News tagged with plant geneticist


Scientists gain in struggle against wheat rust

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


WineCrisp -- new apple was more than 20 years in the making

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp™ which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance was developed over the past 20 plus years through classical breeding techniques, not genetic engineering. License to propagate trees ...





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NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created 13 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to ...


INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors

INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors

Technology / Energy

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

As the nation ponders its energy choices, Americans keep asking themselves: how can the country make better use of its resources and emit fewer greenhouse gases without hurting U.S. industries? A research ...


Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Peat fires drive temperatures up

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...


When roots lose contact

When roots lose contact

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...


Galician waves are best for producing energy

Galician waves are best for producing energy

Technology / Energy

created 19 hours ago | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruña, Galicia, according to two pioneering studies by researchers from ...


Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered

Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first analysis of immunity-related genes in a solitary bee has been conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.


Ohio school district sues over air pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.


Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence ...


In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth (AP)

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.



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