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Biotechnology is reshaping agriculture in remarkable ways—from improving crop resilience to increasing productivity. But with innovation comes important questions about ethics, sustainability, and long-term impact.

Explore both the advancements and controversies:

https://harisharandevgan.com/blogs/biotechnology-in-agriculture-advancements-and-controversies/

#Biotechnology #Agriculture #AgriTech #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #FoodSecurity #CropScience #FutureOfFarming #HarisharanDevgan

Biotechnology is reshaping agriculture in remarkable ways—from improving crop resilience to increasing productivity. But with innovation comes important questions about ethics, sustainability, and long-term impact.

Explore both the advancements and controversies:

https://harisharandevgan.com/blogs/biotechnology-in-agriculture-advancements-and-controversies/

#Biotechnology #Agriculture #AgriTech #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #FoodSecurity #CropScience #FutureOfFarming #HarisharanDevgan

We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?
#Wheat #Agriculture #Farming #ClimateChange #Farmers #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #GlobalFood #CropScience #ClimateImpact #Tech #Environment #FoodCrisis #Weather #Innovation #Emissions
https://the-14.com/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate/

We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?
#Wheat #Agriculture #Farming #ClimateChange #Farmers #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #GlobalFood #CropScience #ClimateImpact #Tech #Environment #FoodCrisis #Weather #Innovation #Emissions
https://the-14.com/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate/

Early farmers accidentally bred “warrior” wheat — plants shaped over millennia to fight neighbors for light and space. Then modern breeding had to undo all of it. A wild loop in crop evolution. #HumanEvolution #Archaeobotany #CropScience https://www.anthropology.net/p/how-early-farmers-accidentally-bred

Early farmers accidentally bred “warrior” wheat — plants shaped over millennia to fight neighbors for light and space. Then modern breeding had to undo all of it. A wild loop in crop evolution. #HumanEvolution #Archaeobotany #CropScience https://www.anthropology.net/p/how-early-farmers-accidentally-bred

Hou et al. explore the potential role of cytoplasmic #genomes in #grape domestication, offering new insights into grape #evolution and #crop improvement.

🍇https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13968

@wileyplantsci
#PlantScience #JIPB #systematics #CropScience #MolecularBiology #gene #botany #OpenAccess

#FYI #CropProduction #farming #CropScience #food #FoodScience #FoodChemistry #FoodProduction #FoodSecurity #Malnutrition #Undernutrition #PlantScience

Society for Experimental Biology News Release 8-Jul-2025

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089641

#ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #EcosystemCollapse #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases

#FYI #CropProduction #farming #CropScience #food #FoodScience #FoodChemistry #FoodProduction #FoodSecurity #Malnutrition #Undernutrition #PlantScience

Society for Experimental Biology News Release 8-Jul-2025

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089641

#ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #EcosystemCollapse #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases

@mikebrunt

There's a lot to unpack here, including how we scientists think that we are smart but end up working on end-of-pipe-solutions that help temporarily to stabilize unsustainable systems.
This is a perfect example how academic knowledge does not lead to an understanding (or motivation) to address root causes.

Naturally, the problem of this nutrient crisis is that in industrial farming systems the amount of animals is not anymore related to the available land. And this is because of policy decisions to commodify agriculture in an neoliberal industrual system.

Compare it with the thousands of scientists, NGOs and foundations that deploy there energy in hyperexpensive investigations for cancer cures, but only an infimal fraction of this is inverted in the field of prevention.

Or the promotion of high-tech carbon-capture bullshit instead of degrowth.

#Agriculture #Agronomy #PlantNutrition #CropScience

@mikebrunt

There's a lot to unpack here, including how we scientists think that we are smart but end up working on end-of-pipe-solutions that help temporarily to stabilize unsustainable systems.
This is a perfect example how academic knowledge does not lead to an understanding (or motivation) to address root causes.

Naturally, the problem of this nutrient crisis is that in industrial farming systems the amount of animals is not anymore related to the available land. And this is because of policy decisions to commodify agriculture in an neoliberal industrual system.

Compare it with the thousands of scientists, NGOs and foundations that deploy there energy in hyperexpensive investigations for cancer cures, but only an infimal fraction of this is inverted in the field of prevention.

Or the promotion of high-tech carbon-capture bullshit instead of degrowth.

