News tagged with tuber formation
Research examines how plants produce high-energy storage organs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding how plants produce storage organs that humans use as food would be a valuable tool for science and for a hungry world.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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UW-Madison scientists create low-acrylamide potato lines
(PhysOrg.com) -- What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? Not much-but perhaps we love them more than we ought to. Fat and calories aside, both foods contain high levels of a compound called acrylamide, ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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US neurologists agree on protocols for treatment of infantile spasms
Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS). The goal of the ISWG is to improve patient outcomes ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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The Rise of the Mind
When and where did the cognitive abilities of modern humans arise? It's a big question -- one debated by anthropologists for decades. It's an even bigger question for an undergraduate thesis, but senior Logan ...
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Apr 22, 2010 |
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'Notch'ing up a role in the multisystem disease tuberous sclerosis complex
Two independent teams of researchers have identified a role for enhanced activation of the signaling protein Notch in tumors characterized by inactivation of either the TSC1 or the TSC2 protein. As indicated by Warren Pear, ...
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Low level herbicide use can damage potato reproduction
Currently, plant testing in the United States to determine potential ecological risks from chemical pesticides to nontarget plants requires two tests, both of which use immature plants. Protection of the plant development ...
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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How research into 'clocks' in plants could change our lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- From ensuring blooms for Mother’s Day to easing sleep disruption due to jet lag or shiftwork, new research into the ‘clocks’ in plants by a team of University of Glasgow plants scientists ...
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Dec 19, 2008 |
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Annuals converted into perennials
Scientists from VIB at Ghent University, Belgium, have succeeded in converting annual plants into perennials. They discovered that the deactivation of two genes in annuals led to the formation of structures that converted ...
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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Origin of root offshoots revealed
VIB researchers at Ghent University (Belgium) have discovered the substance that governs the formation of root offshoots in plants, and how it works. Root offshoots are vitally important for plants – and for farmers. Plants ...
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Oct 23, 2008 |
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Rare genetic disorder gives clues to autism, epilepsy, mental retardation
A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons, or brain cells. Researchers in the F.M. ...
Sep 23, 2008 |
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The first autism disease genes
The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. ...
Sep 01, 2008 |
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