Exeter researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease
Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease
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Discoveries at the frontier: the 2020 HFSP Research Grants
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today some $33 million USD to support the top 4% of
Read moreTriple-threat genetic toolkit aids with eco-friendly chemical production
CABBI researchers have developed three innovative tools to facilitate production of high-value compounds from yeast strain Issatchenkia orientalis
Read moreThe 2020 HFSP Fellowships
HFSP raises the value of its fellowship awards granted to 65 young researchers that will challenge traditional thinking by investigating
Read moreReducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation
Crop yields have increased substantially over the past decades, occurring alongside the increasing use of nitrogen fertilizer. While nitrogen fertilizer
Read moreMapping the cannabis genome to improve crops and health
Unlocking the full potential of cannabis for agriculture and human health will require a co-ordinated scientific effort to assemble and
Read moreScientists seek to establish community-driven metadata standards for microbiomes research
“We are living through an explosion in the availability of microbiome data,” according to JP Dundore-Arias, assistant professor of plant
Read moreWeedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution
A new global study reveals the extent to which high-yielding rice varieties favored in the decades since the “Green Revolution”
Read moreeDNA provides researchers with ‘more than meets the eye’
Curtin study looks at using DNA analysis as a tool for species biomonitoring
Read moreAll microgastrinae wasps from around the world finally together in a 1,089-page monograph
With 3,000 known species and thousands more left to describe, the wasps of the subfamily Microgastrinae are the single most
Read morePlants and animals aren’t so different when it comes to climate
A new study reveals that plants and animals are remarkably similar in their responses to changing environmental conditions.
Read moreStudy: Climatic-niche evolution strikingly similar in plants and animals
Given the fundamental biological differences in plants and animals, previous research proposed that plants may have broader environmental tolerances than
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