TEHRAN (ANA)- Secretary of the Iranian Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC) says that wheat cultivation using plasma-activated water (PAW) will be carried out for the first time in Iran later this year in October.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A research team from China has employed gene editing technology to improve wheat resistance to stripe rust, an airborne fungal disease described as ‘cancer’ for this crop.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Javad Mir Arab, the executive director of the Boost in Oil Cultivation Program in Iran predicted that oil harvest will increase by 100% this year in the country compared to last year, adding that more than 150,000 tons of olives and 11,000 tons of olive oil is going to be produced in the country this year.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the primary wound signal that initiates plant regenerative responses, providing a convenient method for improving the crops' genetic transformation efficiency.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Specialists of the Innovation and Acceleration Center of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of Shahid Beheshti Organization succeeded in producing essential oil and pectin (polysaccharide) from citrus waste.

TEHRAN (ANA)- New NHANES study shows that diets containing mangos are linked to improved nutrition and higher Healthy Eating Index scores, beneficial for healthy pregnancies.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The head of the Center for Innovation of Cultivation and Commercialization of Ornamental Plants stationed at Islamic Azad University’s Gorgan branch announced implementation of three innovative plans in the field of ornamental plants.

TEHRAN (ANA)- An aquaponics farm sponsored and built by the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy was inaugurated in the Northern province of Mazandaran. 

TEHRAN (ANA)- Plant-based fungicide is a product made by the Iranian technologists at the incubator center of Islamic Azad University’s Gorgan branch which has a significant and noticeable superiority over other domestic and foreign samples.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences revealed how plants assemble rhizosphere microbiomes through a "cry for help" mechanism to defend themselves from pathogen invasion.