University of Arizona licenses patent for natural fungicide
...the disease associated with the 19th century Irish potato famine. Zoosporic plant pathogens also cause the sudden oak death affecting oak trees in California and Europe. In the spring of 2004, Jeneil obtained U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval to use a rhamnolipid product as a fungicide, said the...Other highlights in the July 7 JNCI
...ds, including breakfast cereals, french fries, and potato chips. Although the mechanism by which acrylamide exerts its carcinogenic effect is unclear, acrylamide and its primary metabolite glycidamide are mutagenic. A new study reports a possible mechanism by which acrylamide mutates DNA and causes cancers....Mice with hyperactive Wnt10b gene eat all they want, but have half the body fat of normal mice
...animals with too little fat. But don't stock up on potato chips and ice cream just yet. The genetically altered mice are leaner than normal mice, but they also have some less-than-desirable characteristics such as underdeveloped mammary glands, an inability to generate body heat and skin that's twice as th...Natural, man-made mix promises biggest landscape plant growth
...nezuelan native now is in charge of research for a potato company in Dalhart.. "I love to do work that has meaning, that industry can use and (can) give us a better understanding of how to grow crops better." The journal article reports on the team's work on bush morning glory, a plant that Texas horticu...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...ig Island of Hawaii, the main staple was the sweet potato a more labor-intensive crop planted in relatively...anthropologists say that, by the late 1700s, sweet potato production had reached its maximum capacity. As a result, the chiefdoms on Maui and Hawaii began agg...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...hat was responsible for the mid-19th century Irish potato famine. "The sequencing of the P. ramorum genome represents the fastest tracking from identification of a new plant pathogen to the completion of its genome," says Dr. Brett Tyler of VBI. Tyler's research group provided a genetic map of t...UF researcher: New low-carb potato to debut in January
...iversity of Florida researcher says a new low-carb potato will help win back die-hard carbohydrate counters....re going to love the flavor and appearance of this potato and the fact that it has 30 percent fewer carbohydrates compared to a standard Russet baking potato,...Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
...olic paraboloid, a structure similar to a Pringles potato chip. Very strong, especially when compressed, hyperbolic paraboloids have been used by architects to create structures that don't easily buckle. The nautilus employs this structural element to build a sturdier shell. In mantis shrimp, however, the s...Researcher identifies Irish potato famine pathogen
...en and its place of origin that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s. Using DNA fingerprinting anal...iously presumed to be the culprit behind the Irish potato famine and other epidemics before Ristaino's groundbreaking 2001 study was present only in more mod...Research adds health benefit to tomatoes
...try, he added. "Tomatoes are second only to the potato in terms of the top vegetable consumed in the world," Myers said. "Per capita use in the U.S. in 2003 was 89 pounds of tomatoes per person. If we could boost the nutritional value of tomatoes, a large part of the population would benefit from that." ...Molecular mechanisms that trigger flowering in spring
...ntrolled 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 ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...the researchers genetically engineered tobacco and potato plants to produce a major structural protein of HPV. When the protein was purified and administered to mice, it induced an immune response. When the potatoes were fed to mice, they also induced an immune response, though not as significant. "Here,...Scientists find gene that protects against potato blight
...ght, the devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine. The discovery of the gene and its cloning ...tification of the gene, found in a species of wild potato known as Solanum bulbocastanum, holds significant potential. All of the varieties now cultivated com...Potato-related plant species exhaust potato cyst nematode
Dutch plant ecologists have investigated how the potato cyst nematode can be controlled using Solanum sisymbriifolium, a member of the potato family. The plant produces a hatching agent which causes the nematode's eggs to hatch. However, the ...Researchers developing 'sentinel plants' to warn of bioterrorism
.... If the sensor detects plant response to Colorado potato beetle in one part of the field, it directs pesticide spray only to that area, while leaving the rest of the field untouched." Beyond the potential practical applications, the scientists are motivated by simple curiosity about how plants sense enviro...Six reporters named to receive 2002 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...land's County Clare during the depths of Ireland's potato famine in 1847. The online awards category helps to promote best practices in the emerging field of Internet-based science journalism, Boyle noted. "I'm humbled and grateful to be in such august company," he added. "I hope this recognition will encou...Food expert says more tests needed before fried foods are tabled
... reported that some of our favorite foods, such as potato chips and french fries, may contain acrylamide. At...on is needed before people abandon french fries or potato chips. "People don't understand that traces of carcinogens can be found in pretty much all of our fo...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to decode plant devourer genomes
...ytophthora species, P. infestans, caused the Irish potato famine in the nineteenth century. This project will help researchers understand how Phytophthora operates and how best to inhibit it from infecting crops and forests. According to Tyler, "Phytophthora pathogens are literally destroyers from a dista...JGI to decode DNA of destructive plant pathogen
...er destructive plant diseases, including the Irish potato famine in the 1840s. By sequencing and comparing the DNA of the two Phytophthora genomes, the scientists hope to uncover clues to virulent diseases that are attacking 17 species of trees on the West Coast, including redwoods, big leaf maples, bay tr...ASPB urges opposition to mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods in Oregon
... to counter Late Blight (responsible for the Irish potato famine) resistant wild relatives of potato can be crossed into commercial potatoes. However, these crosses carry the risk of transferring poiso...