All Agriculture articles – Page 6
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NewsFungal diseases threaten global food security
Scientists have warned of the “devastating” impact that fungal disease in crops will have on global food supply unless agencies across the world come together to find new ways to combat infection.
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NewsAI-powered system diagnoses tomato leaf diseases
Researchers have developed an innovative deep learning architecture to accurately distinguish between different tomato leaf diseases.
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NewsMachine learning helps to ID microbe preferences
Researchers have figured out a way to predict bacteria’s environmental pH preferences from a quick look at their genomes, using machine learning.
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NewsAntimicrobial use in agriculture can breed bacteria resistant to first-line human defences
A new study has shown that overuse of antimicrobials in livestock production can drive the evolution of bacteria more resistant to the first line of the human immune response.
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NewsPhylogenetic analysis reveals the lessons of previous bird flu outbreaks
Researchers have confirmed that the H7N9 virus was likely circulating in poultry for several months before being discovered in both poultry markets and humans and that more poultry markets may have been affected than previously believed.
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NewsRapid food-contamination test for Salmonella may improve safety, reduce waste and lower costs
Researchers have developed a rapid and inexpensive test for Salmonella contamination in chicken and other food – one that’s easier to use than a home COVID test.
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NewsRed clover losses in forage mixtures are linked to soil pathogens - and how far south they are
Losses in red clover plant numbers within forage mixtures in the years after they are sown are not only connected to fungal pathogens in the soil, but also how far south they are grown, with implications for how climate change could affect livestock farms, a new study has found.
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NewsBumblebee superfood battles gut pathogen - and boosts queen bee production
Two new papers show that the spiny pollen from plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) both reduces infection of a common bee parasite by 81–94% and markedly increases the production of queen bumble bees.
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News‘Hangry’ bacteria pump out toxins, unlike their identical but well-fed colleagues
New study shows that genetically identical cells within a bacterial community have different functions, with some members behaving more docile and others producing the very toxins that make us ill.
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NewsFertilizer additive makes slurry more climate-friendly
Scientists have found that combining farm slurry with calcium cyanamide brings the production of greenhouse gas mathane to an almost complete halt.
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NewsLab boost delivered by salt-tolerant PGPB strains offers hope for halophyte cultivation
Several plant growth-promoting bacteria bacterial strains are able to boost growth in halophyte plants under laboratory conditions, offering hope for developing their cultivation in marginal land.
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NewsRestricting antibiotics for livestock could curtail spread of AMR infections in people
A California policy restricting antibiotic use in animals raised for food is associated with a reduction in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection in people in the state, according to a new study.
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NewsProbiotic spray boosts piglets’ gut microbiota - and growth performance
Early-life intervention by spraying compound probiotics can reshape the microbiota composition of the delivery room environment and significantly improve the growth performance and immune function of piglets, a new study shows.
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NewsProbiotic blend may deliver double whammy of health benefits when added to animal feed
Researchers have discovered a blend of organisms that not only act as a probiotic in animal feed, but can also inhibit the toxic effects of a mycotoxin in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.
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NewsNanobodies spur Nod factor receptors into forming root nodules
Engineering root nodule symbiosis into cereals has come a step closer with the use of nanobodies to spur Nod factor receptors into initiating nodule formation.
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NewsParasite common in cats causes abortion in bighorn sheep
A parasite often spread by domestic and wild cats could hamper ongoing conservation efforts in bighorn sheep.
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NewsHundreds of newly discovered microbes could be used as natural fertilizer for poor soil
The discovery of hundreds of previously unknown microbes in a Brazilian ecosystem could potentially form a basis for the development of biological substitutes for the chemical fertilizers used by farmers, especially those containing phosphorus.
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NewsNew leaf: AMI’s PhD studentship winner Naina Korotania talks trees and phages
Naina Korotania, winner of the Basil Jarvis PhD Studentship, which is awarded by Applied Microbiology International, is poised to embark on a PhD at the Univeristy of Birmingham, developing novel phage-based biopesticides to target cankers in four tree species.
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NewsTwo fungi join forces to rampage through fig trees
Researchers have identified a fungus, Fusarium kuroshium, which is harmless by itself, but ravages fig trees when found together with Ceratocystis ficicola, which is transmitted by an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea interjectus.
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NewsAlmost half of Europe’s wheat crops contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxin
Almost half of wheat crops across Europe are impacted by Fusarium Head Blight, according to a study led by fungal biologist Dr Neil Brown from the UK’s University of Bath, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Exeter.
