Science&Research

• Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling

  Date：Apr. 7, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were capable of curtailing the negative effe...

• Stinkbug invasion in Turkey threatens world hazelnut supplies

  Date：Apr. 6, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  The world’s hazelnut supplies could be threatened by a stinkbug that has recently invaded Turkey, scientists have warned.

• Cross-discipline collaboration creates new chemistry to cure crops

  Date：Apr. 6, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Scientists are targeting the mitochondria in the continuing fight against fungicide-resistant, fungal crop diseases. The threat of antimicrobial resistance to h...

• Nematologists eager to study a new soybean variety with soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance

  Date：Apr. 2, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A new soybean variety – with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) derived from the breeding line PI 89772 – is being released by Syngenta in small quanti...

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• Variety of sugarcane produces acid that acts as natural pesticide, says research

  Date：Apr. 2, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A study by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in partnership with Brazilian and international institutions showed that a variety of sugar...

• MSU research on pest-fighting fungi granted patent for biocontrol

  Date：Apr. 2, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Research conducted at one of Montana State University’s agricultural research centers was patented in January after the discovery of a group of unique fungi th...

• China's BeiDou satellites help precise fertilizer distribution

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  China's BeiDou navigation system is helping farmers apply fertilizers and pesticides more precisely, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily.

• Peru and Ecuador strengthen HLB prevention strategy

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Through agreements established during the Binational Cabinets, SENASA Peru and Agrocalidad Ecuador developed surveillance actions on the northern border, an ini...

• Reducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation

  Date：Mar. 27, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Many scientists are seeking ways to develop more sustainable practices that maintain high crop yields with reduced nitrogen fertilizer uses.

• New soybean pest discovered in Argentina

  Date：Mar. 26, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A team of researchers from INTA Rafaela, Santa Fe, confirmed the presence of the soybean stem fly (Melanagromyza sojae), first reported by the Argentine Nationa...

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• EuroBlight issues report with details on the 2019 late blight monitoring results

  Date：Mar. 26, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  EuroBlight is a European network of scientists and other specialists working on potato early and late blight and meet every 18 months. The network has 150 membe...

• Alternatives to chemical pesticides: 24 European research institutes undertake an ambitious roadmap

  Date：Mar. 25, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A strong demand from public authorities, agriculture professionals, and society in general, all over Europe, has spurred collaborative research in order to acce...

• Black-grass is costing UK agriculture £1 billion per annum

  Date：Mar. 20, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating winter-wheat yields across...

• First map shows global hotspots of glyphosate contamination

  Date：Mar. 20, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Glyphosate, or Roundup, is under scrutiny because of possible impacts on human health and ecosystems. Here Federico Maggi and Alex McBratney present the world's...

• The fight to save Europe’s olive trees from disease

  Date：Mar. 20, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A plant disease spread by sap-sucking insects has been devastating olive and fruit orchards across southern Europe, but scientists are inching closer to halting...

• Sugarcane variety produces natural biodefensive against sugarcane borer

  Date：Mar. 20, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A variety of sugarcane from the Saccharum, widely grown in the country, when exposed to an attack from the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis), produces chlo...

• One future of pest control: Grow and release swarms of sterile male insects

  Date：Mar. 19, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Low cost and brutal effectiveness. That pretty much sums up why chemical insecticides are the dominant way to keep insects from nibbling away at crops. Yet many...

• Local genetic adaption helps sorghum crop hide from witchweed

  Date：Mar. 18, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Sorghum crops in areas where the agricultural parasite striga, also known as witchweed, is common are more likely to have genetic adaptations to help them resis...

• New use found for unregistered bio-fungicide

  Date：Mar. 13, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A bio-fungicide touted as a promising biocontrol of fusarium head blight in wheat, may ultimately be used for other purposes.

• Research looks to beneficial insects for pest control

  Date：Mar. 12, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist is studying how a combination of beneficial insects can help control the pests in greenhouses.

• Blight map reveals evolution of potato disease in Europe in 2019

  Date：Mar. 10, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  An international consortium including the James Hutton Institute which tracks the European spatial distribution of Phytophthora infestans, the plant pathogen re...

• New bio-fungicide for citrus and table grapes in Chile

  Date：Mar. 10, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A new bio-fungicide for citrus and table grapes is in the works, announced researchers at Chile's Pontificial Catholic University last Thursday. Since 2019, the...

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• Genome editing strategy could improve rice and other crops

  Date：Mar. 6, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Scientists at UC Davis have used CRISPR technology to genetically engineer rice with high levels of beta-carotene, the precursor of vitamin A. The technique the...

• CABI scientists help discover new biological control for noxious parthenium weed in Pakistan

  Date：Mar. 5, 2020 Category：Science&Research

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  CABI scientists, as part of an international team of researchers, have discovered a new biological control in the fight against the highly noxious and invasive ...

• The economics of pest control - How pest management strategies affect the bottom line

  Date：Mar. 4, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management strategies have on the economic return of small-scale tomato production.

• University of Illinois study shows universally positive effect of cover crops on soil microbiome

  Date：Mar. 3, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops after harvest, but a new global analysis from the University of Illinois shows the practice ca...

• Stem rust discovery solves decades old genomic puzzle

  Date：Mar. 2, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Researchers have shed new light on a longstanding mystery of what makes bread wheat susceptible to the devastating disease stem rust. For decades researchers an...

• Scientists create virus-resistant tomato plants

  Date：Feb. 28, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Researchers of Valencia's Polytechnic University (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have used tools that regulate gene expression in order t...

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• Exciting new technology for CT scanning of wheat grains for stress tolerance

  Date：Feb. 27, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Scientists have developed a computed tomography (CT) scanning method for screening large samples of wheat for drought and heat tolerance.

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• Computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide

  Date：Feb. 25, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have used a novel combination of techniques to compare the effects of two families of pesticides used in agricult...