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Nanotubes Fast Forward Seed Germination
Drs. Mariya V. Khodakovskaya, UALR assistant professor of applied science, and Alex Biris, director of the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, published the results of their findings in this month’s issue ...
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Read moreFight against pathogen: plant geneticists make decisive breakthrough
It attacks important cultivated plants such as rice, peppers, tomatoes and citrus fruits by manipulating the genes of these plants. Biologists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) h...
Life Sciences | Read morePhytochemicals in plant-based foods could help battle obesity, disease
Eating more plant-based foods, which are rich in substances called phytochemicals, seems to prevent oxidative stress in the body, a process associated with obesity and the onset of disease, according ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreGSU professor develops new method to help keep fruit, vegetables and flowers fresh
A Georgia State University professor has developed an innovative new way to keep produce and flowers fresh for longer periods of time. Microbiologist George Pierce's method uses a naturally occur...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew computing tool could lead to better crops and pesticides say researchers
The tool will form part of a new £1.7 million Syngenta University Centre at Imperial College London, announced today, which will see researchers from Imperial and Syngenta working together to improve ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read morePotato Blight Reveals Some Secrets as Genome Is Decoded
This week (Sept. 9), the online edition of the scientific journal Nature will report on the full genetic sequence, or genome, of Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late blight. The genome resulted f...
Life Sciences | Read moreGenome of Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Decoded
Published in the September 9 online issue of the journal Nature, the study reveals that the organism boasts an unusually large genome size — more than twice that of closely related species — and an ex...
Life Sciences | Read moreLate Blight - the Irish Potato Famine Fungus - Is Attacking Northeast Gardens and Farms Now
"Late blight has never occurred this early and this widespread in the U.S," said Meg McGrath, associate professor of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology.One of the most visible...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreTomato Project Offers Potential for Crop Drought, Disease Resistance
Arkansas – home of thousands of backyard gardens, farmer’s markets, and a summer festival that pays annual homage to the tomato – also is home to a team of scientists based at UALR that is developing ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read morePesticide exposure found to increase risk of Parkinson's disease
The fertile soil of California's Central Valley has long made it famous as one of the nation's prime crop-growing regions. But it's not just the soil that allows for such productivity. ...
Health and Medicine | Read moreDNA duplication: A mechanism for 'survival of the fittest'
Some 65 million years ago, the earth's most recent 'mass extinction' took place. One or more catastrophic events - such as a comet strike or increased volcanic activity - produced wides...
Life Sciences | Read moreBillions of years ago, microbes were key in developing modern nitrogen cycle
"For microbes, it appears that almost all of their major evolution took place before we have any record of them, way back in the dark mists of prehistory," said Roger Buick, a University of ...
Life Sciences | Read moreAlpeorujo’s compost improves the properties of low-rainfall saline land
Spanish researchers have proved that the combined use of the compost of the waste obtained from olive grinding (alpeorujo) and manure improve agricultural land properties with a high salt content....
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreRed alert! How disease disables tomato plant's 'intruder alarm'
The new study focuses on a pathogen which causes bacterial speck disease in tomato plants. This bacterial invasion causes black lesions on leaves and fruit. Severe infection can cause extensive and co...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreInvasive Papaya Pest Discovered in Asia
Thanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug — an emerging threat from India to Indonesia — is being identified and contained.Attacks by the papaya mealy...
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