Science&Research

• Scientists find new way to develop drought-resilient crops

  Date：Oct. 24, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.

• Mapping millet genetics

  Date：Oct. 23, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  In the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, conditions can be difficult for crops. Plants need to have short growing seasons, survive on poor soils and tolerat...

• Third-generation hybrid rice achieves high yields in China

  Date：Oct. 23, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team underwent its first public yield monitoring from Monday t...

• Developing more nutritious crops to feed a growing world

  Date：Oct. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Using synchrotron light to analyze new varieties of peas could be faster, more environmentally friendly, and help to nourish underfed populations around the wor...

• Rice blast fungus discovery will drive crop innovation

  Date：Oct. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  A secret weapon used by the killer rice blast fungus to infect host plants has been discovered in new research.

• Future rice could reduce reliance on water intensive paddy fields

  Date：Oct. 21, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Rothamsted is to lead a consortium awarded a total of £600K to develop new rice varieties that can be grown with less water than conventional puddled transplan...

  Tags:Rice

• Efficient synthesis of ginkgo compound could lead to new 'green' insecticides

  Date：Oct. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Chemists at Scripps Research have invented an efficient method for making a synthetic version of the plant compound bilobalide, which is naturally produced by g...

• Photosynthesis Olympics: Can the best wheat varieties be even better?

  Date：Oct. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Scientists have put elite wheat varieties through a sort of "Photosynthesis Olympics" to find which varieties have the best performing photosynthesis. This coul...

  Tags:wheat

• Protein that triggers plant defences to light stress identified

  Date：Oct. 17, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  A newly discovered protein turns on plants' cellular defence to excessive light and other stress factors caused by a changing climate, according to a new study ...

• Satellite imagery, artificial intelligence to improve farm yields in Maharashtra

  Date：Oct. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Launched in January this year, the Maha Agri Tech project seeks to use technology to address various cultivation risks ranging from poor rains to pest attacks, ...

• Argentine scientists discover a gene that "slows" the development of the lateral roots of plants

  Date：Oct. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The finding of Santa Fe scientists sets the stage for improving the ability of crops to better absorb water and nutrients from the soil and adapt to drought, sa...

• Scientists track wheat aphids and their natural enemies for better pest management in Pakistan

  Date：Oct. 14, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  For the first time, CABI scientists have studied the distribution and population dynamics of wheat aphids and their natural enemies in Pakistan through seasons ...

• AGRA partners with Tony Blair Institute to catalyse Africa’s agriculture transformation

  Date：Oct. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

  Research by the Tony Blair Institute for its Jobs Gap report found that, on the current trajectory, there will remain a shortfall of 40 million jobs and livelih...

• Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter winters

  Date：Oct. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  A team of biologists led by Tufts University has found two genes that may permit some insect species to survive climate change by adjusting their biological ann...

• VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology devises a CRISPR-based tissue-specific knockout system

  Date：Oct. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  A team from the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, led by Drs. Thomas Jacobs, Moritz Nowack, and Tom Beeckman has devised a CRISPR-based tissue-specifi...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Nodulation connected to higher resistance against powdery mildew in legumes

  Date：Oct. 10, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Recent research from RWTH Aachen University shows that nodulation might positively impact the plant's microbiome in other ways.

• Microsatellite data can help double the impact of agricultural interventions

  Date：Oct. 10, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  Data from microsatellites can be used to detect and double the impact of sustainable interventions in agriculture at large scales, according to a new studyled b...

• Integrated management approaches to combat plant virus diseases

  Date：Oct. 9, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Investigations by The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Institute of Agriculture and Washington State University (WSU) in the USA have concluded that the...

• Machine learning helps plant science turn over a new leaf

  Date：Oct. 9, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Now, Salk researchers have helped speed up plant phenotyping even more, with machine-learning algorithms that teach a computer system to analyze three-dimension...

• First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing released in Ethiopia

  Date：Oct. 8, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety

• China grows a cotton plant on the far side of the moon in a biological first

  Date：Oct. 7, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  China has broken new lunar ground, successfully growing cotton on the moon for the first time. The experiment was part of the Chang’e 4 project, in which China...

  Tags:Cotton

• Gene responsible for lutein esterification in bread wheat identified

  Date：Oct. 2, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The American Society of Plant Biologists is pleased to announce the publication of research with significant implications for lutein esterification in bread whe...

  Tags:wheat

• Crop plants of the future will fix nitrogen using synthetic biology

  Date：Oct. 2, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The root microbiome is for plants similar to what the gut microbiome is for humans in many ways. It’s the interface between organisms, where nutrients are abso...

• Complete genome of devastating soybean pathogen assembled

  Date：Oct. 1, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  KeyGene Inc

  An international research collaboration has successfully assembled the complete genome sequence of the pathogen that causes the devastating disease Asian soybea...

• With CRISPR and machine learning, startups fast-track crops to consume less, produce more

  Date：Sep. 30, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Agbiotech newcomer Inari has raised $89 million to pursue an ambitious goal: to challenge the status quo in agriculture.

  Tags:Precision FarmingGene Editing

• Insects might soon be trained to protect crops

  Date：Sep. 30, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Biological control, in which insect populations are reduced by using other insects (their natural enemies) is generally accepted as a sustainable and ecological...

• Wheat is one step closer to photosynthesis-based yield gains

  Date：Sep. 30, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Photosynthesis is the trait now being targeted globally to deliver future yield gains in bread wheat. Crucial to these efforts is the ability to measure and com...

  Tags:wheat

• New function in a protein of plants essential to developing drought-tolerant crops

  Date：Sep. 27, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The BAG4 protein regulates the flow of potassium in occlusive cells, which optimizes the use of water by the plant.

• South Dakota State University biofilm center researchers focus on nitrogen-fixing bacteria

  Date：Sep. 27, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  South Dakota State University faculty from four departments will work on improving the ability of nitrogen-fixing bacteria to colonize soybean roots through the...

• Farmers reap rewards of biological pest control

  Date：Sep. 26, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Farmers and growers who want to protect plants from predators can choose from chemical or biological weapons. Although both have a long history, chemical warfar...