#Agriculture #Agronomy #PlantNutrition #CropScience

Follow Wired.com for the latest in all this:
#USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American #Farmers | WIRED

#cropscience #agricuktirr
https://www.wired.com/story/usda-layoffs-throw-climate-and-crop-projects-into-chaos/

Follow Wired.com for the latest in all this:
#USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American #Farmers | WIRED

#cropscience #agricuktirr
https://www.wired.com/story/usda-layoffs-throw-climate-and-crop-projects-into-chaos/

Reminder: Niab's Soft Fruit Technical Day coming up next week (28th November). Free online event, 09:10 to 14:15 GMT, a range of short talks on how our research can be applied to soft-fruit growing systems. Crop physiology & biology, IPPM, sustainable growing.

https://www.niab.com/niab-soft-fruit-day-28-nov

#Horticulture #SoftFruit #Agriculture #SustainableFood #IPM #Entomology #CropScience

Prime editing is a versatile #CRISPR/Cas-based precise #genome-editing technique. This new study by Cao et al. published in #JIPB, tests the efficiencies of PE6 variants for prime editing in #rice.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13738
@wileyplantsci
#PlantScience #GeneEditing #CropScience #botany

Sometimes the gig requires an extra hop, skip, or jump—and a careful look both ways before going for it. 🐊 #FarmLife #CropScience #OnTheJob

Sometimes the gig requires an extra hop, skip, or jump—and a careful look both ways before going for it. 🐊 #FarmLife #CropScience #OnTheJob

Mystery solved!🔍#Soybean plants maintain a consistent level of Pi within #root hairs even when there's an external Pi deficit-but how?!
The key? Mechanisms of vacuolar #phosphate efflux...
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13733
@wileyplantsci
#PlantScience #CellBio #CropScience #development #botany

Direct #seeding in #rice is convenient and cheap but not without issues. In their new #JIPB commentary, He et al. explore the role of #phytohormones in anaerobic germination.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13728
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #plant #PlantDevelopment #CropScience #botany

#Wheat feeds half the global #population, driving demand for high-yielding varieties. Here, Wu et al. report on their work with transcription factor TaMYB72 and the potential implications for improved #grain #yield traits.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13716
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #CropScience #botany

#Flower development is essential for #crop yield. In this new study, Li et al. explore the #gene silencing pathways involved in modulating this vital process in #soybean. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13709
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #CropScience #development #botany

Tapetal development and degradation are crucial for #pollen #development in flowering #plants, but some of the mechanics remain poorly understood.
Zeng et al. explore the importance of #MAPK cascade to this process in #rice.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13673
@wileyplantsci
#PlantScience #PCD #CropScience #botany

#Rice blast disease reduces rice yields by as much as 30%, making it a major threat to #FoodSecurity. In a new #JIPB paper, Yan et al. reveal the role of OsATL32 in undermining rice #immunity.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13666
@wileyplantsci
#PlantScience #CropScience #ROS #pathogen #botany

Xie et al. reveal that knockout of miR396 #genes increases #seed size and #yield in #soybean.
Read all about it here--it's #OpenAccess!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13660
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantSci #CropScience #botany

From our November issue focussed on #CropScience, He et al. explore the potential for rapid alkalinization factor RALF22 to act as an #immune elicitor in #crop protection.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13566
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #Plant #pathology #phytopathology #Brassica #fungus #pathogen

🧩A new week, a new piece of the puzzle!🌾
Ding et al. reveal the existence of a strigolactone–abscisic acid interaction pathway that regulates rice tillering and that is likely to be conserved in #monocots and #dicots. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13617
#botany #PlantSci #CropScience #PlantScience

He et al. report that antagonistic MADS-box transcription factors SEEDSTICK and SEPALLATA3 form a transcriptional regulatory network that regulates #seed #oil accumulation in #Arabidopsis.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13606
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #CropScience #agriculture #botany

🌽Jafari et al. explore #genetic and #molecular responses to high-density planting in #maize and discuss strategies for #breeding cultivars with superior performance under these conditions. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13603
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #botany #CropScience #PlantDevelopment

Hybrid rice plays a key role in global #FoodSecurity.
A new #JIPB commentary explores past, present, and potential future breakthroughs in three-line hybrid #rice breeding system research⬇️🔓
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13590
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantSci #agriculture #CropScience #food #botany #PlantScience

Ich denke, ich habe heute das System #BAYER mit den drei Sparten #CropScience, #Pharmaceuticals und #ConsumerHealth verstanden.

Mit dem #Glyphosat der ersten Sparte macht man die Kunden krank und versucht sie dann, mit Hilfe der anderen beiden Sparten, zu heilen.

In allen Fällen gewinnt, äh verdient BAYER.

Glyphosat gehört verboten!

Lasst uns gemeinsam für eine nachhaltigere und gesündere Umwelt eintreten! 🌿🌍

In this #JIPB mini-review, Xiao et al. discuss strategies for mitigating NH4+ toxicity in #plants and potential solutions for improving #nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and #stress adaptions in #crops. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13467
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #agriculture #CropScience #botany

Lots of articles on crop diversity in the latest issue of @PNASNews: https://www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/120/14 #CropScience