Pouch Pathogen Protection for Your Fruits and Veggies
In Florida, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service are working with Worrell Water Technologies on a pouch that prevents pathogens from growing on fruits...
Spensa Offers Z-Trap to Replace Sticky Tape for Better Pest Management
In Indiana, Spensa Technologies is selling their new Z-Trap 1 device this spring for growers to handle pest management more effectively. The Z-Trap works...
Something Healthy to Chew On – Researchers Assemble Lettuce Genome For First Time
In New York, researchers from Dovetail Genomics, BGI, and University of California, Davis have assembled a lettuce genome using an in vitro scaffolding improvement...
Sentera launches FieldAgent agronomic platform
In Minnesota, Sentera launched their new FieldAgent platform, which replaces all variants of the AgVault and OnTop products. The new brand better reflects the...
The Secrets of Wine Exposed Through Genomics
In California, cabernet sauvignon’s secrets have been discovered with scientists having sequenced the full genome of this popular wine grape. Computer algorithms combined with...
Catalytic Innovations and Opus 12 make top 20 list for GHG challenge
In Canada, the Ontario Centres of Excellence announced the 20 semi-finalists for Ontario's Solutions 2030 Challenge - - a global call for innovators to...
The Same But Different – Cultivated Scallops Genetically Different Than Wild Scallops
In Germany, University of Bielefeld researchers confirmed that breeding affects the genetic makeup of those delicious scallops. When comparing nine different scallop populations, the...
Oil Munching Bacteria Find A Feast at Crude Oil Spills
In California, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found oil-degrading bacteria that work hard at eating up oil spills. By...
Nanotechnology Used in Fertilizer as Better Environmental Alternative and More Efficient
In Sri Lanka, researchers are using nanotechnology to create more efficient fertilizer. They coated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, a mineral considered to be environmentally friendly, with...
Do Genetics Change Our Behavior? Researchers Find Evidence in Worms that Indicate So
In New York, researchers at Rockefeller University have been studying how worms’ genetics change behaviors over time, such as how they react with other...