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Commonly used pesticide turns honey bees into 'picky eaters'
May 28, 2012 (SPX)
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees into "picky eaters" and affects their ability to...
DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease
May 28, 2012 (SPX)
Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DN...
The secret to good tomato chemistry
May 28, 2012 (SPX)
There is nothing better than a ripe, red, homegrown tomato, and now researchers reporting online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have figured out ...
Winemakers push China sales at top Asian wine fair
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
Some of the world's top wine producers will attend Asia's biggest wine fair in Hong Kong this week, eyeing new consumers in the booming but still relatively unt...
Where bees are, there will be honey even pre-historic
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
Amber from Cretaceous deposits (110-105 my) in Northern Spain has revealed the first ever record of insect pollination. Scientists have discovered in two pieces...
Blossom end rot plummets in Purdue-developed transgenic tomato
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unkn...
Agricultural expert outlines path for developing nations to double food production, meet 2050 demand
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
Like countries throughout the world, Malaysia will need double its current food production by 2050 due to population growth and rising living standards. At a me...
UW plant breeders develop an even heart-healthier oat
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
University of Wisconsin-Madison plant breeders have developed a new oat variety that's significantly higher in the compound that makes this grain so cardio-frie...
Financial tool considered climate change uncertainty to select land for conservation
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
A tool commonly used by financial strategists to determine what shares to purchase to create a diversified stock portfolio was used to develop a diversified por...
Pollination with precision: How flowers do it
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
Next Mother's Day, say it with an evolved model of logistical efficiency - a flower. A new discovery about how nature's icons of romance manage the distribution...
How plants chill out
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
Although scientists have made significant advances in understanding how plants elongate at high temperature, little is known of the physiological consequences o...
Great recession reflux amounts to more hunger among seniors
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
A new study that looked at the hunger trends over a 10-year period found that 14.85 percent of seniors in the United States, more than one in seven, face the th...
Increasing predator-friendly land can help farmers reduce costs
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Having natural habitat in farming areas that supports ladybugs could help increase their abundance in crops where they control pests and help farmers reduce the...
Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems
May 21, 2012 (SPX)
Chlorothalonil, one of the world's most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms ...
Philippines goes after sea turtle restaurants
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines on Monday said it would form a special task force to go after restaurants selling the meat of protected sea turtles. The eight-member team was c...
North Koreans in rice belt starve to death: report
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Food shortages have worsened in North Korea, even in the southwestern rice belt where some residents have starved to death, a Seoul-based online newspaper said ...
Genes underlying the key domestication process in sorghum and other cereals
May 21, 2012 (SPX)
A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering - th...
Plant growth without light control
May 21, 2012 (SPX)
Plants are dependent on the sun. Sunlight does not only supply them with energy, but also controls their development steps. So-called photoreceptors activate th...
When the soil holds not enough phosphorus
May 21, 2012 (SPX)
Plants cannot survive without phosphorus. It forms the backbone of many crucial molecules (such as DNA) and is a key player in energy transfer reactions. Low av...
Earthquake puts pressure on Italy's parmesan makers
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Parmesan crushed underfoot at a devastated warehouse in Italy filled with the precious cheese after a quake estimated to have cost farmers 200 million euros ($2...
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