The 2018 Farm Bill included changes to the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) that extends the availability of protection to asexually reproduced plants. Previously, asexually reproduced plants could ...

Outdated rules are hurting agricultural innovation and failing to deliver concrete crop protection solutions, experts want simplification ...

During the frigid months, there are ways to prevent yourself from getting frosty. But what about your plants? How can you protect them from those wintry visits from Jack Frost? If you live in an area ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. The advance, published in ...

Novel technologies are being sought to replace the traditional pesticides used to protect plants, particularly edible plants such as cereals. A new project is shedding light on the efficacy of ...

Song cited food security as a key reason to push green farming. He said practices such as organic fertilizers, biopesticides, and water-saving irrigation reduce depletion and pollution of soil and ...

Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 93, No. 2 (July 2011), pp. 337-344 (8 pages) Xanthomonas gardneri is an important species associated with bacterial leaf spot of tomato in Brazil. The losses caused by ...