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Bioengineered plants help produce moth pheromones for pest control

Pheromones are often used by farmers for controlling pest insects but the chemical process for producing them is expensive. A method for making them using bioengineered oil plants could be cheaper

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A wide angle view shows piping laid along ten vegetable crop rows to irrigate with slow drips. Small green plants have sprouted along the rows.

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Half of newly irrigated land is in water-stressed areas

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Rows of soybean plants

Environment

Genetic tweaks to upgrade photosynthesis boost soy yield by a fifth

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hay being harvested

Life

Optimising crop genetics could double global wheat production

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Eating green means considering biodiversity as well as climate change

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Cutting air pollution could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent

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Life

Releasing sterile male fruit flies in fields cuts crop damage by 90%

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Environment

Rice and maize yields boosted up to 10 per cent by CRISPR gene editing

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Gold wheat field. Rich harvest. Ukraine

Environment

Cutting biofuels can help avoid global food shock from Ukraine war

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Environment

Covering crops in red plastic can boost yields up to 37 per cent

A simple, cheap technology could help to boost food production and possibly allow crops to be grown in different places in order to cut down on food miles

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鈥楴ear impossible鈥� plant-growing technique could revolutionise farming

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Life

The way that leaves flutter can reveal when plants need more water

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Technology

First virtual all-day event: What is the future of food?

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Environment

How to grow delicious blackcurrants despite climate change

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