Scientific World

Plant breeding

Zimbabwean farmers are poised for greater yield and income gains as a result of a recent agricultural innovation breakthrough – the release of a new hybrid of white sorghum (great millet) that also promises greater…

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One Health

A new research paper by scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has examined the global distribution of existing One Health Networks and found that investment in these networks has not been…

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Agroecology

Agroecology is about using biodiversity and boosting soil health in order to make farming systems more resilient. How can we apply these principles to crop protection? Can we do without pesticides? What sort of research…

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Plant protection

A new study has found the best time to apply safer-to-use and more environmentally friendly biopesticides to fight the Oriental migratory locust pest. The study was led by scientists from the Chinese MARA-CABI Joint…

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Plant breeding

An international research team recently demonstrated that it was possible to reproduce a hybrid rice variety identically from seed. In other words, such a variety could be cloned infinitely while retaining its original…

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Biodiversity

Extreme climate events pose an ever-increasing threat to savannahs around the world. However, the ability of these mixed woodland-grassland ecosystems to resist periods of drought can be improved with a higher number of…

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Plant breeding

Researchers at ETH Zurich/Switzerland have been able to show which genes inhibit self-fertilisation in grasses. Plant scientists can now use this mechanism in a more targeted way to breed new varieties of forage grasses…

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Plant breeding

A survey at Leibniz University/Hanover, Germany focuses on common features of insect-resistant plant species which could provide the basis for new breeds.

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Agriculture

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Carnegie Institution for Science have shown how nitrogen fertiliser could be produced more sustainably. This is necessary not only to protect the climate, but also to reduce dependence…

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Plant breeding

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched seeds into space last November as part of their joint efforts to develop new crops able to…

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