AgTech & Innovation

A study spanning 558 tomato varieties identifies Sl-LIP100 and hundreds of genetic associations that could help breeders recover flavor without abandoning productive commercial traits.

A PNAS model finds irrigation raises crop output and reduces pressure to convert natural land, while direct emissions remain material.

A revised laboratory method measures DNA bound phosphorus with fewer steps, giving researchers a clearer view of the living phosphorus pool in soil.

Cornell is field testing tomato sentinel plants that turn red purple under nitrogen stress, but important validation and deployment questions remain.

USDA NIFA spread $20 million across 121 listed small business agriculture awards, with projects spanning biofuels, resources, food science and production.

Robigo's undisclosed Series A, led by Leaps by Bayer, is meant to advance engineered microbial treatments for soybean and specialty crop diseases. The 2028 launch target still depends on field evidence, regulation and commercial execution.

A two strain bacterial consortium drawn from wheat roots in Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert increased grain yields by 18 to 24 percent in multi location field trials under deficit irrigation. The comparison was against uninoculated plots receiving the same reduced fertilizer regime, not against untreated land under entirely different management. Published in Scientific Reports on September 2, the study tested whether microbes adapted to severe environmental stress could help whea

A receptor guided workflow combined artificial intelligence modelling with chemical and behavioural tests to identify a major lily moth pheromone.