Fulgent Genetics to Acquire Bako Diagnostics Assets and StrataDx for $55.5 Million

Fulgent Genetics agrees to buy StrataDx and assets from Bako Diagnostics for $55.5 million. Learn how this cash deal expands ...

The weed threat to mustard, and the need to counter it with innovative solutions

India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major ...
EurekAlert!

A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant

A new study has identified the first known gene in eggplant that provides resistance to begomoviruses, a group of plant viruses responsible for major crop losses worldwide. The research shows that ...
Live Science

60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...
IEEE

The Deep Learning Based Analysis and Prediction of Juniper Apple Rust Disease in Apple Plants using ResNet-50 Hybrid Algorithm

Abstract: Juniper Apple Rust, also known as Cedar-Apple Rust, is a fungal disease caused by Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae. The disease requires two hosts, primarily Eastern red cedars and apple ...
Frontiers

Isolation of non-symbiotic phosphate-solubilizing plant growth-promoting Paraburkholderia strydomiana

1 Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2 Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka However, Pi can be easily unavailable ...
Frontiers

Advanced hyperspectral image processing and machine learning approaches for early detection of wheat stem rust

1 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Saint Petersburg, Russia However, despite rapid methodological advances, ...