Despite shouldering some of the blame for climate change, could agricultural technology actually cut emissions?

Despite shouldering some of the blame for climate change, could agricultural technology actually cut emissions?

Blaine Friedlander | Cornell Chronicle | 
As the Earth’s human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s food system are on track to expand ...
‘Window to act is closing’: Climate change is already devastating our global food system, UN report co-author says

‘Window to act is closing’: Climate change is already devastating our global food system, UN report co-author says

In a cautionary tale to the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – a group organized by the ...
Insecticides based on RNA technology could poised to be a low impact way to control plant pests

Insecticides based on RNA technology could poised to be a low impact way to control plant pests

Krishna Ramanujan | Cornell Chronicle | 
A novel insecticide targets a specific gene in a pest, killing only that bug species on crops and avoiding collateral ...
How years of ‘prolonged immaturity’ as babies provide humans with an evolutionary advantage

How years of ‘prolonged immaturity’ as babies provide humans with an evolutionary advantage

Kate Blackwood | Cornell Chronicle | 
[H]uman babies, as well as the young of many other species of mammals and birds, require months or years of ...
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Robot-powered plant science helps grape growers predict yields, detect pest threats

Krisy Gashler | Cornell Chronicle | 
For grape growers, accurately predicting each season’s yield is key to a successful harvest. Underpredict, and you won’t have enough ...
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Despite anti-GMO ‘whispering,’ Bangladesh says ‘science-based information’ will guide its biotech policy

Krisy Gashler | Cornell Chronicle | 
Bt eggplant, or brinjal as it’s known in Bangladesh, is the first genetically engineered food crop to be successfully introduced ...
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14 corn genes identified that could boost vitamin E levels

Krishna Ramanujan | Cornell Chronicle | 
New research has identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that could lead to improving ...
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Open-source genomic platform could aid plant breeding in developing nations

Krishna Ramanujan | Cornell Chronicle | 
The Genomic Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative (GOBII), a global project funded by an $18.5 million grant from the Bill and ...
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Corn catalog: Crop’s climate adaption genes identified to help breeders speed up improvements

Krishna Ramanujan | Cornell Chronicle | 
Over many thousands of years, farmers have bred maize varieties so the crops are optimally adapted to local environments. A ...
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How weeds can help with weed control

Blaine Friedlander | Cornell Chronicle | 
Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of ...

Fungus devastating frog populations by altering genome

Krishna Ramanujan | Cornell Chronicle | 
A deadly fungus has decimated certain populations of amphibians globally for the past few decades, but scientists remain unclear about ...

Disease-resistant tomatoes fight lethal pests

Stacey Shackford | Cornell Chronicle | 
The following is an excerpt. In the battle against thrips, Cornell breeder Martha Mutschler-Chu has developed a new weapon: a ...
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