News tagged with plant virus

Using plants to silence insect genes in a high-throughput manner

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, are now using a procedure which brings forward ecological research on insects: They study gene functions in moth larvae by manipulating ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mixed data on child cancer rates near French nuclear sites

An "excess number of cases" of childhood leukaemia around 19 French nuclear plants occurred between 2003 and 2007, a researcher said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research examines virus infection's differing effects on plants, insects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomato spotted wilt virus can be deadly for many important plants, but have little effect on the plants' small insect hosts. Research by a Kansas State University plant pathologist and two students is examining ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Whitefly, tomato growers find truce in new Texas variety

The whitefly in Texas may be sending up a surrender flag to tomato processors in the state thanks to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist developing a new variety that resists the virus spread by this pesky ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Iran says Duqu malware under 'control'

Iran said on Sunday it had found a way to "control" the computer malware Duqu, which is similar to Stuxnet virus which in 2010 attacked its nuclear programme and infected more than 30,000 computers.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

China-based servers in Japan cyber attacks: report

A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Cyber attacks hit Japan diplomatic missions

Computers at several of Japan's overseas diplomatic missions have been hit by cyber attacks, a report said Wednesday, just a day after it was revealed the country's parliament had been targeted.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan parliament hit by China-based cyberattack

Computers in Japan's lower house of parliament were hit by cyberattacks from a server based in China that left information exposed for at least a month, a report said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy hit by cyberattacks

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been hit by cyberattacks with fears that its data on nuclear power plants or military-related products has been leaked, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests underway for new HIV drug farmed from GM tobacco plants

A clinical trial of a potential Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug farmed from genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants has at long last got underway in the United Kingdom. The beginning of the trial ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mosquito sample with West Nile virus found in Oakley, Calif.

A mosquito carrying the West Nile virus was discovered in eastern Contra Costa County, Calif., marking the first time this year vector control officials have found such a sample in the county, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 – how exactly do they cause disease?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study will determine whether viruses can help orchids

Plant scientists from Murdoch University will be investigating whether the viruses hosted by orchids in Western Australia are actually benefitting them under the changing climatic conditions.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers clarify bacterial resistance

Just like plants and animals, bacteria have a range of defence mechanisms against viruses and other threats. Dutch researchers at the Wageningen Laboratory for Microbiology and their American and Russian colleagues have largely ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plant pathologist finding Kansas wheat fields a molecular battleground this season

With harvest in full swing, many farmers have found that the brutal combination of high winds, scorching temperatures and minimal rainfall has left most wheat yields looking less like the good or the bad and more like the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0