Agriculture
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3-Aug-2025
Quad bike deaths are dropping, but experts say more action required
University of SydneyPeer-Reviewed Publication
An Australian study of workplace deaths related to quad bike use has found that safety measures work best with government support to encourage uptake and use of safety devices.
- Journal
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
2-Aug-2025
CaMYB80: A new ally for cold-hardy crops
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Low temperatures significantly impair the growth and yield of pepper plants, a critical crop in global agriculture.
- Journal
- Horticulture Research
1-Aug-2025
Tracking stone cell formation in pears with in vivo lignification imaging
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team has revealed how gritty stone cells form and expand in pear fruit flesh by using a cutting-edge imaging technique based on bioorthogonal click chemistry.
- Journal
- Plant Phenomics
31-Jul-2025
Frontiers Forum Deep Dive series: Microbial map reveals countless hidden connections between our food, health, and planet
FrontiersMeeting Announcement
Explore how omics-based mapping of interconnected microbial networks is transforming our understanding of food system microbiomes—and how these insights could help protect planetary and human health.
31-Jul-2025
Healthy food systems: Microbial map reveals countless hidden connections between our food, health, and planet
FrontiersPeer-Reviewed Publication
Published in Frontiers in Science, the map of ‘agri-food system microbiomes’ reveals how players at every stage of the food system can restore and protect dwindling microbiomes to help boost human and planetary health.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Science
- Funder
- Science Foundation Ireland, APC Microbiome Institute, Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, European Union
30-Jul-2025
Merging genes, models, and climate: a new approach to predicting rice flowering
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team used flowering data from 169 rice genotypes—each with over 700,000 SNP markers—across multiple environments to develop a robust framework for phenotypic prediction.
- Journal
- Plant Phenomics