Agriculture

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 5-Nov-2025 04:11 ET (5-Nov-2025 09:11 GMT/UTC)

4-Aug-2025

Rapid biological invasion in Chinese second largest lake

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

There are 157 non-native species have successfully invaded Dongting Lake, which is the second largest freshwater lake in China. Although some non-native species become important species in local aquaculture, aquarium trade and other industries. Many non-native species have caused significantly negative impacts on native biodiversity, environmental safety, human health and sustainable development.

Journal

Water Biology and Security

Funder

Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Hubei Key Laboratory of Edible Wild Plants Conservation and Utilization

3-Aug-2025

Quad bike deaths are dropping, but experts say more action required

University of Sydney
Peer-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 Science
Peer-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

Frontiers
Meeting 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

Frontiers
Peer-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 Science
Peer-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