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Hardy New Corn Lines Released

(PhysOrg.com) -- Six new inbred maize lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have now been registered in the United States by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS plant pathologist Robert ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Plants could use light even more effectively for food production

(Phys.org) -- Scientists from Wageningen University have concluded that it is possible to develop plants that produce even more food by reducing the level of pigments which make no contribution to photosynthesis. The conclusion ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Barcoding insects as a way to track and control them

Barcodes may bring to mind the sales tags and scanners found in supermarkets and other stores. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using "DNA barcodes" to monitor insects that damage crops ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Atmospheric warming altering ocean salinity

The warming climate is altering the saltiness of the world's oceans, and the computer models scientists have been using to measure the effects are underestimating changes to the global water cycle, a group ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 67 | with audio podcast

Better analysis methods for vitamin D

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md., design, develop and improve analytical methods for measuring nutritional components ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increasing genetic diversity of honey bees needed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Increasing the overall genetic diversity of honey bees will lead to healthier and hardier bees that can better fight off parasites, pathogens and pests, says bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic analysis reveals Otzi Iceman predisposed to cardiovascular disease

Scientific magazine Nature Communications publishes new findings about physiognomy, ethnic origin and predisposition towards illness of the world’s oldest glacier mummy.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

UA tests consumer water filters for contaminant removal

A University of Arizona study of pour-through and refrigerator water filtration devices and the chemicals they removed is scheduled for publication in the March issue of Good Housekeeping.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool for cleaning up soils and waterways: Prickly pear

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has discovered what may be an effective tool for cleaning up soils and waterways in parts of California's San Joaquin Valley: a drought-tolerant cactus.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science

While last month's climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing ...

Other Sciences / Other

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Nutrient data in time for the new year

Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products. Federal rules ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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