Researchers discovered that mycoviruses, or oomycete viruses, can increase the sensitivity of plant pathogenic oomycete to fungicides like metalaxyl. Their findings suggest greater potential for mycoviruses in biocontrol and contributing…
Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against herbivores have evolved to be better…
Tender Food Inc., a food technology startup based in Somerville, Massachusetts, has successfully closed over $11 million in Series A funding. Led by Rhapsody Venture Partners, with existing investors Lowercarbon Capital and Safar Partners…
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced an update on its investigation into a July 2023 explosion at the Dow Louisiana Operations’ Glycol II plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, that resulted in the release of…
It looks like a giant misshapen penis, reeks of rotten flesh – and is a big hit at Kew Gardens. Can its odour rival plants that smell of semen, faeces and roadkill skunk?
An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in large part due to inadvertent human help. Even seemingly sedentary non-native…
Carrington, a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, is set to be home to the UK’s first commercial-scale liquid ... Read more
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a tax incentive for the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas plant of nearly $15 million for 10 years as it plans to create more job opportunities in the area.
Association says a private company was reportedly making efforts to set up a solar power plant on 110 acres at Neppathur village of Sirkazhi which is part of Protected Agriculture Zone