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New Map of Variation in Maize Genetics Holds Promise for Developing New Varieties
Publishing in the Nov. 19 issue of Science, the researchers, whose senior and first author are at Cornell, have identified the first map of haplotypes – sets of closely linked gene variants known as a...
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Read moreAmaizing: Corn genome decoded
A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published the completed corn genome in the Nov. 20 journal Science, an accomplishment that will s...
Life Sciences | Read moreHow Do We Fund Plant Breeding?
Worldwide demand for a safe and secure food supply is growing with plant breeding at the forefront of sustainability discussions; however many research programs have seen their funding decrease due to...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreWild pigs and deer do not spread GM corn via feces or accumulate transgenic residues in meat
Deer stew, roast of wild boar, venison ragout – come fall, all varieties of game are in season for gourmets. However, ever since the worldwide surge in genetically modified corn, critical consumers�...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreScientists Identify Gene for Resistance to Parasitic 'Witchweed'
Among the crops heavily parasitized by witchweed is black-eyed pea, known in Africa as "cowpea" or "niebe" in Francophone countries. About 80 percent of the world's co...
Life Sciences | Read moreVariants in 3 genes account for most dog coat differences
Variants in just three genes acting in different combinations account for the wide range of coat textures seen in dogs — from the poodle's tight curls to the beagle's stick-straight fur. A t...
Life Sciences | Read moreU.S. Crop Yields Could Wilt in Heat
In a paper published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, North Carolina State University agricultural and resource economist Dr. Michael Roberts and Dr. Wolfram Schlen...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreRestoring a natural root signal helps to fight a major corn pest
A longstanding and fruitful collaboration between researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, together with contributions from colleagu...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreThai Hill Farmers Help Preserve Genetic Diversity of Rice
Rice is one of the most important crops worldwide, as it feeds over half of the world's population. Domesticated rice is an important supply of the world's rice. However, these strains are g...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreIdentifying fruit tree and ornamental plant varieties using DNA marks
Tomoki MatsuyamaResearch Unit LeaderPlant Breeding and Cell Engineering Research UnitRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteNew varieties of fruit trees and ornamental plants created thro...
Life Sciences | Read moreFirst evidence that weed killers improve nutritional value of a key food crop
Scientists are reporting for the first time that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food a crop. Application of two common herbicides ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreIowa State University researcher looks at the future of agriculture
Despite these recent uncertainties, 'up' is precisely the direction an Iowa State researcher believes agriculture is headed for at least the next 10 years. Wally Huffman, professor i...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreConsider the Oyster (and Ocean Farming)
There are Cynics who see only catastrophic answers to Earth’s population explosion: War and pestilence come to mind.Then there are those who look a little deeper. Not even two feet deep, to be...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreFarmers relying on Roundup lose some of its benefit
Bill Johnson, a Purdue University associate professor of weed science, said farmers who plant Roundup Ready crops and spray Roundup or glyphosate-based herbicides almost exclusively are finding that w...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreNew 'green' pesticides are first to exploit plant defenses in battle of the fungi
They will report on the first pesticides to capitalize on this unique defensive strategy here today at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.Developed with sustainable ag...
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