The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has developed a new method for the early detection of the diseases mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis in vines. The new methodology based on ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

Dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum) is an exotic plant originating from the Ukraine and southeastern Russia that is becoming increasingly invasive in southern Ontario, Canada. It has been found gr ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 1

The propensity for people to post porn evidently prompted Twitter on Wednesday to stamp an adult rating on an updated version of its Vine video-snippet sharing software.

Technology - Internet

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Twitter's iPhone video-snippet sharing service Vine had concerns about porn exposed on Monday after adult content was bared briefly in an "Editor's Picks" section.

Technology - Internet

Jan 28, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may contribute to flavor fluctuations ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 26, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

The custom of making resolutions for the New Year goes back to the Medieval period.

Other Sciences - Other

Dec 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

There are easier places to make wine than the spectacular, desolate landscapes of southeast Turkey, but DNA analysis suggests it is here that Stone Age farmers first domesticated the wine grape.

Biology - Other

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org)—U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists teamed with Broward County students today to release beneficial beetles that are proving to be an effective biological control against the air ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 24, 2012 not rated yet 0

Captivated by a strange coiling behavior in the grasping tendrils of the cucumber plant, researchers at Harvard University have characterized a new type of spring that is soft when pulled gently and stiff ...

Biology - Other

Aug 30, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 5 |

The word rainforest usually conjures up visions of brightly coloured birds and hyperactive monkeys swooping through a thick green canopy of leaves, vines and flowers. But rainforests are also found closer ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 18, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

U.S. Forest Service entomologist Jim Hanula may be the only person in the South who actually wants to keep kudzu alive.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Susan Finkbeiner, entomologist and graduate student at the University of California Irvine and colleagues Adriana Briscoe and Robert Reed have discovered the reason behind the passion-vine ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 22, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

In 1766, Frenchwoman Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a man to work as assistant to renowned botanist Philibert Commerson on the first French circumnavigation of the globe. The expedition consisted of two ships und ...

Biology - Other

Jan 03, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 14, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0

Wine grape production in the Great Lakes Viticultural Region can be a challenging enterprise. Spring frost, winter injury, short and variable growing seasons, and cool, humid growing conditions subject grape ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 12, 2011 not rated yet 0