News tagged with wheat streak
New virus threatens High Plains wheat crop
Aug 21, 2008 |
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Triticum mosaic virus poses a new threat to Texas wheat, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo.
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High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics
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(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."
Potatoes, algae replace oil in US company's plastics
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Frederic Scheer is biding his time, convinced that by 2013 the price of oil will be so high that his bio-plastics, made from vegetables and plants, will be highly marketable.
HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.
Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.
Global barcode project to scan plants in the wild
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap and fast method of identifying the world's most important plants in the wild could soon be possible, thanks to a global project involving the University of Adelaide.
Sorter Detects and Removes Damaged Popcorn Kernels
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A device developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist to sort wheat has been successfully used to detect and remove popcorn kernels that have been damaged by fungi.
Cloning plants from seeds
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wageningen geneticists (The Netherlands) are developing a method to replicate the parents of a chosen plant. Known as 'reverse breeding', this will have a big impact for the breeding industry.
Shopping study: Do free samples really make you buy products?
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As you do your holiday shopping this year, you'll probably encounter plenty of free sample stands at the big warehouse stores and grocery stores. Common sense might tell you that eating a bunch of samples ...
Minimally invasive surgery removes sinus tumor without facial disfiguration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Only about one in 2,000 people in the United States get a sinus tumor, but Johnnie Wilcox was one of the unfortunate few.
Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
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