Plant pathologists look to forensics to aid in biosecurity
...ect the nation's crops from possible bioterrorism, plant pathologists are exploring how to apply techniques...ht bioterrorism. According to Jacqueline Fletcher, plant pathology professor, Oklahoma State University, the potential for microbes to be used with an intent...Global competition closes Texas sawmills/paper mills
... the other near Houston. The closing of the Lufkin plant alone meant 580 lost jobs. Despite these factors, Barron and Foster remain positive about the outlook of the East Texas timber industry. The remaining larger mills are modern and efficient. East Texas produces some of the highest-quality pine lumber...Animal research suggests plant estrogens in soy do not increase breast cancer risk
...n monkeys suggests that a diet high in the natural plant estrogens found in soy does not increase the risk ...ounds called isoflavones or phytoestrogens. These plant estrogens are thousands of times weaker than the estrogen produced by the body, but may be present i...Summer in the South: Kudzu and oriental bittersweet
...nd promotes the introduction of nonnative invasive plant species. Contact: Kurt Riitters Forest Healt...a var. lobata ) is arguably the most famous exotic plant to invade the southeastern region of the U.S. First introduced from Asia in 1876, kudzu vines with t...... the fundamentals of chemical signaling within the plant after herbivore attack and in doing so have highli...essential for sustainable agriculture and that the plant traits that are important for resistance to herbivore attack in nature are complex and operate on ma...Study finds plant enzyme function changes with location in cell
... discovered another factor that can change several plant enzymes' functions instantaneously: their location... They may also offer scientists new ways to tailor plant products to meet specific needs, such as growing crop plants that make different, perhaps healthier ...Climate may play role in lynx's hunting ability
...r species like predators and the structure of the plant community would be altered substantially, said Boutin....Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...mentation (PCF) technology. This new process using plant cell cultures saves energy, improves worker safety and eliminates tons of waste. Buckman Laboratories International, Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.) Recycling can be a sticky business when lingering adhesives on envelopes, magazine binding and other materia...Deserts and rainforests are equally productive during drought
... efficiency (RUEmax), or effective productivity of plant growth per unit of precipitation converges to a co...ecosystems is a function of the different forms of plant growth. "We looked across nine different biomes - from a forest all the way to a very dry desert - ...Purdue yeast makes ethanol from agricultural waste more effectively
...ttawa, Canada, demonstration facility is the first plant in the world to produce ethanol from cellulosic ma...ield and productivity from the Purdue yeast in our plant matches that obtained by Dr. Ho's group in the lab at Purdue. The Purdue yeast is also easy to work ...'Plants for the future': A European vision for plant biotechnology towards 2025
...ts for the Future" European Technology Platform on plant genomics and biotechnology, launches a new era for plant biotechnology in Europe. This long term vision for 2025 has been created by leading representatives ...NASA scientists get global fix on food, wood & fiber use
... Fund and others have measured how much of Earth's plant life humans need for food, fiber, wood and fuel. T...lculate the annual net primary production (NPP) of plant growth on land. NASA developed models were used to estimate the annual percentage of NPP humans cons...Plant pathologists to discuss the future of organic farming
...ued prosperity of this rapidly expanding industry, plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological S...crop protection, said Monica Elliott, professor of plant pathology at the University of Florida's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. However, add...Scientists discover new role for tiny RNA in plant development
...hat hundreds of microRNAs exist in each species of plant and animal, but the function of only a few is unde...stitute of Technology, one of the first-discovered plant microRNAs -- known as miR164 -- plays a vital role in the proper development of the flowers, leaves,...Natural, man-made mix promises biggest landscape plant growth
...get bigger and last longer. And that's just the plant aisle. Fertilizers for gardening are a major gro...ultural Experiment Station researchers. "When a plant suffers from stress, it suffers just like when we are stressed," said Dr. Fred Davies, Experiment St...A gene that keeps species apart
...ve been documented among mammals, and thousands of plant crosses produce infertile offspring. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of reproductive isolation, biologists must first identify candidate hybrid incompatibility genes. Species- or lineage- specific functional divergence is an essential trait ...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...nd Molokai, the principal crop was taro a starchy plant grown in irrigated wetlands where the supply of wa...osphorus, calcium and other minerals essential for plant growth. To find out if large concentrations of these nutrients were present in the narrow agricultur...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...esearchers are closer now to thwarting two related plant pathogens, one causing "Sudden Oak Death" (SOD) an...es provide a framework for understanding how these plant pathogens cause disease and what can be done to control them," says Dr. Joseph Jen, USDA's Undersecr...Manipulating biotope space can enhance beneficial biodiversity effects
Using diverse plant mixtures instead of monocultures can increase yiel...oulos and Schmid tested this hypothesis by growing plant monocultures and mixtures on a gradient of increasing soil depths and volumes, offering increased ro...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher advances fight against sudden oak death disease
...t to Virginia oak trees and other Eastern Seaboard plant species that have proven highly susceptible to the pathogen in greenhouse tests. Tyler identified the Virginia highlands as a potential target for P. ramorum, as they have the cool, moist air needed for spore spread and survival. "Sudden oak death t...