News tagged with pea
New Peas Unfazed by Viral Bully
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Four advanced dry pea breeding lines that tolerate the pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV) -- a “scourge” of Pacific West pea crops -- have been identified by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
Engineered pea seeds protect against parasites
Sep 11, 2009 |
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A breed of pea seeds has been created that contains antibodies against coccidiosis, a disease caused by a parasite that attacks chickens. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology describe the develo ...
Aphids saved from gruesome death by virus-infected bacteria
Aug 20, 2009 |
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The term "beneficial virus" sounds like an oxymoron. But for pea aphids under attack by parasitic wasps, carrying infected bacteria is the difference between life and a slow death, according to new research. ...
Gene developed through conventional breeding to improve cowpea aphid resistance
Jul 29, 2009 |
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The cowpea or black-eyed pea, as it is more commonly known, is a New Year's tradition for good luck. But disease and particularly aphids, which can wreck a crop within a few a days, are especially bad luck for the cowpea, ...
Study of flower color shows evolution in action
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have zeroed in on the genes responsible for changing flower color, an area of research that began with Gregor Mendel's studies of the garden pea in the 1850's.
High levels of PEA-15 shrink breast cancer tumors
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Overexpression of PEA-15, which binds and drags an oncoprotein out of the cell nucleus where it fuels cancer growth, steeply reduced breast cancer tumors in a preclinical experiment, researchers at The University of Texas ...
Proteins from garden pea may help fight high blood pressure, kidney disease
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease ...
Aphids borrowed bacterial genes to play host
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Most aphids host mutualistic bacteria, Buchnera aphidicola, which live inside specialized cells called bacteriocytes. Buchnera are vital to the aphids well being as they provide essential amino acids that are scarce in its ...
Protein compels ovarian cancer cells to cannibalize themselves
Nov 15, 2008 |
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A protein known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer works in part by forcing cancer cells to eat themselves until they die, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov. 15 issue ...
Sowing a future for peas
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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New research from the John Innes Centre and the Central Science Laboratory could help breeders to develop pea varieties able to withstand drought stress and climate change. The research also shows that the ...
