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Gene to reduce wheat yield losses

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.

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




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Science to help rice growers affected by Japan's tsunami

Under a year since a huge tsunami inundated paddy fields in Japan with salty sludge, scientists are near to developing locally-adapted, salt-tolerant rice. Following a Japan-UK research collaboration, a new ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Why certain flavor combinations melt in your mouth

Do all cuisines thrive on kindred flavors? New research suggests that some cuisines may be based on combinations of dissimilar ingredients, but critics say the work is not filtering out flavors that may be ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Gluten-free holiday strategies minimize stress

Holidays and food go hand-in-hand. If you follow a gluten-free lifestyle or will be with someone who does, the holiday season can present challenges.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Happy, feel-good holiday seasons start with healthy choices at Thanksgiving, nutrition experts say

While most people only gain about a pound of weight during the holiday season, that pound may never come off, increasing the likelihood of becoming overweight or obese and the risk of related health problems, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Developing wheat with resistance against Mycosphaerella fungus difficult but closer than ever

Developing wheat varieties with resistance to the feared leaf blotch disease may be very difficult, but recent studies carried out at Wageningen UR have brought it closer than ever. This is clear from research of the Dutch-Tunisian ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do long-lived crops differ from annual crops in their genetic response to human domestication?

Most of what we have come to think of as our daily fruits, vegetables, and grains were domesticated from wild ancestors. Over hundreds and thousands of years, humans have selected and bred plants for traits ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land: study

In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland could be a more effective way to conserve wild species than trying to grow crops and conserve nature on the same land, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Genetic mutation may help explain first land-based plants

A graduate student working in the Judaean desert has discovered a gene that could provide some of the explanation of how water plants colonized dry land.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Grilled cheese with a tech twist in San Francisco

(AP) -- Jonathan Kaplan made it easy for consumers to shoot cheesy home movies when he founded the company behind the Flip Video camcorder. Now, he's hoping to popularize something cheesier - and gooier - ...

Technology / Other

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Breeding procedure speeds up winter wheat variety development

Agricultural producers and waterfowl will benefit from a project at South Dakota State University that uses an innovative plant-breeding technique to shave perhaps two years off the time needed to produce winter wheat varieties ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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