News tagged with wheat proteins

Plant pathologist finding Kansas wheat fields a molecular battleground this season

With harvest in full swing, many farmers have found that the brutal combination of high winds, scorching temperatures and minimal rainfall has left most wheat yields looking less like the good or the bad and more like the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Type 1 diabetes linked to immune response to wheat

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Fraser Scott and his team tested 42 people with type 1 diabetes ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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DNA discovery key to drought resistant crops

(Phys.org) -- Scientists have pinpointed the ‘stay green' DNA in barley in new research that may help farmers to grow better crops in areas of drought, heat and salinity.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower

Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Seed sorting tech promises value for farmers and processors

(Phys.org) -- A seed sorting technology currently being tested at the University of Saskatchewan’s Canadian Feed Research Centre (CFRC) in North Battleford promises to create value for farmers, deliver ...

Biology / Other

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spring nitrogen fertilizing for optimal wheat production

With longer and warmer days, wheat seeding and fertilizing has begun across the state. Using the right fertilizer source, rate, timing and placement is important for optimal production. Montana State University Extension ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research reveals food ingredients most prone to fraudulent economically motivated adulteration

In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingred ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reducing insecticide use by identifying disease-carrying aphids

In work that could cut back on insecticide use, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found a way to distinguish aphids that spread plant viruses from those that do not.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wheat bacteria may ward off plant disease

A Flinders University researcher is digging deep to discover how certain bacterial strains found in wheat can stimulate a plant’s natural defence fighting mechanisms.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers report breakthrough on salt-tolerant durum wheat

A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clock gene helps plants prepare for spring flowering, study shows

Scientists have made fresh discoveries about the processes that govern plants' internal body clocks and help them adjust to changing seasons, triggering the arrival of flowers in spring.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vegetarian cutlet

It looks like a cutlet, it's juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet -- but the ingredients are 100 percent vegetable. Researchers are using a new method to ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 12


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