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New glass will revolutionise wine, says French creator
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
A French glassmaker is hoping to revolutionise the experience of drinking wine with a new design that promises to settle the age-old argument between alcohol an...
Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer's book in the land of the midnight sun
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
Barley grown in Scandinavian countries is adapted in a similar way to reindeer to cope with the extremes of day length at high latitudes. Researchers have found...
Tiny plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to ...
Cambodian girl killed in land row: official
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
A Cambodian girl was shot dead on Wednesday when security forces clashed with protesters demonstrating over an alleged land grab, an official said, in the lates...
Wasted milk is a real drain on our resources
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
Milk poured down Britain's kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research shows. Scientists say t...
New Research Reveals Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
A new innovation can completely reshape an industry - inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ign...
Russia 'a growing grain power'
May 15, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia has exported 20 million tons of wheat since last July, making it the world's second biggest wheat exporter. Acting First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zub...
Russia Questions Dutch Vegetable Safety
May 15, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's food safety chief Gennady Onishchenko raised doubts on Monday over the safety of vegetables imported from the Netherlands, which he said had been exper...
Agricultural bacteria: Blowing in the wind
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
It was all too evident during the Dust Bowl what a disastrous impact wind can have on dry, unprotected topsoil. Now a new study has uncovered a less obvious, bu...
Origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the la...
Beetle-fungus disease threatens crops and landscape trees in Southern California
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
A plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has identified a fungus that has been linked to the branch dieback and general decline of several...
UN agency adopts global guidelines against 'land grabbing'
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
The UN on Friday adopted global guidelines to defend the land rights of poor farmers and recognise informal indigenous claims in a move hailed by aid groups as ...
Plant diversity is key to maintaining productive vegetation
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when more plant species are present, a new University of Minnesota ...
Kiwifruit detectives trace disease to China
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
US and Italian scientists have traced a bacterium that has been destroying kiwifruit in New Zealand and Europe back to China where they believe it originated, a...
G8 urged to elevate food security issues
May 08, 2012 (UPI)
Anti-poverty activists are urging Group of Eight leaders to give more attention to food security when they hold a summit this month in the United States. The G8...
Modern hybrid corn makes better use of nitrogen
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
Today's hybrid corn varieties more efficiently use nitrogen to create more grain, according to 72 years of public-sector research data reviewed by Purdue Univer...
Global Prices of Pollination-dependent Products such as Coffee and Cocoa Could Continue to Rise in the Long Term
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
In recent years the economic value of pollination-dependent crops has substantially increased around the world. As a team of researchers from the Helmholtz Cent...
Selenium impacts honey bee behavior and survival
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have a "proof of concept" that selenium, a nonmetal chemical element, can disrupt the foraging behavior...
Different recipes for success in the world of plants
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
In order to prevail against native plants, non-native plant species develop special strategies. These differ in part considerably from the propagation strategie...
Keep your fruit close and your vegetables closer
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
College students wishing to eat healthier may want to invest in a clear fruit bowl says a recent article published in Environment and Behavior (published by SAG...
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