Researchers look into the future to weed out problem plants
Tillage and reduced-input rotations affect runoff from agricultural fields
No-till management practices can reduce soil erosion, but evidence suggests they can also lead to increased runoff of dissolved phosphorus from soil surfaces. Meanwhile, farmers looking to avoid herbicides ...
Jun 11, 2013
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NREL teams with Navy, private industry to make jet fuel from switchgrass
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with Cobalt Technologies, U.S. Navy, and Show Me Energy Cooperative to demonstrate that jet fuel can be made economically and in large quantities ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Scientists identify thousands of plant genes activated by ethylene gas
It's common wisdom that one rotten apple in a barrel spoils all the other apples, and that an apple ripens a green banana if they are put together in a paper bag. Ways to ripen, or spoil, fruit have been ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Fukushima accident raised levels of radioactive strontium off the east coast of Japan by up to a hundred times
Researchers from the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) and the Department of Physics of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have studied the spread of radioactive strontium ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Automated plant factory for the prodution of vaccines
Molecular farming is an easy, fast, and safe method for producing vaccines and therapeutic proteins in plants. Now a team of Fraunhofer researchers from the USA has built up a Good Manufacturing Practices ...
Jun 11, 2013
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A creature from an alkaline spring could improve biofuel processing
(Phys.org) —The only truly practical biofuels will be those made from abundant feedstocks like switchgrass, wheat straw, and other woody plants, whose cell walls consist of lignocellulose. After pretreatment ...
Jun 11, 2013
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From hot springs to HIV, same protein complexes are hijacked to promote viruses
Biologists from Indiana University and Montana State University have discovered a striking connection between viruses such as HIV and Ebola and viruses that infect organisms called archaea that grow in volcanic ...
Jun 10, 2013
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To germinate, or not to germinate, that is the question
Scientists at the University of York have uncovered new insights into the way seeds use gene networks to control when they germinate in response to environmental signals.
Jun 10, 2013
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Hairpin turn: Micro-RNA plays role in wood formation
For more than a decade, scientists have suspected that hairpin-shaped chains of micro-RNA regulate wood formation inside plant cells. Now, scientists at NC State University have found the first example and mapped out key ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Biofuels will play integral role in California's energy future, says new study
Biofuels developed from plant biomass and purpose-grown crops can substantially move California toward its ambitious energy goals, a new report says, but only through the wise allocation of feedstocks and the success of energy ...
Jun 10, 2013
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How does inbreeding avoidance evolve in plants?
Alpine rock cress uses a ribonucleic acid to measure its age and tell when it's the right time to flower
Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to flower during winter. George Coupland and his fellow ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Self-fertilizing plants contribute to their own demise
Many plants are self-fertilizing, meaning they act as both mother and father to their own seeds. This strategy – known as selfing – guarantees reproduction but, over time, leads to reduced diversity and ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Nuclear plant closures shows industry's struggles
The decision to close California's San Onofre nuclear plant is the latest setback for an industry that had seemed poised to grow.
Jun 08, 2013
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