John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, Government / Policies, Food Security/Shortage,
Potential crop yields can be dozens of percentage points higher than estimated
Food security policies implemented by governments, businesses and organisations such as the UN rely partly on global models that assess current and potential crop yields. Scientists at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln warn that these global top-down models have certain shortcomings.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Research, Plant Breeding,
Bacteria enters through natural openings at edges of corn leaves to cause Goss's wilt- TechCodex
Bacterial colonization and movement. Credit: Alexander Mullens and Tiffany M. Jamann Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is one of the most damaging diseases affecting corn. The most effective way to control this disease is to plant corn varieties that are resistant to the disease. In other words, growers avoid the disease by growing certain […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ag Podcast US, Climate Change, Ag Podcast Global,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Herbicides, Weeds, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Plant Breeding,
Waterhemp goes off script to resist herbicides - My Droll
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cementing waterhemp’s reputation as a hard-to-kill weed in corn and soybean production systems, University of Illinois researchers have now documented the weed deviating from standard detoxification strategies to resist an herbicide that has never been commercialized. The chemical in question, syncarpic acid-3 (SA3), is the great-great grandfather of the HPPD-inhibiting herbicide […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, Ag Australia/NZ, Plant Breeding, Food Security/Shortage,
Fast-forward breeding and rapid delivery systems for food security : Research for Agriculture
The University of Western Australia’s Institute of Agriculture has collaborated with international researchers to develop a roadmap to fast-forward breeding for accelerated crop improvement and rapid delivery systems, which will lead to a food-secure world. Two papers, recently published in Trends in Genetics and Nature Biotechnology, were the result of a Perth-based workshop organised by […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Conservation/Tillage, Drones UAV, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Research, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation,
Analysis: Importance of science and technology in modern farming
Scientific discoveries and technological novelties greatly assist agribusiness, making it faster, more accurate, cost-effective, and efficient. At the disposal of present-day farmers, there are eco…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Soybeans, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
Helping Farmers Benefit from Soil Management : Research for Agriculture
The Australian Government has released for public consultation a draft soil carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor said the new method will support greater uptake of soil carbon projects by overcoming barriers to participating in the ERF by reducing costs and introducing new activities to […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation, Ag Startups & Financing,
Israel to Launch Global Startup Competition For Desert Technology Solutions
View of the Ashalim solar-power station in the Negev Desert on June 19, 2018. The station is the largest of …
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