Virulent Fungus Devastating Potato Crops
...as many as 300,000 sporangia a day. Some infected tubers may be destroyed before harvest, but with a multip...a that cause soft-rot diseases often invade potato tubers infected with late blight, literally resulting in a "meltdown" of stored potatoes. Under severe inf......ters. The phosphate content in potato tubers is exceptionally high as compared with other plant...ing of potato chips and french fries. Since potato tubers are stored in the cold in order to prevent sprouting, the reduction of cold sweetening ...Where the wild ones are: origins of staple crop found
...ava ( Manihot esculenta ), a bushy plant producing tubers -- the starchy underground stem of the plant -- th...h the same thing by depositing freshly dug cassava tubers into a community pond; microorganisms in the water degrade the cyanide. It is speculated that starv...Two-for-one special: industrial enzymes and food
..., while the tubers remain just plain oldspuds to be baked, boiled or turned into french fries. These transgenicplants have been modified to produce cellulase enzymes in the foliage. Thecellul...TSRI scientists clone gene that regulates circadian rhythms in plants
...es when they shed their leaves or produce seeds or tubers in the fall, or make flowers or fruit in the spring. Scientists have provided evidence of the existence of internal clock mechanisms by placing organisms in isolation chambers where they are prevented from seeing day/night cycles and in spite of t...UT Southwestern researchers show tumor-suppressor genes linked to insulin signaling
... the cell size of various organs in the flies. The tubers of TSC patients also contain giant cells. One of the hormone-mediated pathways that play a role in cellular growth involves insulin. Understanding how cellular growth is controlled will ultimately lead to a better understanding of cancer. Given the l...Healing the waters: A holistic Native American Indian approach
...abs, and mussels. They also found food in cattail tubers and the bulbs of water lilies. They were fishers par excellence and experts at building canoes. But now, water pollution and development threatens this precious source on which their way of life depends. That's why the Suquamish Tribe (Chief Sealth ...Healing the waters: a holistic native American Indian approach
...abs, and mussels. They also found food in cattail tubers and the bulbs of water lilies. They were fishers par excellence and experts at building canoes. But now, water pollution and development threatens this precious source on which their way of life depends. That's why the Suquamish Tribe (Chief Sealth ...Eaten as food, African orchids threatened by illegal trade
...rate, said Davenport. The current trade in orchid tubers for consumption in Zambia is neither environmentally or economically in the best interests of Tanzania....Scientists find gene that protects against potato blight
... pathogens that wreaks havoc in the field, turning tubers to mush and invariably killing any plant it infect...nce on the wild Mexican cousin of the domesticated tubers familiar to consumers. In 2000, Helgeson's lab reported narrowing the search to one of the 12 chromo...Molecular mechanisms that trigger flowering in spring
...d by day length, including the formation of potato tubers and the dormancy of buds in trees. The first breakthrough in explaining the mechanism of photoperiodism was proposed in the 1930s by Erwin Bnning (1906 - 1990), who worked in Jena, Koenigsberg, and since 1946 Tuebingen. Many aspects of plant behavio......da's potato-growing areas. Markets for the Florida tubers include the U.S. Northeast and Canada. Don Northcott, marketing manager for HZPC Americas Corp. on Prince Edward Island, Canada, said the new variety grows in a short period of time. The potato can be harvested in 65 to 75 days compare...