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The current trajectory for crop yields is insufficient to nourish the world’s population by 2050.

Agrochemicals are an important component of agricultural production systems. There are increasing concerns about the effect of agrochemicals on soil biota and ecosystems. … The presence of large invertebrates such as Lumbricus terrestris L., the common earthworm, has been extensively...

La Comisión Europea planea crear una legislación específica para facilitar la producción de cultivos editados genéticamente tras la sentencia del Tribunal Europeo de Justicia que obligó en julio de 2018 a aplicarles la misma normativa y restricciones que a los transgénicos....

Après 40 % de baisse en dix ans, les progrès dans l’exposition des animaux d’élevage marquent le pas. Des mesures sur la densité des élevages, l’espace accordé aux animaux et la qualité du transport permettent de freiner la propagation des maladies...

Lo muestra en Agritechnica 2019. Puede soportar un peso de 200 Kg y cubrir 6 hectáreas por hora. John Deere exhibe en Agritechnica 2019 (10 al 16 de noviembre en Hanover, Alemania), un drone pulverizador. El llamado VoloDrone puede soportar un peso de 200 kg y,...

Poings serrés, Aurore dort paisiblement. La petite fille vient de naître, et ses parents attendris ne voient pas les mauvaises fées qui se penchent sur l’enfant endormie. Elles ont pour nom malnutrition, diarrhée, pollution et sécheresse, et elles accompagneront Aurore...

Marrone Bio Innovations ….  announced positive results for the 2019 field trials for its novel bioherbicide, known as MBI-015. Field tests conducted in 2019 using commercial rates for Marrone Bio’s novel bioherbicide demonstrated control of a target weed approaching that...

What links belching cows and climate change with the modern genetic revolution and a ridiculously long nerve? The first two are pretty straightforward: Cows emit methane in their burps (both front and rear), and this greenhouse gas is one of...

Following the submission of application …. from Bayer Agriculture BVBA, the EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) was asked to deliver a scientific risk assessment on the data submitted in the context of the renewal of authorization application...

Scientists from Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences took a comprehensive look at the genomes of 414 watermelons representing seven species, with the goal of finding genes that will help develop better fruit quality and resistance to pests, disease, drought, and other biotic and...

10 % des matières plastiques qui polluent les mers sont originaires de la pêche. Les filets abandonnés tuent annuellement 100.000 baleines, dauphins, otaries, phoques et autres tortues, estime l’ONG World Animal Protection. 191131771/Richard Carey - stock.adobe.com Après l’agriculture et ses intrants...

Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant’s growth and tolerance to stress. An international research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and Wageningen UR reports its discovery in …. the scientific journal Science. Certain...

Projeções recentes do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento indicam que a produção brasileira de grãos passará dos atuais 236 para 300 milhões de toneladas e a de carnes de 26 para 33 milhões de toneladas em 2028/2029. Significam um...

A expectativa de normalização das chuvas no Centro-Oeste anima e relembra que ainda temos muita lavoura a semear e, portanto, um prazo a cumprir.  Mas, cuidado, a pressa para recuperar o tempo perdido na implantação das lavouras pode gerar problemas....

Approximately one person in 100 has celiac disease, which means for them eating gluten is risking diarrhea, vomiting, malnutrition, and even brain damage and gut cancer. Add to this group those who are gluten sensitive and you get 7% of...

Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global food production challenges, have doubled the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield. Sorghum, one of the...

For grape growers, accurately predicting each season’s yield is key to a successful harvest. Underpredict, and you won’t have enough labor on hand or you’ll run out of storage space; overpredict, and you could fall through on promises to your...

Introducing fungi to wheat boosted their uptake of key nutrients and could lead to new, ‘climate smart’ varieties of crops, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Leeds have demonstrated a partnership between wheat and soil fungi...

Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water. Our work may be instrumental for farmers to maximise food production in the face of increasingly severe drought. Drought tolerance...

Ecologists and biologists compared data of about 1,500 agricultural fields around the world, including corn fields in the American plains, oilseed rape fields in southern Sweden, coffee plantations in India, mango plantations in South Africa and cereal crops in the...

A team of scientists from the United States announced that they have identified the protein in plants responsible for its cellular defense against excessive light, among other stress factors caused by climate change. Published literature states that photosynthesis occurs in the plant cell’s...

Avaliar a utilização de agrotóxicos e sua compatibilidade com agentes de controle biológico (parasitoides) contra a traça-do-tomateiro é o principal objetivo dos experimentos que vêm sendo conduzidos desde 2018 na Embrapa Hortaliças (Brasília-DF), com resultados que têm permitido confirmar a eficácia dos...

Une large analyse montre que les services apportés par la nature, comme la pollinisation, profitent à la plupart des cultures agricoles, en l’absence de pesticides.

Finalement, les premiers résultats sur la qualité du lait sont «rassurants», comme l’indiquait, vendredi 11 octobre, à Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Roger Genet, le directeur général de l’Anses (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail). Il avait...

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Des chercheurs japonais ont peint des bovins pour que leurs robes imitent celles des zèbres. Ils attirent ainsi deux fois moins d’insectes. Des chercheurs japonais ont orné de rayures blanches six vaches noires pour vérifier si la stratégie chasse-mouches des...

Following a new methodology, the JRC assessed a list of quarantine pests for their potential economic

Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right.

‘All kinds of fermentation beverages start out with just some sugar solution,’ said Professor Ursula Bond, a molecular biologist at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. ‘The yeast converts those sugars into alcohol.’ Whether it’s grape juice or liquid malt, yeast is...

In the next five years, no alternative to glyphosate is going to “magically” appear in the market,  Dr Bob Reiter, a high-ranking official from Bayer, told EURACTIV.com, referring to the controversial herbicide that has been the subject of heated debates...

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Biting into a fresh, sweet berry might be a simple pleasure, but the berries’ genomes are surprisingly complex. The strawberry genome has eight copies of its genes, compared to pea plants — and even humans — which only have two....

Studies conducted at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) showed experimental genetically modified (GM) wheat lines the potential to significantly increase yields. These lines ‘overexpress’ three wild-type plant genes, either individually or in combination, and were developed to test whether targeting individual wheat genes...

For the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been studying six offspring of a dairy bull, genome-edited to prevent it from growing horns. This technology has been proposed as an alternative to dehorning, a common...

Action for agritech to more fully contribute to UN's SDGs will need to be taken by all stakeholders from governments to financial institutions and the farmers themselvesSpecial Contributions Although technology is transforming just about every area of life we care...

Above a Saskatchewan field, a line of drones rises in formation, sensors primed to pick out enemy targets below. But this isn’t the latest Terminator movie. This is Daniel McCann’s brainchild for green-on-green spot spraying, an offshoot of precision spraying...

Genome editing could be a ‘key tool’ in improving the efficiency of UK pig production and could help in tackling devastating diseases such as African swine fever. … In 2017, scientists used the method to create male pigs that could be...

Weeds are thieves. They steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our food crops. In the case of sugarcane, yield refers to the amount of biomass and the sucrose concentration of the cane, which ultimately determines the amount of sugar produced....

El maíz fue modificado con genes de un tomate del desierto de atacama y mantiene un 80% del rendimiento bajo condiciones de extrema sequía. La investigación se lleva a cabo en la Universidad de Talca con fondos públicos. La inminencia...

Researchers are using the gene-editing tool to boost the fruit’s defences and prevent the extinction of a major commercial variety. The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has...