News tagged with plant genetics
The genetic secrets to jumping the species barrier
Scientists have pinpointed specific mutations that allow a common plant virus to infect new species, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of General Virology. Understanding the genetics of the ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Dramatic changes in agriculture needed as world warms and grows, researchers say
The looming threats of global climate change and population growth call for sweeping changes in how the world produces its food and fiber, warns a group of prestigious scientists, including an expert in plant genetics at ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Top 10 Sci-Tech Stories Of The Decade
Discoveries, devices, and developments that have changed the way we view our world over the past ten years.
Jan 11, 2010 |
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ARS Plant Collections Help Safeguard Crops
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the months ahead, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists plan to collect walnuts from Kyrgyzstan, grasses from Russia, and carrots and sunflowers from fields across the Southeastern ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Virus may chauffeur useful 'packages' into plants
This time of year, the word "virus" conjures up a bedridden stint with coughs and chills - something everyone goes to great lengths to avoid.
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Genes for drought-tolerance, aflatoxin may mingle to boost corn production
Scientists plan to put two and two together in a study that will likely yield improved U.S. corn quality and yields.
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Evolution caught in the act: Scientists measure how quickly genomes change
Mutations are the raw material of evolution. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany, and Indiana University in Bloomington have now been able to measure for the first time directly ...
Jan 01, 2010 |
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Scientists get to the root of ancient case of sour grapes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that a lowly grape variety grown by peasants - but despised by noblemen - during the Middle Ages was the mother of many of today’s greatest grape varieties, ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Global barcode project to scan plants in the wild
(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap and fast method of identifying the world's most important plants in the wild could soon be possible, thanks to a global project involving the University of Adelaide.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Watermelon: Fruit on the Fast Track
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying how watermelons grow from tiny flowers to plus-size, market-ready produce in only five weeks. Their findings have resulted in the ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Evolution may take giant leaps
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of thousands of species of plants and animals suggests new species may arise from rare events instead of through an accumulation of small changes made in response to changes in ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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It's a gas: New discovery may lead to heartier, high-yielding plants
In a research report published in the November 2009 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists show how a family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes) are responsible for production of ethyle ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Scientists unlock clues for tailoring corn plant for food, energy needs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that the offspring of two inbred strains tend to be superior to both their parents. Now, a team of researchers including a University of Florida geneticist has discovered clues ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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The evolution of orchids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin and many other scientists have long been puzzled by the evolution of orchids, the largest and most diverse family of flowering plants on Earth. Now genetic sequencing is giving ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change
As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.
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