Cornell-Led Center Gets $7.5 Million to Build Robots for US Orchards
21 September 2026, New York, USA: Cornell University is leading a new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded research center that aims
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Gene-Stacked Rice Lines Show Up to 82% Yield Gain Under Drought
19 September 2026, Telangana, India: Indian researchers have developed rice breeding lines that combine four separate drought-tolerance genes, producing yield improvements of
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Bayer-Backed Startup Robigo Bio Advances Engineered Biologicals to Fight Soybean Disease
19 September 2026, Massachusetts, USA: A Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company has raised a Series A funding round led by Leaps by Bayer
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Electrostatic Field Treatment Shown to Strengthen Tomato Seedlings Without Chemicals
19 September 2026, Shanxi, China: Researchers in China have detailed how exposing tomato seedlings to a high-voltage electrostatic field, an invisible charged
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Peanut Pan-Genome Study Uncovers Gene Behind 20% Yield Boost in Dense Planting
19 September 2026, Shandong, China: Researchers in China have built the most complete genetic map of cultivated peanut to date, and used
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New Molecule Class Fights Drought Without Stunting Plant Growth
18 September 2026, Sendai, Japan: A research team at Tohoku University in Japan has identified two synthetic small molecules that help plants
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University of Chicago Lifts Rice Yields 25% With Native Gene Editing
18 September 2026, Illinois, United States: Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed a gene-editing technique that increased rice yields by
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Salt-Loving Plant’s Genome Reveals Toolkit for Saline Farmland
18 September 2026, Australia: An international research team led by the University of Newcastle in Australia has sequenced and compared the genomes
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ICAR-SBI Breeds Three Disease-Resistant Sugarcane Varieties for India’s Cane Belt
18 September 2026, Tamil Nadu, India: The ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has three new sugarcane varieties in the
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New Diagnostic Test Detects Only Living, Disease-Causing Bacteria in Crops
18 September 2026, Pennsylvania, USA: Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a laboratory test that can tell whether bacteria found in
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