Dr. Jaime Grunlan's research into fire-resistant materials is featured in the September 2012 issue of Smithsonian magazine.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Sep 10, 2012 3 / 5 (3) 0

The international research team led by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and BGI have completed the genome sequence and analysis of a diploid cotton— Gossypium raimondii. The cotton genome provides an invaluable resour ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 28, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have made significant progress in finding genetic resistance to two key cotton pests—the root-knot nematode and the reniform nematode.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using molecular tools to help cotton growers cut back on their use of pesticides in controlling one of their worst adversaries: the root-knot ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 16, 2012 not rated yet 1

Plant scientists have imaged and analyzed, for the first time, how a potted plant's roots are arranged in the soil as the plant develops. In this study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 30th ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 30, 2012 4 / 5 (8) 8 |

(Phys.org) -- Pests are adapting to genetically modified crops in unexpected ways, researchers have discovered. The findings underscore the importance of closely monitoring and countering pest resistance to ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 20, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- Because they can modify plants to either produce better fruit or in many other cases ward off disease and pests, researchers genetically alter crop plants to increase yields without adding additional ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 14, 2012 2.4 / 5 (5) 4 |

Loss of production may be one concern cotton producers have on the Rolling Plains when considering switching to reduced- or no-tillage systems, said Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist in ...

Biology - Other

May 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

Socks, T-shirts and other garments could become less hospitable to odor-causing bacteria, thanks to new antimicrobial treatments being investigated by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in New ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

May 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a fabric coating that would give new meaning to the phrase "stain-resistant" -- a coating that would take an active role in sloughing off grease, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 25, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Cotton is going high-tech in New Orleans, La., where a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists is continuing a long tradition of innovative research on the prized natural fiber.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 18, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 02, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Overuse of the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) has caused US crops to become infested with glyphosate-resistant weeds - and a world-leading researcher at The University of Western Australia is fighting to prevent ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

As the interest in environmentally responsible business practices grows globally, researchers are interested in how that interest translates into consumer sales. Researchers from the University of Missouri have found that ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Feb 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

It happened so fast, some South Plains cotton growers assumed it was drought and extreme heat that withered away their crops.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 02, 2012 not rated yet 0