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Frederic Scheer is biding his time, convinced that by 2013 the price of oil will be so high that his bio-plastics, made from vegetables and plants, will be highly marketable. http://www.physorg.com/news180594717.html Chemistry Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:17:07 EST news180594717 (PhysOrg.com) -- A device developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist to sort wheat has been successfully used to detect and remove popcorn kernels that have been damaged by fungi. http://www.physorg.com/news180172767.html Biology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:00:01 EST news180172767 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). http://www.physorg.com/news176122758.html Biology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:01:57 EST news176122758 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have identified wheat and barley lines resistant to Crown Rot - a disease that costs Australian wheat and barley farmers $79 million in lost yield every year. http://www.physorg.com/news175943197.html Biology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:17 EST news175943197 A new computing tool that could help scientists predict how plants will react to different environmental conditions in order to create better crops, such as tastier and longer lasting tomatoes, is being developed by researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news172848772.html Biology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:10:03 EST news172848772 Wheat experts from 26 countries warn that rapidly-moving, wind-borne transboundary wheat diseases continue to threaten food security and wheat genetic diversity worldwide - particularly in the ancient breadbasket stretching from the Middle East to India - as they vowed new action to isolate and interrupt the steady march of dangerous wheat rust diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news171865283.html Biology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:22:12 EST news171865283 Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Fraser Scott and his team tested 42 people with type 1 diabetes and found that nearly half had an abnormal immune response to wheat proteins. The study is published in the August 2009 issue of the journal Diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news169995952.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:06:23 EST news169995952 A commodity market that has long helped wheat growers and processors manage price risks could lose its relevance unless the Chicago Board of Trade bridges a wide gap between futures and cash prices, a new University of Illinois study warns. http://www.physorg.com/news159021402.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:37:44 EST news159021402 Much of Texas' wheat may be grazed as a part of a dual-use crop. But many fields are still prepared using conventional tillage, which may not efficiently capture rainfall - a key to economic success in a semi-arid environment, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. http://www.physorg.com/news157826542.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:42:52 EST news157826542 The wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research scientists aren't trying to find ways to curb its appetite. http://www.physorg.com/news157716790.html Biology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:14:59 EST news157716790 Both plant and human diseases that can travel with the wind have the potential to spread far more rapidly than has been understood, according to a new study, in findings that pose serious concerns not only for some human diseases but also a new fungus that threatens global wheat production. http://www.physorg.com/news157210190.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:30:43 EST news157210190 (AP) -- Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through wheat fields in Africa and Asia. http://www.physorg.com/news156517628.html Biology Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:09:00 EST news156517628 Breed a better crop of wheat? That's exactly what a team of researchers from Kansas State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hope their research will lead to. In their study, appearing in the March 2009 issue of the journal Genetics they analyzed the type of wheat commonly used to make bread in an effort to understand why it is versatile enough to be used around the world and across different climates. This analysis provides important insights into why its genetic structure gives it a tremendous advantage over other competing species. Further, their analysis provides an important first step toward improving wheat crop yields to levels that can support ever-growing populations of people. http://www.physorg.com/news155912627.html Biology Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:04:10 EST news155912627 A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel. http://www.physorg.com/news154288727.html Biology Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:59:19 EST news154288727 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to decode the genome of wheat, in order to help farmers increase the yield of British wheat varieties. http://www.physorg.com/news153574404.html Biology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:34:23 EST news153574404 January makes you want to eat potatoes, drink wine and sleep forever. The days are dark and short, seasonal depression causes fatigue and the couch is often far more inviting than the frigid outdoors. http://www.physorg.com/news152202152.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:23:16 EST news152202152 (PhysOrg.com) -- Wheat breeders and plant pathologists at Montana State University are part of a global effort to develop varieties of wheat resistant to a new fungus. UG99, a stem rust strain that was first discovered in Africa and is slowly creeping towards the United States, could be devastating to Montana's wheat industry. http://www.physorg.com/news146246313.html Biology Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:33 EST news146246313 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have identified new sources of stem and leaf rust resistance in wild grass relatives of wheat sourced mostly from the 'fertile crescent' of the Middle East. http://www.physorg.com/news143817302.html Biology Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:15:02 EST news143817302 Triticum mosaic virus poses a new threat to Texas wheat, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo. http://www.physorg.com/news138535507.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:05:07 EST news138535507