Using genome editing technology to target methane-producing microbes in the digestive systems of cattle could be a powerful tool in reducing the livestock sector’s environmental footprint.
Using legumes as cover crops could help to boost productivity, improve soil health and sequester more carbon than other cover crop varieities.
Inoculating the roots of barley with beneficial bacteria can help fight off aphid pests, University of Liverpool research suggests.
Using genome editing technology to target methane-producing microbes in the digestive systems of cattle could be a powerful tool in reducing the livestock sector’s environmental footprint.
Using legumes as cover crops could help to boost productivity, improve soil health and sequester more carbon than other cover crop varieities.
Inoculating the roots of barley with beneficial bacteria can help fight off aphid pests, University of Liverpool research suggests.
A simplified way of taking hi-tech images of eggs could help improve hatching rates and productivity in poultry businesses.
A precision-bred tomato variety that produces up to 400% more fruit over one year than conventional tomatoes could be a breakthrough crop for precision breeding in the UK — and a possible catalyst for a vertical farming boom.
One bioengineered maize variety incorporating resistance to multiple pests and pathogens would have the potential to drastically improve production of the staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a team of researchers.
