Early pickings herald promising start to CQ cotton harvest

Neil Lyon, 24 January 2019

Cotton pickers are rolling through the first of this season’s crops in Central Queensland (CQ), bringing in promising yields from the big percentage of crops that were sown early this season.

Reclaiming lost calories: Tweaking photosynthesis boosts crop yields

24 January 2019

The Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) project in the US is boosting harvests by increasing the efficiency of photosynthesis, and has found crop yields can be increased by up to 40 per cent by rerouting a series of chemical reactions common to most staple food crops.

Aphids use sight to avoid deadly bacteria, could lead to pest control

24 January 2019

In findings that have implications for pest control, Cornell University scientists have found that pea aphids have the ability to see and avoid a common, aphid-killing bacteria on plant leaves.

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Early pickings herald promising start to CQ cotton harvest

Reclaiming lost calories: Tweaking photosynthesis boosts crop yields

Aphids use sight to avoid deadly bacteria, could lead to pest control

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