Bug-killing fungus leads to major breakthrough in search for environmentally friendly pesticide
A ‘new generation’ of environmentally friendly pesticides is a step closer as researchers make an…
Browsing: Agronomy
Study reveals diversity ‘blueprint’ to help maize crops adapt to changing climates
Scientists have unlocked evolutionary secrets of landraces through an unprecedented study of allelic diversity, revealing…
Certis Europe and Spiess Urania to distribute Latitude products
Mitsui & Co., Ltd has now finalised the agreement to acquire all the assets related…
Monsanto donates Middleton plant research facility to University
A $10 million commercial biotech plant laboratory in Middleton, Wisconsin, first opened in 1982 with…
Rothamsted Research granted permission by Defra to carry out field trial with GM wheat plants
Rothamsted Research, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC, submitted an application 3 November 2016 to…
International collaboration to source new resistance genes to combat corn diseases
Monsanto Company and 2Blades Foundation (2Blades) have formed a collaboration to discover novel sources of…
BASF ADAS and AgSpace seek 50 farmers to partner ongoing wheat trials
BASF, ADAS and AgSpace have launched a bold initiative to recruit 50 farmers from across…
How Brexit might impact UK plant protection
What the future may hold for Plant Protection Products (PPPs) in the UK is explored…
New generation of liquid sulfonyl-ureas boost spring weed control options
DuPont has launched the first of its new generation of liquid sulfonyl-urea herbicides, giving UK…
New Syngenta SDHI cereal seed treatment, Vibrance Duo, receives UK approval
Syngenta UK Limited has received UK approval for its new SDHI-based fungicide seed treatment, Vibrance…