agriculture

Agriculture faculty members allege funding from industry organizations is tied to their employment status.

Women who ate more produce known to harbor pesticides were less likely to succeed with fertility treatment than women who ate fewer of these fruits and vegetables.

A group evaluating glyphosate’s cancer risk omitted evidence that the chemical is not carcinogenic.

Plantings of non-GM refuges counter the development of resistance.

Tracking the myxoma virus in the wild rabbit populations of Australia has yielded insight into how pathogens and their hosts evolve.

The choice of an economics professor and climate change denialist is slammed by science advocates.

Phage therapy is but one example of using biological entities to reduce our reliance on antibiotics and other failing chemical solutions.

Using the mutagenic chemical N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea, researchers confirm the role of a gene in a piglet deformity and identify potential models for human diseases. 

The inclusion of soil nutrient fluxes is critical for more-accurately assessing the societal value of ethanol biofuel vs. corn feed.

Two large studies find that, in real-world conditions, the insecticides are detrimental to honey bees and bumblebees.

The green peach aphid can colonize new host plants with ease through rapid changes in gene expression.

Maize enthusiast Jason Karl aims to continue breaking his own records for the tallest corn plants ever grown.

A plant breeder succeeds in growing a huge maize plant thanks to a known mutation and a few environmental tricks.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center researcher links complex traits to the genes that underlie them.

A sequencing blitz on the tomato genome reveals the genes that contribute most to tastiness.

Evidence of resistance to a “last-resort” drug for antibiotic-resistant bacteria is discovered among farm animals for the first time.

Stone throwers hit the car Sharon Gray was riding in while visiting the country for a meeting.

Tweaks to a transformation protocol in 1986 cemented the little plant's mighty role in plant genetics research.

The US agribusiness secures a global, nonexclusive licensing agreement from the Broad Institute to use the gene-editing technology for agricultural applications.

The US agribusiness behemoth agreed to a $57 billion buyout offer from the European pharmaceutical giant.