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In South Korea, the National Center for GM Crops (NCGC) aims to enhance national food security and to turn agriculture into a major national leading industry by utilizing technological pipelines. NCGC has been developing GM crops that have been enhanced by agricultural useful traits...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge's Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU) and Department of Plant Sciences have discovered that drought stress can trigger the activity of a family of jumping genes (Rider retrotransposons) previously known to contribute to fruit shape and color in...

Wild relatives of food crops, such as wheat, host an abundant array of genetic material to help the plants cope with a changing climate. In a study over 28 years showed that populations of wild wheat accumulated "beneficial mutations" such...

When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really looking for gold. But his mistake was a very important scientific discovery. What Brandt couldn’t have realized was the importance of phosphorus to the future of...

Achieving an adequate, healthy diet in most low- and middle-income countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions and water use due to food production, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future...

Pesquisadores desenvolveram um novo fertilizante à base de hidrogel modificado, capaz de reunir em um único produto água e nutrientes e fazer a liberação de forma gradual. Seu uso racionaliza o emprego dos nutrientes, que são disponibilizados às plantas paulatinamente,...

As they leave their hives, the bees get coated with a beneficial fungus that they spread to plants, which protects things like strawberries from disease. Bees are great at retrieving tiny cargo: their main job is to visit flowering plants...

A Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura (FAO) lançou, na última semana, um manual com diretrizes sobre o uso da água nos sistemas de produção animal e nas cadeias produtivas pecuárias. A publicação contou com a participação da...

The EU is well aware of the situation and is committed to act against it. Just recently the European Commission has published its Communication “on stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests”, in which it calls...

These resilient plants can use nanoparticles to build their own defences against radiation and more This is one in a series presenting news on technology and innovation, made possible with generous support from the Lemelson Foundation. Plants typically endure long, blazing-hot days to produce the fruits and vegetables that growers desire. The incoming sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays...

Honey bees forage across a large area, continually scouting the local landscape for ephemeral food resources. Beekeepers often rely on flowering plants in and around irrigated farmland to maintain their colonies during dry seasons, despite the potential risk of pesticide...

The bacterium Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease in apple, triggers its infection through the DspA/E effector which interacts with the apple susceptibility protein MdDIPM4. In this work, an MdDIPM4 knock‐out has been produced in two Malus...

If you wanted to really mess with the world’s food production, a good place to start would be in Morocco. They don’t grow much here, but it is home to mines containing most of the world’s known reserves of phosphate...

Diante da dificuldade para avaliar o bem-estar de animais a pasto, sem interferência, a pesquisadora da Embrapa Gado de Corte (MS) Fabiana Villa Alves idealizou um equipamento não invasivo com essa finalidade. O dispositivo mede alguns parâmetros fisiológicos associados a dados ambientais,...

Scientists working on a genetically modified grass which could help reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions say results from field-trials are encouraging. Work is being carried out by a team of scientists, led by AgResearch, into genetically modified High Metabolisable Energy...

In insects, rapidly evolving primary sex-determining signals are transduced by a conserved regulatory module controlling sexual differentiation. In the agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly) we identified a Y-linked gene, Maleness-on the-Y (MoY), encoding a small protein that...

We asked six experts in land use for their thoughts on priorities for the future. We need circular fertilisers - Professor Erik Meers, Ghent University, Belgium After the Second World War, the increasing world population has made it more and...

A mastite também é um problema na ovinocultura de corte. Apesar do foco não ser produção comercial de leite, a redução da qualidade e quantidade afeta o ganho de peso dos cordeiros. Ainda, há prejuízos com medicamentos, abate prematuro, desvalorização...

INTERVIEW - Le Dr Caroline Semaille, directrice générale déléguée à l’Anses, explique comment les scientifiques enquêtent sur la nocivité des pesticides et dresse un bilan de l’état actuel des connaissances. Une expertise collective de l’Inserm a mis en évidence, en 2012,...

