Plants may induce “leaky gut syndrome” — permeability of the gut lining — in insects as part of a multipronged strategy for protecting themselves.
A dairy cattle breeding method adds a new parameter to genetic selection and conserves or even improves a population’s genetic diversity.
Three researchers write that the crucial mission of the FDA has been undermined and threatened by politically motivated interference from legislators.
A team of scientists out of Australia have a dynamic model that predicts which photosynthetic manipulations will boost the crop yield of wheat and sorghum.
A team of scientists from the University of Jyväskylä explain that the ‘Insectageddon’ paper could compromise the credibility of conservation science.
Michigan State research shows that our farm soil is among the most important parts of crop yield and global food security.
Cool Planet, an ag tech soil health company, has opted to open the books to all of its research and launch a searchable Trial Results Database.
A new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) shows the scientific community is overwhelmingly positive about biotech plant breeding and the benefits for farmers, consumers, and the environment. But the authors of the paper say that the current process-based U.S. biotechnology regulatory system is a barrier to such agricultural innovation. In […]
Bayer has joined the fight in finding an effective treatment against a global threat to citrus production and the juice industry — citrus greening.
From an anti-cancer drug derived from Omega-3 fatty acids and sensors to help prevent bridge collapses to gene-silencing technology that controls mosquito populations and hand-held imaging tools to detect meat contamination, the USDA’s made-in-America research excelled in 2016. On Thursday, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that USDA research generated 244 new inventions and 109 […]