Researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease
Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security.
Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security.
Biotechnology
Mar 30, 2020
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Phytohormone ethylene plays essential roles in plant growth and development and response to stresses. In dicot Arabidopsis, the ethylene signaling pathway has been well-characterized. Ethylene signal is perceived and transduced ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2020
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Scientists at UC Davis have used CRISPR technology to genetically engineer rice with high levels of beta-carotene, the precursor of vitamin A. The technique they used provides a promising strategy for genetically improving ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2020
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Planning is something we all do. As individuals, we may be planning for next weekend or our future retirement.
Environment
Feb 24, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene that improves the yield and fertilizer use efficiency of rice.
Biotechnology
Feb 7, 2020
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A University of Oklahoma-led study shows that paddy rice (both area and plant growth) is significantly related to the spatial-temporal dynamics of atmospheric methane concentration in monsoon Asia, where 87% of paddy rice ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2020
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A research team led by Profs. Gao Caixia and LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have engineered five saturated targeted endogenous mutagenesis editors (STEMEs) ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2020
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People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient and caloric content, rice can contain small amounts of arsenic, which in large doses is a toxin linked to multiple health conditions ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2019
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Researchers Karnelia Paul of the University of Calcutta (India), Chinmay Saha of the University of Kalyani (India), and Anindita Seal of the University of Calcutta (India) designed research to study nitrogen nutrition in ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2019
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Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world's population—but new experiments from Stanford University suggest that with climate change, production in major rice-growing regions with endemic ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2019
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