A new application of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors promises major progress in crop cultivation. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers from the team of molecular biologist Holger Puchta have succeeded ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 4, 2020
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A group of scientists from Skoltech and Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops in Krasnodar performed genetic analysis of the Russian rapeseed collection. The scientists described the genetic diversity of Russian ...
Biotechnology
Aug 26, 2020
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An international team led by the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has decoded the full genome for the ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2020
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University of East Anglia scientists have helped find a way to control different plant processes—such as when they grow—using nothing but colored light.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2020
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Palm plantations are associated with deforestation and ecological harm, but researchers are pointing to ways things can be done differently in Africa.
Environment
Jun 16, 2020
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A team of researchers led by IPK Gatersleben has succeeded in providing answers to a long unsolved question in the breeding of plant hybrids. Their conclusions: the more diverse in genetics, than better, but only in cases ...
Evolution
Jun 12, 2020
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A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide growers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2020
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Some new crop varieties are bred to be more nutritious. Others are more resilient, bred to tolerate harsher environmental conditions.
Biotechnology
Apr 13, 2020
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia's Institute of Agriculture and University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have discovered that high levels of genetic diversity and dominant genes in grain crops such as ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2020
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The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), through the Institute of Conservation and Improvement of Valencian Agrodiversity (COMAV), leads EggPreBreed II, an international project that will help in developing new varieties ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2020
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