New pest control method means that instead of spraying the whole crop with pesticides, traps can be placed in specific areas for more targeted protection
Researchers have been experimenting with a thin mesh covering, called exclusion netting, around berry crops as a means to prevent spotted wing drosophila infestation
A group of scientists in China began a study of wild soybeans to find genetic regions involved with interacting with beneficial microbes that have been lost in domesticated soybean