img

Team AgWiki

AgTech

St Louis, MO 63101 US

Joined:

BIO

Thank you for visiting the AgWiki Team page. On behalf of our entire team, we are excited about the opportunity for you to engage individuals all over the globe. Individuals that grow and raise our food and fiber, as well as the researchers and nutritionists that are so involved in all aspects of production and consumption of food products. We are a community of farmers, researchers, consultants, and nutritionists discovering solutions to sustainability and world hunger. The entire food and agricultural industry should join us. Our hope is that you will create relationships that benefit global agriculture by sharing information with local, national, and international AgWiki users.

Topics
Groups
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Rice, Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases,

12/26/2024 SOURCE: www.inrae.fr







Food security: discovery of a gene for immunity against a disease that ravages rice and wheat crops



The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae ravages rice and wheat crops and poses a formidable threat to human food on a global scale. Researchers from INRAE, CIRAD and the Université de Montpellier, together with the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Centre (HHRRC) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have discovered a gene in rice for resistance to this pathogen, challenging the findings of a study that remained the reference for 25 years. Published in Nature Plants on 4 June, these results pave the way to new solutions to improve disease resistance in crops that are compatible with the development of sustainable agriculture.



Read More
Read More

TOPIC(S): Organic, Food/Nutrition, Peanuts, FDA,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Soybeans, Commodities, Trade (Commodities), Sweet Corn,

12/26/2024 SOURCE: www.foodbusinessnews.net







Wheat’s sharp declines continue



Recap for October 7 Wheat futures were mixed Thursday, with winter wheat mostly lower on concerns US exporters will struggle to compete with overseas suppliers, but a shortage of high-protein hard red spring wheat boosted spring wheat futures. Corn futures hit a one-week low in early trading before bouncing back to end slightly higher on the day as investors squared positions ahead of next week’s updated harvest forecast from the US Department of Agriculture. Signals of good export demand for US soybeans sent soybean and . . .



Read More
Read More