Quercus Biosolutions, an ag biotech startup using AI to create a new category of crop protection products based on desig…

By Staff Writer, Global AgInvesting MediaAn analysis of mid-summer agricultural market conditions shows a combination of weather events, production estimates, and macroeconomic influences affecting global and local grain pricing.

Big Food is treading the same road Big Tobacco took in the past when it comes to fighting public health policies with li…

Scientists have identified a mechanism that helps aging cells drive the chronic inflammation that is linked to many age-related diseases. The findings help explain how dysfunctional mitochondria work with the cell’s epigenetic machinery to turn on inflammatory genes. Full details are available in a Nature paper titled “ Mitochondrial metabolism and epigenetic crosstalk drive SASP ” that is available now. 

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Plantik Biosciences.] Can editing the so-called “da…

By Editor, Global AgInvesting MediaAgricultural biotechnology company Moa Technology has secured £22.2 million in Series C financing to accelerate the development of its novel mode of action herbicides. The funding round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) and Supernova Invest.

世界农化网中文网报道： 稻纵卷叶螟，是水稻生产中最具破坏性的害虫之一，严重影响了水稻的产量和品质。因此，如何绿色高效防治稻纵卷叶螟是急需解决的问题。作为一种环境友好型防治剂，昆虫性信息素可有效监测、干扰和诱捕目标昆虫。目前稻纵卷叶螟性信息素完全依靠化工合成，产品纯度低且价格昂贵，其能否通过植物合成还不清楚。

Researchers from Latigo Biotherapeutics and its clinical partners have reported positive Phase IIb data for its lead pipeline candidate, the non-opioid acute pain treatment LTG-001, which showed significantly greater pain reduction scores than placebo over 48 hours in patients with moderate or severe pain after abdominoplasty.

世界农化网中文网报道：近日，北京齐禾生物科技有限公司（以下简称″齐禾生科″）与全球领先的种业及农业食品集团利马格兰（Limagrain）今日宣布达成全球许可合作。