In dry places, photovoltaic shade can even reduce water use. Solar panels might seem like they’re in direct competition with plants. One is catching sunlight to do photosynthesis, the other wants to take it to push electrons. Surely Highlander rules...

INFOGRAPHIE - Une très grosse étude élucide les mouvements de populations qui ont accompagné l’émergence de l’agriculture. Comment connaître le quotidien des hommes et des femmes vivant il y a plus de cinquante siècles? L’Égypte se préparait à édifier ses...

Posted on 06/09/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Here below a quick “catch-up exercise” with latest news and market insights from the wine sector. First of all, on 1 July 2019 the full text of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement (reached on...

No one wakes up in the morning and thinks of ways to create an unsustainable process. We all want a sustainable future, whether we are on a farm, running a business, or raising a family. Advocacy for sustainable agriculture has...

A million species are under threat of extinction, according to a global landmark report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) – and the crisis is expected to worsen unless drastic action is taken. ‘I don’t...

A new study provides valuable insights into pollen abundance and diversity available to honeybee colonies employed in five major pollinator-dependent crops in Oregon and California, including California’s massive almond industry. The study, a collaboration between OSU and Texas A&M University,...

FOCUS - Dans le magazine Forbes, un célèbre mais hétérodoxe écologiste américain critique la vague d’émotion estivale qui a entouré les feux de forêts au Brésil. Il argue que les incendies sont moins nombreux dans le monde et que la...

As práticas de correção de solos conhecidas como calagem e gessagem são importantes para assegurar índices mais altos de produtividade tanto para o plantio de pastagens e florestas, quanto para o cultivo de grãos como soja, milho e sorgo. As...

The standard diet for much of the world – industrially produced calories and plenty of meat and dairy – is already known to be bad for people’s health, but it could also spell disaster for the environment. Relying on individuals...

The standard diet for much of the world – industrially produced calories and plenty of meat and dairy – is already known to be bad for people’s health, but it could also spell disaster for the environment. Relying on individuals...

Este é um robô autônomo que anda pelas vinhas e recolhe informações preciosas. Equipado com câmera, sensores e GPS, o Vinbot conta o número de cachos de uvas, analisa a vegetação, mapeia a área produtiva e pode ser a solução...

He spoke to Horizon about how the European Commission’s new annual event, Research and Innovation Days, aims to shape the direction of European research over the next eight years. You have €100 billion to spend on research, science and innovation between...

European veterinary stakeholders asked to identify major research needs to improve short-term African swine fever risk management. The most significant knowledge gaps in the prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) were identified recently by European Union veterinary services...

Plant diseases, especially those caused by fungal pathogens, jeopardize global crop biosecurity and preventing them requires rapid detection and identification of causal agents. Traditional methods for crop disease diagnosis rely on the expertise of pathologists who can identify diseases by...

Syngenta Seeds announced the launch of a new digital platform to help farmers maximize profit potential through data-driven seed recommendations. The NK Seed Analyzer combines artificial intelligence, two decades of agronomic information and a simple user interface, extending the NK...

Biotechnology can be used to develop stress-tolerant and more nutritious crop varieties to protect natural resources and human health. Each biotech crop is evaluated on a case-by-case basis

Uma nova cultivar de milho branco apresenta características que a tornam alternativa ao trigo para produção de farinha. O milho BRS 015 Farináceo Branco ainda tem potencial para panificação com foco em públicos com restrição de consumo de glúten, uma...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: June 2019   An informal meeting of EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries was held at the beginning of this month in Romania. Among the main...

A group of leading forest biotechnology scientists from around the world call for the reassessment of all sustainable forestry certification systems and suggest that current policies should be modified to promote forest resilience and sustainability. The authors of the recent editorial published...

Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production. They discovered that producing more of a protein that controls the rate in which...

Researchers from around the globe gathered in Saskatoon , focused on making wheat more efficient and sustainable using the latest in breeders’ tools.