....

New gene-editing tool speeds regeneration of hard-to-breed perennial crops

‘CRISPR-Combo’ system cuts months off growing plants The post New gene-editing tool speeds regeneration of hard-to-breed perennial crops appeared first on AgriLife Today.

New technologies could double Brazilian agri-output on current farm land

Brazil is “uniquely placed” to potentially double agricultural production on its existing farmland in the next 50 years, according to one genetics professor at the University of Sa...

Crystal Crop’s marigold R&D effort has global firms coming to India to export the flower

The company developing orchid hybrids from local germplasm that will be cheaper than imported ones

APEC Holds High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology

Why the future of cotton might not need a field

- - • Spanish company Magtech is exploring how hydroponics and AI can reduce cotton's reliance on water, pesticides and fertile land. - - • The project combines soilless...

A broad-host-range <i>Rhizobium rhizogenes</i> strain enables transient expression across diverse crop speci...

by Freddie King, Juan Carlos Lopez-Agudelo, Christopher Stephens, May Htet Aung, Tarhan Ibrahim, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Ao Chen, Nick Eilmann, Saskia Jenkins, Cristina Vuolo, Yueh-Nin...

New multi-omics study reveals wheat QTL TaFhb-6A conferring scab resistance

A devastating fungal disease that can wipe out wheat harvests and poison the grain we eat has met a formidable new opponent. Scientists in China have developed a novel wheat line,...

Pesticides makers’ body CropLife issues advisory as Rabi sowing begins

The industry body has mentioned about judicious use of crop protection products to save on input costs without compromising yields, CropLife said in a statement

Soybean Genotype Shows Remarkable Drought Tolerance in Field Trial

A field experiment in Bangladesh identified the soybean genotype AGS 383 as the most drought-tolerant of three tested lines, thanks to sustained photosynthesis, nodulation, and yie...

New cropping systems researcher brings high tech to management decisions

Ravinder Singh to use technology to address crop stress, increase productivity and profitability The post New cropping systems researcher brings high tech to management decisions a...

Crop Care Fed calls for balanced approach to agrochemical use, exports

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur called for responsible use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers

Corteva Agriscience creates awareness on pest control among farmers in Nellore

The farmers saw stronger crop stands, healthier tillers, improved grain filling and fields that remained protected during some of the crop’s most critical growth stages.

Scientists Turn Red Strawberries White With a Single Gene Edit

Precisely editing the dominant MYB10-1B gene copy converted red strawberries into stable white fruit and demonstrated a targeted strategy for modifying polyploid crops. A strawberr...