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Human transformation of land threatens future sustainability?
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
Social and physical scientists have long been concerned about the effects of humans on Earth's surface - in part through deforestation, encroachment of urban ar...
Chinese industrialist buys top wine estate in landmark deal
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese industrialist has completed the landmark purchase of Chateau Bellefont-Belcier, a leading estate in France's prestigious Saint Emilion wine-making are...
Sequencing the Wheat Genome in a Breakthrough for Global Food Security
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists working as part of an international team have completed a "shotgun sequencing" of the wheat genome, a paper pub...
Daredevil chewing gum makers stick to Maya chicle
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
The milky latex bled from the Mexican rain forest tree as Alfredo Rodriguez Arzate swung his machete, climbing the trunk with a rope around his waist and spurs ...
China film broaches sensitive topic of famine
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
China's latest blockbuster film, to be released nationwide Thursday, focuses on the hypersensitive topic of famine -- but not the mass starvation that Mao Zedon...
Scientists find clues to more disease resistant watermelons
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and E...
Proposed EU agriculture cuts draw protests
Nov 27, 2012 (UPI)
Demands to slash EU spending on agriculture have resulted in protests from the Baltic states, France and others who say it will hit farming too hard. Negotiatio...
Stopping Flies Before They Mature
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
An insect growth regulator is one of the latest technologies U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are adding to their arsenal to help fight house fl...
Flower power to purge poison and produce platinum
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
A consortium of researchers led by WMG at the University of Warwick are to embark on a 3 million pounds research programme called "Cleaning Land for Wealth" (CL...
Saving Water without Hurting Peach Production
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping peach growers make the most of dwindling water supplies in California's San Joaquin Valley. Agricul...
Pear genome provides new insight into breeding improvement and evolutionary trace analysis
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
An international research team led by Nanjing Agricultural University and BGI, has completed the first genomic sequence of pear by an approach using the combina...
Herbivore defense in ferns
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
Unlike flowering plants, bracken ferns do not release any odor signals to attract the enemies of their attackers for their own benefit. They dominated the earth...
Afghanistan: Bad weather foils poppy crops
Nov 21, 2012 (UPI)
Opium production in Afghanistan fell by one-third this year but due more to bad weather than government efforts to curb poppy crops. The U.N. Afghanistan Opium ...
Brazil native people say farmers poisoned stream
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Prosecutors opened an investigation on Wednesday into allegations by Guarani Indians in central Brazil that their main source of water was deliberately poisoned...
China agrees to buy from Thai rice mountain
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
China pledged Wednesday to buy rice from Thailand's growing mountain of unsold stocks, during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, officials said. The memorandum of u...
Thanksgiving turkeys in genetic study
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
The domestic turkeys that will grace Thanksgiving dinner tables across the United States are genetically distinct from their wild ancestors, researchers say. Al...
Plants and soils could exacerbate climate change as global climate warms
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
November 13, 2012 - Scientists from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and University of California, Berkeley have demonstrated that plants and soils cou...
Finally! The pig genome is mapped
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
In a major international study, the pig genome is now mapped. Researchers from Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), hav...
Pig gene discovery could help combat animal and human disease
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
Insights into the genetic code of pigs that reveal how the species evolved could improve the health of animals in future. Researchers compared the genome or gen...
Ingredient in diarrhea medicine leads to sustainable new farm fertilizer
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
The search for a sustainable slow-release fertilizer - a key to sustaining global food production at a time of burgeoning population growth - has led scientists...
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