Research to help increase local production of in demand fruit
New plant breeding technology is being used by the James Hutton Institute to help blueberries…
Browsing: Agronomy
Harnessing medical technology and global partnerships to drive gains in food crop productivity
Global research networks must overcome nationalist and protectionist tendencies to provide technology advances the world…
Researchers identify resistance in wild strawberries
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich have identified a wild strawberry that inhibits the development of the…
Syngenta and DuPont Crop Protection announce publication of a new joint patent for herbicide development
Syngenta and DuPont Crop Protection (DuPont) have announced the publication of a joint patent, focused…
ChemChina extends offer for Syngenta
China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) announced today that it has extended its offer to buy…
Australian researchers find resistance to neonicotinoids in aphid
Resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides has for the first time been confirmed in Australian populations of…
New study shows wheat crop yield can be increased by up to 20 per cent using new chemical technology, providing a solution to global food insecurity
UK scientists have created a synthetic molecule that when applied to crops, has been shown…
Using target yields to calculate N – does it add up?
New guidance issued by the Fertiliser Manual (RB209) encouraging farmers to use yield as a…
Is it OK to spray AstroKerb or Kerb Flo 500 or will a large crop canopy interfere?
Work done last year in the UK has answered a frequently asked question from advisors…
Photosynthesis breakthrough could boost food crops
Researchers have increased plant productivity by boosting levels of three proteins involved in photosynthesis, according…