Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

‘Protecting virus’ offers instant flu protection & converts flu infections into their own vaccines

The ‘protecting virus’ provides instant protection, and completely prevents flu symptoms developing by slowing influenza infection rates to such an extent that…

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Enhancing Public Health Surveillance for Food-Borne Infections

Currently, collection of data on human infections such as Campylobacter and Salmonella, is not sensitive enough to give an accurate picture of the magnitude of…

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Organic Pesticide Needs Support to Enhance Effectiveness

Writing in the Sept. 26 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison…

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Cyanobacteria Benefits: Fish Digestive Innovations Explored

The point is that some cyanobacteriae and algae species go through the fish’s intestines without being damaged. Moreover, it happens so that cyanobacteriae,…

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Insect Obesity: Insights from Texas Agricultural Experts

Behmer, an entomologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and several other researchers conducted a series of experiments to find out whether…

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International awards boost crop science research

The aim of the four-year projects is to draw on the complementary experience and field expertise of researchers in the UK and France, to help translate basic…

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First Resistance Gene Found for Rice Yellow Mottle Virus

Transmission of RYMV occurs by way of insect vectors or by straightforward contact between plants. Prevention measures, like direct sowing or the burying of…

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Bacteria-Derived Fuels: A Sustainable Biodiesel Solution

“Biodiesel is an alternative energy source and a substitute for petroleum-based diesel fuel,” explains Professor Steinbüchel of the Westfälische…

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The University of Granada studies the potential of the “Atlas cedar” as reforestation source in Morocco

To this extent, the properties of the plant “Atlas cedar” have been studied as a resource for the creation of chemical products applicable to other areas such…

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Sheep Reproduction Linked to Endogenous Retroviruses Discovery

In particular, a class of endogenous retroviruses, known as endogenous retroviruses related to Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus or enJSRVs, are critical during the…

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The UGR and the sugar refinery Azucarera Ebro produce two polysaccharides of interest for …

The doctoral thesis Producción de xantano y gelano a partir de coproductos de la industria azucarera (Xanthonomas and gelling polymer production from sugar…

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Rethinking Risk in the GM Crops Trade Conflict

The findings, which are the result of a 5 year study carried out at SPRU at the University of Sussex, will be presented at a conference in Brighton on Tuesday…

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The University Of Cordoba Participates In A European Project On Sustainable Olive Oil And Table Olives Production

Participants trust they can improve the environmental situation of olive mills thus allowing them to meet the current and future legislation; they also intend…

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Bluetongue Disease Spreads to Northern Europe and France

Since 1999, Bluetongue (BT) has been spreading from the southern and eastern Mediterranean towards northern Europe. Between 2000 and 2004, foci were also…

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New Insights on Sudden Oak Death and Soybean Pathogens

The research, the result of a four-year, $4 million multi-agency project supported by DOE, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Science…

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New Bird Flu Sampling Campaign Launches Across Africa

For Emmanuel Camus, Director of CIRAD's Animal Production and Veterinary Medicine Department, “both types of vector are suspected. The balance may swing one…

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