Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and why Coffee wilt disease has continually devastated farms around the world. Understanding the fungus’s genetics can help protect everyone’s cup of joe.

A fast-evolving fungus is threatening coffee crops, and researchers are resurrecting old genomes to understand how it spreads — and how to stop it.

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AgGronomyTV: Ontario’s 2025 soybean growing season - AgCanada Spotty weather conditions and lack of rain in parts of agro-Ontario this year made for a difficult growing season for the province’s soybean growers. At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this summer, we spok...

AGGronomyTV: 2025 soybean growing season
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Spotty weather conditions made for a difficult growing season. Horst Bohner, soybean specialist, talks about this year’s growing season disease & insect challenges.
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Wheat Disease Costs US & Canada $2.9 Billion Over Four Years

A study of 29 U.S. states and Ontario found wheat disease wiped out about 560 million bushels from 2018‑2021, cutting farmer revenue by $2.9 billion, or roughly $18.10 per acre. Read more: getnews.me/wheat-disease-costs-us-c... #wheat #cropdisease #northamerica

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🔷 Weather Boosts Crop Disease Risks — Late-season corn and soybean diseases like tar spot and red crown rot are rising in Ohio, thanks to cool nights, humid air, and persistent leaf wetness.

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☀️ Crop pathologist Ella Bradfield making the most of the sunshine doing pest assessments for the Defra Pest & Disease Survey 💛
Over 50 years of data on #cropdisease & pest severity in England & Wales 🌱🪳 available online @ pestanddiseasesurvey.co.uk
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New study: DC2Net detects Asian soybean rust early using hyperspectral imaging & deep learning. It combines deformable & dilated convolutions, achieving 96.73% accuracy. #CropDisease
Details: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/p…