Texas A&M agriculturists set framework to safeguard food supply
...protecting the food supply and the inputs used for agriculture production." Guido said the national assessment pr...arke, institute director. "And linking these two - agriculture and emergency response - has given us the ability to provide the training necessary to assure that t...NSF awards $4.3 million to Rutgers for Maize Genome Sequencing Project
...w approaches to genomic studies." Maize dominates agriculture in the United States, where approximately 9 billion bushels of corn double the yield of any other crop are produced annually at a value of $30 billion. Over and above its value as a primary food crop, corn is increasingly being used in a wide rang...Advances in 'micro' RNA exploring process of life
...and forms the foundation for advances in medicine, agriculture and other fields. On this frontier of biology, experts say, the most intriguing new component is micro-RNA, a minuscule type of regulatory molecule that had seemed insignificant even in the extraordinarily tiny, microscopic world of cell biology. Th...Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute discover how a plant times its flowering cycle
...e study. The work should have special relevance to agriculture because the appropriate seasonal control of flowering is a major determinant of crop productivity. The same technology might be used to make certain crops bear fruit faster and in larger and more nutritious yields. Yanovsky, and TSRI Cell Biology Pro...Overlapping genetic and archaeological evidence suggests neolithic migration
...trength of our measures." It is known that agriculture spread from the Middle East to Europe during the Neolithic period about 12,000 years ago, but for many years archeologists have debated how this occurred. Was it due to the movement of people or to the movement of ideas? Previous genetic analysis of ...Report focuses on the science and safety of genetically modified crops
... called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and its use in agriculture in a careful examination of what we know--and what we need to know--about transgenic plants. The document, "100 Years of Bacillus thuringiensis: A Critical Scientific Assessment," follows the experience with Bt since it was discovered over 100 years...Rutgers spinoff success yields $4.3 million payback to university
...through new business creation and the expansion of agriculture into new and potentially more profitable areas." ...botanical therapeutics may add more value to world agriculture than the more conventional application of plant biotechnology for yield enhancement, explained Raski...It pays to save: Science study shows huge economic benefits from conserving wild nature
...opical forest in Cameroon converted to small-scale agriculture and commercial plantations, a mangrove system in Thailand converted for shrimp farming, a Canadian marsh drained for agriculture, and a Philippine coral reef dynamited for fishing. In each case, the loss of ecosystem services such as storm and flood...Corroding plumbing materials producing environmental problems
...er, health educator, and Daryl Bosch, professor of agriculture and applied economics. Minimal progress has been made in understanding the chemical and biological factors contributing to corrosion of metal plumbing hardware. Diverse residential systems are particularly complicated to identify and restore. As a r...Researchers arming farms to halt increases in greenhouse gases
...the CASMGS program will be investigating ways that agriculture can reduce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide...looking to reduce the other greenhouse gases in an agriculture system, particularly nitrous oxide and methane." Research has shown that agriculture holds the key t...Clover strip-cropping in cotton provides critical habitat for threatened songbirds
...bulldozed to make way for non-sustainable forms of agriculture such as cattle farms and sun-grown coffee. None of...ore this, I hadn't appreciated the extent to which agriculture could provide beneficial habitat for birds." Preparation for strip cropping begins in the fall when ...The greening of the North: real, and caused by climate change
...societies involved. The potential for forestry and agriculture in northern Canada and Siberia will improve, but Arctic ecosystems and species, and the indigenous cultures that depend on them, will be threatened by the invasion of plant and animal species from the south....Science editor explores the role of environmental change on global security
...rding to Kennedy, is what climate change may do to agriculture around the world. The biggest impact is likely to ... era of balmy and benign weather that gave rise to agriculture and has remained in place ever since. Modern Europe is warmer than it should be, given its latitude...Scientists to discuss bioterrorism
... scientists worry that efforts to protect the U.S. agriculture might go too far, making it difficult for scientists from other nations to work together with American plant scientists to combat diseases. Adds Cook, Weve made considerable advances in helping to improve world agriculture, but that is dependent on t...Study suggests global extinction crisis more serious than previously thought
... Southeast Asia, or where other human impacts from agriculture and hunting have been severe. In the United States...lt of introduced predators as well as overgrazing, agriculture and forestry practices. Extinction crisis The authors concluded that even the most conservative esti...Terminator tussle: Controversial technology needed, experts say
...o prevent an environmental problem, some people in agriculture have suggested that the issue of plant sterilization genes is a stalking horse that these groups are opposed to the technology simply because they oppose any type of genetic modification. "If an environmental group gets to the point where it is tryi...Farming inside forests hurts bird communities more than timber harvesting, study suggests
...ason for the adverse impact of agriculture on nesting success was that the farm patches were ...es - half of them disturbed by agriculture and the other half by timber harvesting. This sample included the 10 forests tha...Rice, first crop plant to be sequenced, may help fight world hunger, Science authors say
...in nutritional quality, crop yield and sustainable agriculture to meet the worlds growing needs," said Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of the journal, Science , published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Surprisingly, rice may be far more complex than scientists ever guessed, d...International rice genome project progressing ahead of schedule
...a major global food source and as a model crop for agriculture and plant research, said Robb Fraley, Ph.D., Chief...d we look forward to more discoveries that improve agriculture and the environment, and particularly those that enhance food security and nutritional needs through...Researchers narrow search for structure of cholera toxins extracellular transport signal
...nistic HIV-related infections, for example) and to agriculture (such as corn fungus), making them scientifically interesting molecules in their own right. To elucidate the extracellular transport signal of chitinase, Folster induced a series of insertions, deletions and mutations in its amino-acid chain, and...