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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Dec-2025 04:11 ET (22-Dec-2025 09:11 GMT/UTC)

3-Sep-2025

Ethylene and 1-MCP team up to halt sweet potato sprouting and prolong shelf life

A research team indicates that treatments with ethylene and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), especially in combination, dramatically inhibit postharvest sprouting, enhance flavor and color, and extend shelf life.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

3-Sep-2025

AI-driven UAV model transforms wheat yield prediction

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

A research team has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that harnesses unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data to predict wheat yields with exceptional accuracy.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

3-Sep-2025

AI tool Spotibot accelerates rose breeding for disease resistance

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

A research team has developed Spotibot, a deep learning–powered application available on both web and mobile platforms, designed to automatically detect and measure Botrytis lesions on rose petals.

Journal: Plant Phenomics

3-Sep-2025

Gray seals perplex scientists with lack of response to flu infection

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Something strange happens when two kinds of seals living in the waters around Cape Cod get infected with influenza – harbor seals get sick but gray seals don’t.

Scientists know that both gray seals and harbor seals can contract influenza. But, generally, only harbor seals get sick and may die from the virus.

This perplexing phenomenon led Milton Levin ‘04 Ph.D., associate research professor of pathobiology and veterinary science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), and his collaborators to investigate if a difference in a piece of the immune system called cytokines could be responsible for this difference.

Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2-Sep-2025

Organic solutions for better aquaculture and ecosystems

Flinders University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Farmed fish are increasingly replacing wild fish to meet consumer demand in China, as well as Australia – and barramundi is a popular choice.

Aquaculture research led by Flinders University and experts in China continues to examine the benefits – and possible side effects – of improving fishmeal for farmed fish, with a new study investigating the potential of herbal additives to improve fish immunity in more sustainable future production systems.

Journal: Ecological Indicators

2-Sep-2025

How do plants coordinate flowering with light and temperature conditions?

Salk Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a genetic mechanism for how plants integrate light and temperature information to control their flowering. Understanding this system will now help Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative optimize crop growth under changing environmental conditions.

Journal: Nature Communications

2-Sep-2025

FAU Engineering awarded USDA grant for smart farming breakthrough

Florida Atlantic University
Grant and Award Announcement

This groundbreaking, multi-institutional research project is aimed at revolutionizing the future of precision agriculture through the development of an advanced edge/fog computing-based framework.