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CropsUniversity of Queensland and state trials under GRDC will combine sowing date, seeding rate and herbicides to control annual ryegrass and paradoxa grass in northern grain crops.
CropsA multi-year study at more than 600 sites across Ethiopia's wheat belts found the zinc-efficient variety Melka, combined with targeted fertiliser, improves the odds of high yields and high grain zinc even on zinc-poor soils.
AgribusinessFMC has submitted its regulatory dossier for rimisoxafen, which it calls the first dual mode of action herbicide, to Brazilian authorities, targeting resistant broadleaf weeds such as Amaranthus in soybeans and corn.
AgrotechBrazilian machinery maker Jacto will factory-install DeepAgro's SprAI camera system on its whole selective-sprayer line; trials with Amaggi on 13,000 hectares of cotton saved about 26,000 litres of glufosinate.
CropsThe Indian Rice Exporters Federation wants stronger pre-shipment testing as pesticide residues and other compliance failures trigger rejections abroad; India exported 20.19 million tonnes of rice worth $12.47 billion in 2024-25.
CropsSaint Petersburg State University researchers coated soft wheat seed with chitosan and glyoxal; the best method raised potential yield more than 1.5 times in laboratory experiments and cut disease risk.
CropsIndia's agriculture ministry has prohibited registration of paraquat dichloride under the Insecticides Act and cancelled all existing certificates, citing poisoning deaths, the lack of an antidote and bans in more than 70 countries.
AgrotechA Nature Plants review by Stephen Fletcher, Neena Mitter and colleagues says RNA interference crop protection has reached registered products, led by a sprayable dsRNA against Colorado potato beetle approved by the US EPA in 2023.
AgrotechUniversity of Missouri engineers have built an AI framework that lets each farm drone choose whether to analyse its crop images on board, on a nearby edge server or in the cloud, cutting missed deadlines in simulations.
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals launched seven herbicides and insecticides under its Sardar brand in Gandhinagar on 23 September, entering a market led by private and multinational firms.
CropsA review in The Plant Journal suggests crops could be protected against whole families of pathogen proteins at once, using AI protein design to block features the pathogens share.
CropsThe INRAE-led HelEx project has crossed wild US sunflowers from arid regions with European varieties and is testing them in France, Germany, Hungary, Romania and Serbia, with a first variety expected in 2028.
CropsThe first confirmed report worldwide of SDHI resistance in Plenodomus biglobosus, one of the two fungi behind phoma stem canker, raises concern about disease control in oilseed rape.
