crop disease News
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Ag Tech Must-Haves for 2019 and Beyond
Ag tech has the ability to provide tremendous value to farmers, and each year as technology advances it seems that potential only grows. The capabilities available to farmers have changed greatly over the years, and current trends in the consumer industry offer some insight into where the industry is headed. In the spirit of the season, I’ve put together a wish list of the products and ...
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Lifeasible Updated Its Plant Disease Identification Service Recently
Plant research innovators can now leverage updated plant disease identification service from Lifeasible, designed to improve food security and agricultural sustainability across the world. The formation and development of plant diseases involve three factors: plants, pathogens and environment. In agricultural production, human activities have an important impact on the occurrence and prevalence ...
By Lifeasible
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Drones and Dogs Deployed In Battle to Save the Guacamole
With the killers hiding in the trees, heat-sensing drones are launched into the air. When their whereabouts are narrowed, the dogs are sent in. When it comes to protecting the world's supply of guacamole, no weapon can be spared. On subtropical farmland in South Florida, researchers are doing battle with the deadly fungus, laurel wilt, which is spread by a tiny beetle and has the potential to ...
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Biotalys and Novozymes announce successful Evoca™ feasibility study
Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, and Novozymes, a world leader in biotech solutions including Ag biologicals, today announced the successful outcome of the feasibility study for Evoca™*, Biotalys’ first proprietary biocontrol product candidate. Novozymes obtained proof of concept ...
By Biotalys NV
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Biotalys’ First Biocontrol Evoca Wins World BioProtection Award 2022 for Best Biofungicide Product
Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, today announced that its biocontrol Evoca™* won the World BioProtection Award 2022 for Best Biofungicide Product. The award was granted at the World BioProtection Summit taking place in Birmingham (UK) this week, based on the innovative character, ...
By Biotalys NV
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Marrone Bio Innovations Receives EPA Approval of First Biological Product for Controlling Invasive Mussels in Water Systems
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved its latest product, Zequanox™, the first biological product available for controlling invasive mussels. Across the U.S. and Europe, invasive zebra and quagga mussels are crippling industrial and commercial water sources by clogging pipes and infesting freshwater lakes and rivers, resulting ...
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AgBiome Receives Inaugural 2016 Innovation Award
AgBiome was recently named a most innovative startup by AgFunder as part of its Innovation Awards, a program created to recognize companies introducing transformative technology to drive agriculture forward. The awards are the first of their kind to recognize leadership in agri-tech innovation from around the globe. AgFunder, a leading online ag investment platform, introduced the inaugural ...
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The effectiveness of Humate GreenOK winter wheat
In order to increase the yields of the crop, traditionally around the world special attention is paid to nutrition regulation issues. It is therefore necessary to study and develop methods to improve productivity and quality of agricultural products without increasing the rate of fertilizer. One of these techniques is “biological correction” of plant growth, which focused on ...
By GreenOK
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Marrone Bio Innovations receives EPA approval of first biological product for controlling invasive mussels in water systems
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved its latest product, Zequanox, the first biological product available for controlling invasive mussels. Across the U.S. and Europe, invasive zebra and quagga mussels are crippling industrial and commercial water sources by clogging pipes and infesting freshwater lakes and rivers, resulting in ...
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Bayer collaborates with Microsoft to unveil new cloud-based enterprise solutions, advancing innovation and transparency in the agri-food industry
Ready-to-use AgPowered Services from Bayer running on the new Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture Readymade capabilities and robust digital infrastructure allow innovators to focus on differentiated value Companies, farmers and consumers share value through better connected solutions and increased supply chain transparency that support sustainable agriculture and food production ...
By Bayer AG
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Fostering closer collaboration across the rice value chain
With increasing challenges in agriculture, and 2015 in particular being a difficult year for farmers in ASEAN, rice farmers need access to technologies to help them increase yields and efficiency. From October 14 to 16, over 100 policymakers and rice experts from across ASEAN countries gathered at the ASEAN Rice Future Forum in Vietnam to discuss how public-private and value chain partnerships ...
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Tech that turns CO2 into animal feed gets funding boost
Nine innovative projects that apply big data, AI and robotics to UK farming will help establish a more efficient system of food production. Innovative agri-tech projects across the UK, including fruit picking robots and autonomous crop systems, to benefit from £24 million government investment leading project in Nottingham that recycles carbon dioxide from Drax power station into ...
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First Bayer ForwardFarm launched in Belgium
Bayer CropScience has inaugurated the first Bayer ForwardFarm in the Belgian town of Huldenberg. The “Hof ten Bosch” farm owned by Jan and Josse Peeters brings together farmers, scientists and academia, technology partners and other players throughout the value chain, politics and regulators, as well as consumers, with the goals of exchanging agricultural know-how and forming ...
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CAP Reform – an explanation of the main elements
The Commission, the Council and the European Parliament (EP) have reached a political agreement on the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy – subject to formal approval by the Council and the EP as a 1streading Agreement. Most elements were agreed in trilogue on June 26, and the last remaining issues (linked to the Multi-Annual Financial framework package) were finalised on September 24. ...
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