Bats and Nearby Wild Habitat Cut Insect Damage in Macadamia Orchards, South African Field Study Finds
16 September 2026, Limpopo, South Africa: Field research across ten commercial macadamia plantations in South Africa has…
La Vaquita® Expands Foodservice Nationally As Operators Seek Authentic Hispanic Flavors
16 September 2026, Kansas: As demand for Hispanic cuisine continues to grow, La Vaquita®, the award-winning Hispanic che…
Gene Map of Mustard’s “Self-Rejection” System Could Fast-Track India’s Hybrid Oilseed Breeding
16 September 2026, Gandhinagar: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), working with the …
UK project brings precision pollination to commercial fruit production and breeding
A new UK research and innovation project is seeking to change how commercial fruit growers manage one of the most import…
Microprotein Atlas Links Brain Immune Cell Dysfunction to Alzheimer’s
Scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease have long focused on genes, proteins, and cells, but one class of molecules has remained largely outside the playbook: microproteins. These small proteins, produced from small open reading frames (ORFs) and typically measuring 150 amino acids or fewer, have been difficult to detect and study. Yet growing evidence suggests they may have important roles in health and disease.
TopGrain targets up to 5 per cent yield gains in Brazilian soybean and corn
Sumitomo Chemical has launched TopGrain, a new biological crop input in Brazil designed to help soybean and corn crops b…
Bejo invests in new Dongen facility to accelerate lettuce breeding and speed breeding
Bejo has completed the acquisition of a new facility in Dongen, the Netherlands, as part of a strategic investment to ex…
African Development Bank approves $5.1 billion framework to tackle energy and fertilizer crisis
The African Development Bank Group has approved a financing framework that could mobilise up to $5.1 billion to help Afr…
Gravity Gardens raises €2.6 million to scale dry seed activation technology across European crops
Gravity Gardens, a Nijmegen-based AgTech startup developing chemical-free seed activation technology, has raised €2…
BASF launches new nitrification inhibitor in China to improve nitrogen efficiency
BASF Agricultural Solutions has launched a new nitrification inhibitor in China, targeting one of agriculture’s mo…