Researchers identify key molecular signal in plant pollination
...rt to finish," said Preuss. "And since the world's agriculture depends so profoundly on plant fertility, understanding this process is fundamentally important." The study began when co-author Laura Brass analyzed a peculiar mutant form, called pop2 , of the plant Arabidopsis . A member of the mustard family th...New science at K-State attracts $4.2 million from National Science Foundation
...g for biotechnology that will have a big impact on agriculture and human medicine in the future," Wang said. The facility includes three components: the analytical lab, a technology development component, and a scientific research component. The Analytical Laboratory uses mass spectrometric technologies to pr...UCR entomologists honored for maintaining and enhancing nation's natural resources and environment
...bestow to acknowledge outstanding contributions to agriculture and to the consumers of agricultural products. The purpose of Honor Awards is to provide high-level recognition to deserving USDA employees at all levels and private citizens who have made outstanding contributions supporting the USDA's mission . ...US-EC Biotech Task Force keys on research, collaboration
...gnien, acting director of the EC's directorate for agriculture and biotechnology, "programs catalyzed by the task force have challenged the scientific communities on both sides of the Atlantic to expand their thinking beyond specific disciplines. We are now broadening that challenge by including social scientis...Alien earthworms changing ecology of Northeast forests
...mercial agriculture. "One of the tenets of organic agriculture is the reduction of inputs of synthetic fertilizer...de a real benefit to crop production. Sustainable agriculture is all about soil quality. We want to come up with hard data about the contribution soil animals ma...UC Riverside's Brian Federici receives Secretary's Annual Honor Award from USDA
...bestow to acknowledge outstanding contributions to agriculture and to the consumers of agricultural products. The purpose of Honor Awards is to provide high-level recognition to deserving USDA employees at all levels and private citizens who have made outstanding contributions supporting the USDA's mission. T...Exclusive pre-BIO conference preview by president/media availability
...o breakthrough discoveries in healthcare, food and agriculture and manufacturing with this science. He also talk...rket activity Biotech breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture and manufacturing Emerging diseases such as monkeypox, SARS, AIDS and the West Nile virus Cutting...Popularizing precision agriculture
...ticides, and fertilizers; and for use in precision agriculture to determine areas that are to be managed to maxim...makes a significant step toward bringing precision agriculture from a scientific concept to a reality," said Dennis Corwin, the project's lead scientist. Rapidly d...U. of Colorado scientists discover four new kingdoms of life
... that have potential applications in the fields of agriculture and global change. Doctoral student Allen Meyer an...s might even help in solving practical problems in agriculture and ecology, Meyer said. "Newly discovered microbial eukaryotes could be of benefit in understandin...Anthropologist pleads for fewer humans, more saved species
...s to change." McKee points to agriculture one of humanity's greatest innovations as an example of our short-sightedness. "I'm sure that at the origins of agriculture, no one worried about the possibility that by irrigating fields, ...Genome sequence of bread mold revealed by international team, including Hebew University researcher
...ment of anti-fungal materials with applications in agriculture and elsewhere, said Prof. Yarden. Genetic engineering techniques could be applied to specific genes, for example, in order to yield improved or new natural materials which could be used in antibiotic medications. According to Prof. Yarden, there are...Biotech regulations impede crop domestication
...IS An increasing amount of genetic engineering in agriculture closely resembles the conventional crop breeding that has been done for thousands of years, and unnecessarily stringent regulation of this type of gene research is choking off its usefulness, one expert says in a new policy forum in Science. Governm...Fungi family tree goes under the microscope
...nomic and medicinal roles in many areas, including agriculture and food production; health and medicine; death and decay; and research and drug discovery. They have been found in every ecosystem where they have been sought, including deserts, glacial ice and deep-sea thermal vents. Nevertheless, fungi are among...Study of insecticide neurotoxicity yields clues to onset of Parkinson's Disease
...rotecting troops. "Permethrin is used worldwide in agriculture and urban settings," Bloomquist said. "Widespread human exposure to this compound occurs, so its effects are not limited to soldiers." The talk, "Low-dose effects of insecticides to dopaminergic pathways involved in parkinsonism" (AGRO 31) will be pr......nd other birds. Ardans believes federal and state agriculture officials are making headway in the fight against exotic Newcastle disease. During the past two weeks, the number of new cases of infected "backyard birds" seems to be decreasing in some areas, he noted. A highly lethal viral ailment, exotic Newca...An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador
...ogical evidence points to an independent origin of agriculture in coastal Ecuador 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Su...verse lowland tropics seem like a likely place for agriculture to develop. But few plant remains survive mold, high temperatures and rainfall. Luckily for archae...First genetic response in animal species to global warming
...pproach called quantitative genetics, long used in agriculture but never before applied to a wild species. Through analytical modelling, the team of researchers was able to sort out how much of the squirrels adaptation is due to a plastic, individual response and how much is due to genetics. This has never been ...Forests of the continental U.S. continue to fragment
... in the U.S. are publicly owned, or unsuitable for agriculture or urban development. Historic patterns of forest clearing have left relatively little interior forest along many of the major rivers, near urban areas, or in fertile agricultural areas." Fragmentation affects habitat quality for the mammal, reptile,...Certified professionals to serve as technical service providers under Farm Bill 2002
...ame time creating management systems to allow U.S. agriculture to continue to compete in the world market," said Hoeft. Section 2701 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (The Farm Bill) requires the USDA to provide conservation technical assistance to farmers and authorizes the department to app...UC Riverside receives $1.25 million from W. M. Keck Foundation
...ins of crops that will be the basis of sustainable agriculture and food production over the next 50 years. Researchers at the Genomics Institute use the latest genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic techniques to also address questions in mammalian molecular cell biology and human health. The Center for Plant Cel...