From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
...adiography, and professors from art historians and agronomists to zoologists can use it to get detailed pictures that X-rays cannot produce. It is the first time neutron radiography has been used to study insects. "X-rays pass through the rootworms without attenuation. Neutrons, however, are attenuated by the ...Agronomists offer alternative approaches to gulf pollution
...roblemand will unfairly penalize some farmers, the agronomists say. Excess nitrogen moving down the Mississippi River is thought to create ahypoxic zone, also known as a "dead zone," in the Gulf of Mexico. Some expertssuspect that a large portion -- but not all -- of the nitrogen that ends up in theMississip...UNC, Penn State scientists find gene that controls water retention in plants
...king crop plants more resistant to drought, a goal agronomists have pursued for decades. "When I was born in 1957, there were 4 billion people on Earth, and if I die a natural death sometime around 2030, there will be about 10 billion," said Dr. Alan M. Jones, professor of biology at UNC. "That's an enormous in...American Society of Plant Biologists is new name for former American Society of Plant Physiologists
...cular and cellular biologists, plant pathologists, agronomists and others are active members within the Society. For some of these scientists, ASPB has been their primary science society. For others, the Society and its journals have addressed their needs for interdisciplinary study of plant science. "Throug...Agri-tech innovations promise better food security
...ex, United Kingdom, joined agriculture experts and agronomists at a AAAS session entitled, "Sustainable Agriculture in the Developing World: Innovative Examples." Koma Yang Siang, Executive Director of the Centre d'Etude et de Developpement Agricole, discussed recent innovations in Cambodian farming like the im...Winter weather turns on flowering gene
...ng," the biochemistry professor says. For example, agronomists could engineer biennial crops that lack VIN3 and never flower, potentially increasing yield. But as Amasino clarifies, he's in the business of basic science - it's up to others to use the information....Scientists urge caution when releasing engineered organisms into environment
...ded plant and microbial biologists, entomologists, agronomists and fisheries. The group spent the past two-and-a-half years evaluating the ecological effects of current and future uses of GEOs. In spite of nearly a decade of heated public debate and worry over the safety of GEOs, and the huge growth in funding f...Genomic biology institute's first grant to focus on soybeans, climate change
...ing these new and developing genomic technologies, agronomists may be able to know what genes or suites of genes are important for their crops under specific conditions," DeLucia said. Such genomic analyses already are under way in other plant systems such as Arabidopsis (mustard plant) and rice. The research ...