Show Notes
One way to tackle crop disease is to breed new varieties that have genes that make them resistance to disease. This takes time, and it can take up to three years to breed and grow new disease resistant crops using traditional methods.
Dheeraj Rathore - a researcher at the Teagasc Oak Park Crops Research Centre - describes here how “speed breeding” technology developed at NASA is enabling him to more rapidly grow disease-resistant crop varieties.
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A recent Teagasc Map of the Month research project, looked at how Irish place names can provide clues to Ireland’s agricultural past.
The UN General Assembly has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health in order to raise global awareness about how protecting plant health is vital to ending hunger, protecting the environment and boost our economies.
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