#Agriculture #SustainableFarming #Climate-SmartAgriculture #GenomeCanada #USaskResearch #NativePlantSpecies #CarbonSequestration #AgriculturalInnovation #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateResilience Two groundbreaking research projects led by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) have received substantial funding from Genome Canada to drive ...
A new database of 19 insect genomes, including the world's most dangerous pests, has been created in the UK to improve crop protection, FarmingUK reports on February 8. The genomes ...
Scientists from Solynta and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have published the most complete genome sequence for potatoes to date. A unique aspect is that both sequence and plant material are ...
More than 20 years after the first release of the human genome, scientists at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, have ...
Researchers from Rothamsted Research, Bayer Crop Science and Syngenta Crop Protection are collaborating on a Pest Genomics Initiative (PGI). This PGI is aimed at mapping the genome of important pests and ...
Walter De Jong shouts over the roar of fans in the greenhouse. He’s telling me about the seedlings beside him, which pepper the dark soil in a grid of small ...
A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot ...
The J.R Simplot Company has petitioned the USDA to deregulate their new genetically engineered Innate™ Potatoes and the public comment period has just been opened up on that petition. The "Biofortified Blog"presents ...
In 2017, the International Potato Center (CIP) unveiled a groundbreaking addition to Kenya's potato landscape: "Nyota." Developed specifically for the Kenyan market, Nyota emerged as a table variety poised to ...
In future, potato has to emerge from just a vegetable to serious food security option. Considering limited availability of cultivable land in the country higher potato production has to be ...
