News tagged with plant breeding
Science to help rice growers affected by Japan's tsunami
Under a year since a huge tsunami inundated paddy fields in Japan with salty sludge, scientists are near to developing locally-adapted, salt-tolerant rice. Following a Japan-UK research collaboration, a new ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
4 / 5 (4) |
2
|
Discovery of plant 'nourishing gene' brings hope for increased crop seed yield and food security
University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production.
Jan 13, 2012 |
4 / 5 (1) |
1
|
Plant seeds protect their genetic material against dehydration
Plant seeds represent a special biological system: They remain in a dormant state with a significantly reduced metabolism and are thus able to withstand harsh environmental conditions for extended periods. ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
'Plant inventor' makes black-and-white cucumbers
By age 4, Michael Mazourek was already fascinated by bell peppers, squash and sugar peas, the vegetables that featured prominently in his first garden.
Sep 20, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Largest rice genetics study finds vast differences in rice
The largest publicly available genomewide association mapping study in rice to date has found that although the five subpopulations of Asian rice -- indica, aus, temperate japonica, aromatic and tropical ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
2
|
New approach helps combat alfalfa snout beetle
The destructive alfalfa snout beetle (ASB) is under seige on northern New York farms, thanks to field research led by Cornell scientists. Their strategy includes using ASB-resistant varieties of alfalfa and ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Versatile compound examined in crops
Detergent-like compounds called saponins are best known for their cleansing properties, but U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying these compounds' potential for helping protect plants from insect attack.
Aug 02, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Study shows genetic rice breeding goes back 10,000 years
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Masanori Yamasaki and colleagues from Kobe University in Japan, describe how they analyzed the genomes of severa ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
New Cornell organic corn available for sale
It took Cornell breeder Margaret Smith years to perfect her new variety of organic corn but only six weeks to get its seeds licensed and available for sale.
Apr 18, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Cornell releases two new potato varieties for chips
Kettle-cooked or ridged, salted or flavored, Americans love potato chips, consuming an average six pounds per person per year.
Feb 22, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
Research identifies wild ancestor genes for crop improvement
Using the genetic variation found in wild and exotic rice species, researchers are providing breeders with genomics tools and knowledge to develop higher yielding, stress-tolerant varieties, a Cornell researcher reported ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
The production of plant pollen is regulated by several signalling pathways
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants producing flower pollen must not leave anything to chance. The model plant thale cress (Arabidopsis), for instance, uses three signalling pathways in concert with partially overlapping ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
New romaine lettuce lines launched
California and Arizona, the two largest lettuce-producing states, account for more than 95% of the lettuce grown in the United States. Since the early 1990s, the states' lettuce crops have been subject to ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Research makes plant breeding easier
University of Illinois research has resulted in the development of a novel and widely applicable molecular tool that can serve as a road map for making plant breeding easier to understand. Researchers developed ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Powdery mildew at an evolutionary dead end
The size of a genome tells us nothing about the comprehensiveness of the genetic information it contains. The genome of powdery mildew, which can destroy entire harvests with its fine fungal threads, is a ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
4 / 5 (5) |
3
|
