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Plug that energy drain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

January makes you want to eat potatoes, drink wine and sleep forever. The days are dark and short, seasonal depression causes fatigue and the couch is often far more inviting than the frigid outdoors.





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Scientists to sequence DNA of British wheat varieties

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to decode the genome of wheat, in order to help farmers increase the yield of British wheat varieties.


Researchers Discover Genes for Frost Tolerance in Wheat

Researchers Discover Genes for Frost Tolerance in Wheat

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created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The genes responsible for the wide range of freezing temperatures that can be tolerated by different wheat varieties have been identified by a team of U.S. and European scientists, led by a plant scientist ...


Rot-resistant wheat could save farmers millions

Rot-resistant wheat could save farmers millions

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have identified wheat and barley lines resistant to Crown Rot - a disease that costs Australian wheat and barley farmers $79 million in lost yield every year.


Gene to reduce wheat yield losses

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel.


New infant formula safety advice could prevent infant suffering

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4°C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, according to recent research.


Greatest thing since sliced bread: New data offer important clues toward improving wheat yields

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Breed a better crop of wheat? That's exactly what a team of researchers from Kansas State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hope their research will lead to. In their study, appearing in the March 2009 issue ...


Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research scientists aren't trying to find ways to ...


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Building disease-beating wheat

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created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneered by CSIRO researchers, in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Sydney University, the research illustrates the major genetic improvements possible without ...


Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).


Scientists gain in struggle against wheat rust

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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.



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