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Discovery of 100 million-year-old regions of DNA shows short cut to crop science advances
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered 100 million-year-old regions in the DNA of several plant species which could hold secrets about how specific genes are turned 'on' or...
Invasive grass fuels increased fire activity in the West
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
An invasive grass species may be one reason fires are bigger and more frequent in certain regions of the western United States, according to a team of researche...
More Potent than CO2, N2O Levels in California May be Nearly Three Times Higher Than Previously Thought
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Using a new method for estimating greenhouse gases that combines atmospheric measurements with model predictions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkele...
Housing Sales Data Used to Estimate Value of Urban Natural Resources
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Trees, water and lawn clearly matter to urban dwellers. For city planners balancing green space with other demands, the question has been just how much green sp...
Small patches of native plants help boost pollination services in large farms
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
A combined team of scientists from Europe and South Africa (Luisa G. Carvalheiro (University of Leeds, UK and Naturalis Biodiversity Research Centre, Netherland...
Glencore gets Chinese go-ahead for 6.1bn Viterra buy
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
The Swiss commodities giant Glencore said Friday that Chinese authorities have approved its purchase of the Canadian agri-business group Viterra and that it had...
Carbon dioxide could reduce crop yields
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere continues to climb and heat up the climate. The gas is, however, indispensable for plants, as they use the carbon i...
Typhoon destroys quarter of Philippine banana crop
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines, the world's third largest exporter of bananas, lost a quarter of its crop in Typhoon Bopha, an industry group said Thursday, adding that it has...
Plant organ development breakthrough
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
Plants grow upward from a tip of undifferentiated tissue called the shoot apical meristem. As the tip extends, stem cells at the center of the meristem divide a...
Asia's King Power snaps up Bordeaux estate
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Asian duty-free specialist King Power has acquired the Bordeaux wine estate Chateau Bernadotte from Champagne Louis Roederer for an undisclosed sum, the company...
Corn: Many active genes - high yield
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Hybrid plants provide much higher yield than their homozygous parents. Plant breeders have known this for more than 100 years and used this effect called hetero...
Insects beware: The sea anemone is coming
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
As insects evolve to become resistant to insecticides, the need to develop new ways to control pests grows. A team of scientists from Leuven, Belgium have disco...
A digital portrait for grapes indicates their ripeness
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Seville (Spain) have developed a technique for estimating grape composition and variety using computer imaging. They have also ...
Hot springs in Alps make for luxury Swiss caviar
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
When thinking of Switzerland many things may come to mind, but caviar-making sturgeon frolicking in hot Alpine springs is perhaps not one of them. Yet, a tunnel...
Increasing Drought Stress Predicted to Challenge Vulnerable Hydraulic System of Plants
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
The hydraulic system of trees is so finely-tuned that predicted increases in drought due to climate change may lead to catastrophic failure in many species. A r...
Bread wheat's large and complex genome is revealed
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the "big three" globally important crops, accounting for 20% of the calories consumed by people. Fully 35% of the worl...
The hungry caterpillar: Beware your enemy's enemy's enemy
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
When herbivores such as caterpillars feed, plants may "call for help" by emitting volatiles, which can indirectly help defend the plants. The volatiles recruit ...
NREL researchers use imaging technologies to solve puzzle of plant architecture
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different microscopic...
China, EU protect each others' asparagus and ham
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
Your "Dongshan Bai Lu Sun" asparagus for my "Prosciutto di Parma" ham: a deal between China and the European Union to protect each others' 10 famous foods came ...
Major breakthrough in deciphering bread wheat's genetic code
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have unlocked key components of the genetic code of one of the world's most important crops. The first analysis of the complex and exceptionally larg...
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