sweet-success:-sugarcane’s-complex-genetic-code-cracked

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane’s genetic code could help researchers develop more resilient and productive crops, with implications for both sugar production and biofuels., ReadContinue Reading

california’s-latino-communities-most-at-risk-from-exposure-to-brain-damaging-weed-killer

Growers’ use of the neurotoxic weed killer paraquat is concentrated in just five agricultural counties, leaving low-income Latinos disproportionately exposed to a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis shows. By Liza Gross Evidence linking one of the nation’s most widely used commercial weed killers to Parkinson’s disease firstContinue Reading