Recent Hantavirus cases, including the MV Hondius cruise outbreak, show renewed global concern. Agricultural and wildlife-farming  environment remain overlooked hotspots for rodent-borne Hantavirus exposure. One Health prevention is needed through rodent control, PPE, farm hygiene, and surveillance.

Researchers from China Agricultural University have uncovered how two plant hormones, jasmonate and ethylene, cooperate to enhance K⁺ uptake in cotton under potassium‑deficient conditions. The study identifies a regulatory pathway in which GhMYC2s and GhEIN3dD activate the transcription factor GhZAT10, which in turn upregulates the K⁺ transporter GhKUP3aD. Field trials demonstrated that combined application of methyl jasmonate and ACC improved leaf K⁺ status, photosynthesis, and seed cotton yield under severe K⁺ deficiency.

New research from the Colombian Andes shows that conserving forest cover across coffee‑growing landscapes is essential for sustaining diverse bird communities, even more than farm‑level shade tree management alone. The study, conducted by ecologists with SELVA and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, examined how both landscape composition and local vegetation structure influence bird habitat use in one of the world’s most important coffee‑producing regions.