News tagged with chile
Chile ditches 90K turkey eggs in swine flu measure
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Chilean authorities say they have destroyed 90,000 turkey eggs since swine flu was detected in the birds two weeks ago.
Swine flu tolls leaps past 52,000, 231 dead: WHO
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The World Health Organisation on Monday reported a huge leap in the swine flu pandemic toll to more than 52,000 people infected and 231 dead.
NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ...
Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and a stunning photograph of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists at the University of Illinois better understand strong volcanic ...
Does hotter mean healthier?
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Phytophthora blight, caused by Phytophthora capsici, is a major plant disease that affects many crop species worldwide, including chile peppers in New Mexico. Farmers' observations suggested that Phytophthora capsici c ...
