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Dec 01

Researchers use Cas9 gene scissors to establish new resistances of winter barley to viruses

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Genome editing comes with great hopes for the improvement of crops in regards to the challenges posed by climate change, but also for breeding of disease resistance and an improved sustainability of agriculture. A research team has now succeeded in…

Nov 29

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Groundcherry research bears new fruits

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Over 34 million people in the U.S. don’t have enough food. More diverse and adaptable crops are needed to address challenges in food production made worse by climate change. Small, sweet berries called groundcherries may not feed the country, but along with…

Nov 25

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Indigenous crops may help us survive climate change, but how we talk about them matters

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News

We need to rethink how we think about Indigenous crops, say plant biologists. These crops include groundnut, teff grass, and a wide range of cereals, grains, fruits, legumes, and root vegetables predominantly cultivated by small farms in Africa, Asia, and…

Nov 23

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The principles of Biofertiliation

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog

The biofertilizer is a liquid organic fertilizer that can be produced within any rural property, with materials that are easy to find on the property itself, like animal manure and plant remains. Its preparation is very easy and relatively fast, being ideal…

Nov 21

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Discovery of family of hormones may be key to increased crop yields

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Crops often face harsh growing environments. Instead of using energy for growth, factors such as disease, extreme temperatures, and salty soils force plants to use it to respond to the resulting stress. This is known as the “growth-stress response trade-off".…

Nov 16

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‘Farmer-Researchers’ Join Front Line in Testing Crops

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Farmers are becoming more involved than ever in the work of developing new, sustainable crop varieties, with a recent Alliance study showing how a “citizen science” approach for on-farm experimentation called tricot, generated agricultural data via local organizations in Central…

Nov 10

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Scientists uncover millet genotype-microbiota interaction insights to enhance crop growth and yield

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Foxtail millet, Setaria italica, is one of the oldest and more resilient crops worldwide. Compared to rice and wheat, millet has excellent climate resilience and requires less fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation than mainstream cereals. In addition, millet-based foods are nutritionally superior…

Nov 08

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Genetic engineering of chickpea to understand the mystery behind biochemical regulation in flower and seed coat colour of desi and kabuli genotypes

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, ECRi, Plant Science, Post

Flower and seed coat colour are important agronomic traits in chickpea that influence consumer preference. Based on their cultivation globally, this legume crop is categorized as “desi” or “kabuli”. Seeds of desi-type chickpeas are generally dark brown and angular with…

Nov 03

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Documenting and making available the world’s crop diversity

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Out of 1,800 genebank collections worldwide, more than 600 are in Europe. This vast array of crop diversity can be exploited to make…

Oct 31

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Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Pre-treatment with ethanol activates molecular processes that could allow crops to tolerate a warming world. A dose of ethanol, better known as common alcohol, can enable plants to withstand heat stress that might otherwise kill them, biologists have found. This…

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Researchers use Cas9 gene scissors to establish new resistances of winter barley to viruses

Groundcherry research bears new fruits

Indigenous crops may help us survive climate change, but how we talk about them matters

The principles of Biofertiliation

Discovery of family of hormones may be key to increased crop yields

‘Farmer-Researchers’ Join Front Line in Testing Crops

Scientists uncover millet genotype-microbiota interaction insights to enhance crop growth and yield

Genetic engineering of chickpea to understand the mystery behind biochemical regulation in flower and seed coat colour of desi and kabuli genotypes

Documenting and making available the world’s crop diversity

Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress

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