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Key Takeaways: Amatera Biosciences, a biotech platform, secured a €1.5 million pre-seed investment to develop new perennial crops that address challenges from deforestation, diseases, and climate change. Global coffee consumption […]
Key Takeaways A new €4.8 million facility focused on agritech has been inaugurated at UCD Lyons Farm. The facility comprises the AgTechUCD Innovation Centre and the UCD Bimeda Herd Health […]
Key Takeaways Apresa by ADAMA is a powerful pre-emergent herbicide that boasts up to 20% greater efficacy than tank mixed solutions. With two complementary modes of action, it offers broad-spectrum […]
Key Takeaways ReHeva Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical startup, has successfully concluded its Phase I Safety Trial for RH324, a drug aimed at enhancing the lives of cancer patients. In collaboration with Case […]
Key Takeaways A new report by the Breakthrough Institute and the Alliance for Science analyzes the economic impact of the EU’s stance on new genomic techniques (NGTs). The report estimates […]
Key Takeaways MEPs have voted to reduce the use and risk of chemical plant protection products by at least 50% by 2030. A 65% reduction is proposed for more hazardous […]
Key Takeaways The study explores deficit irrigation techniques in hydroponic greenhouse cultivation of cut roses. Three irrigation treatments were tested: Full Irrigation (FI), Partial Root Drying (PRD), and Sustained Deficit […]
Key Takeaways Breeding for climate resilience requires considering adaptive traits beyond just yield. Robotized indoor phenotyping allows for high-throughput measurement of such adaptive traits. Maize adaptive traits can be inferred […]
Key Takeaways Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) welcomes three newly appointed ministers. The ministers are expected to play a significant role in advancing Manitoba’s bioeconomy. Minister Jamie Moses will oversee Economic […]
Key Takeaways The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will receive $60 million in core funding over the next five years. The funding aims to expand APPF’s network and accelerate the […]
Key Takeaways Iowa State University and Ideal Energy have inaugurated the Alliant Solar Farm, an agrivoltaics research project. The project received a four-year, $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department […]
Key Takeaways A £2.45 million donation from the Michael Uren Foundation will fund research on soil microbial communities at Imperial College London. The research aims to address the challenge of […]
Key Takeaways The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched the Atoms4Food initiative. The initiative aims to enhance agricultural productivity, reduce food losses, […]
Key Takeaways The study by Agathokleous et al., 2023, focuses on the adaptation of crop production to climate change and air pollution. It evaluates advances at the plant, field, and […]
Key Takeaways Zhang et al., 2023, employed Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to study CO2 enrichment in strawberry greenhouses. The study aims to improve the low energy use efficiency level of […]
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