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Gaps in border controls are related to alien insect invasions in Europe
Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)
European countries with gaps in border security surrounding agricultural imports have been invaded by the largest number of exotic insect pests, according to re...
Black rice and tea in Italy as China shows its green side
Oct 27, 2012 (AFP)
As economic giant China ploughs ahead with modernisation and industrialisation, small-scale farmers and producers are creating pockets of resistance by going ba...
Formula unlocks secrets of cauliflower's geometry
Oct 26, 2012 (SPX)
The laws that govern how intricate surface patterns, such as those found in the cauliflower, develop over time have been described, for the first time, by a gro...
Gazans produce fish and vegetables in tiny rooftop spaces
Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)
Abu Ahmed looks out over a sea of grey, empty Gaza rooftops, and smiles as he looks back at the lush greenery sprouting in tubs and pipes on top of his apartmen...
Food to combat conflicts at global fair in Italy
Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)
In a world dogged by conflicts and wars, the key to peace and reconciliation lies in food, say chefs, small-scale producers and Slow Food campaigners at the wor...
Rice agriculture accelerates global warming
Oct 25, 2012 (SPX)
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, coupled with rising temperatures, is making rice agriculture a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, accord...
Combined pesticide exposure affects bumblebee colony success
Oct 25, 2012 (SPX)
Individual worker behaviour and colony success are both affected when bees are exposed to a combination of pesticides, according to research conducted by Dr Ric...
Panels reject study on GM corn but urge wider probes
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
Two expert panels on Monday rejected a contested French study linking genetically-modified corn to tumours in rats but said it raised issues which deserved wide...
Pesticides have knock-on effect for bees: study
Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)
Chronic exposure to pesticides has a bigger knock-on effect on bees than conventional probes suggest, according to a new study on Sunday touching on the mysteri...
Some 500 scientists have created a Top 10 list of plant-damaging fungi
Oct 19, 2012 (SPX)
Almost 500 international experts have worked together to develop a ranking system of the ten most important phytopathogenic fungi on a scientific and economic l...
Indian farmers cotton on to sustainable farming
Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)
When Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi took up the baton for home-grown cotton a century ago, he may not have realised the devastating impact its cultivation would hav...
U of M scientist contributes to mapping of barley genome
Oct 18, 2012 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including a University of Minnesota scientist, has developed an integrated physical, genetic and functional sequence assem...
Viral alliances overcoming plant defenses
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
Washington State University researchers have found that viruses will join forces to overcome a plant's defenses and cause more severe infections. "These finding...
Pollenizer Research Should Help Seedless Watermelon Farmers
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
Research from North Carolina State University on flower production and disease resistance in watermelon varieties should help bolster seedless watermelon harves...
Green leaf volatiles increase plant fitness via biocontrol
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
To solve the acute, global problem of securing food resources for a continuously growing population, we must work constantly to increase the sustainability and ...
Mystery of nematode pest-resistant soybeans cracked
Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)
For 50 years, the world's soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode resistant varieties of beans, but no one knew how these plants fought off the ne...
Gene Suppression Can Reduce Cold-induced Sweetening in Potatoes
Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)
Preventing activity of a key enzyme in potatoes could help boost potato quality by putting an end to cold-induced sweetening, according to U.S. Department of Ag...
Strengthening a billion-dollar gene in soybeans
Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) does hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of damage each year. Matt Hudson and Brian Diers, crop sciences researchers at the Unive...
Nepal culls chickens amid bird flu outbreak
Oct 15, 2012 (AFP)
Health workers in Nepal on Monday culled hundreds of chickens and destroyed eggs following an outbreak of bird flu in the capital Kathmandu, a government offici...
Nasdaq OMX, China's Dalian Commodity team up
Oct 15, 2012 (AFP)
US market operator Nasdaq OMX and Chinese firm Dalian Commodity Exchange unveiled a partnership Monday to seek new business opportunities in China and globally....
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