32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...ving yields of major food, feed, fiber and biomass crops and reducing hybrid seed production costs. Glennan Microsystems, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) Advanced Fuel and Emission Control (AFEC) System Technology DemonstratorDevelop an active combustion control system for gas turbine engines based on MEMS t...How roots control plant shoots
...day might allow scientists to genetically engineer crops and other plants to be more productive in dry conditions for example, so that crops could keep producing abundant leaves in a drought by irrigating them while overriding the genetic si...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
... D would ban the growing of genetically engineered crops in the county. ASPB said in a letter to Butte Cou...ound that biotechnology and genetic engineering of crops hold great promise for agriculture in developing countries. The report noted that more than 70 perc...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
...omy with a biobased economy that uses agricultural crops as the platform. "The U.S. has access to significant amounts of biobased resources, including those of the highly productive corn/soybean cropping system in the Midwest -- arguably the largest man-made ecosystem on the planet," Blaschek said. ...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...e pathogen-host interactions; Nutrition-enriched crops to counter specific deficiencies, such as vitamin A-rich "Golden Rice" to improve health for millions without a balanced diet; Sequencing pathogen genomes to understand their biology and identify new antimicrobials; Recombinant technology to make...New technique targets pesticide-resistant insects
...ant to pesticides used on important food and fibre crops worldwide. The technique, patented by the NSW Depa...where pesticide resistance and chemical overuse on crops is a major problem. "It also has potential for public health programs such as malaria control." An I...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...ture and history one of the world's most important crops corn. This crop dominates agriculture in the Unit...mprovements in one of the world's most significant crops and gain new and important insights in plant genomic studies," said Messing, director of the Waksman...Australian expertise helps resurrect Iraq's ancient marshlands
...se the various soil types that can be used to grow crops and which ones to avoid," Dr Fitzpatrick says. His team is now preparing a series of papers for major international journals and conferences to communicate the impact of their findings. "It was a magical experience," Dr Fitzpatrick says. "The potent...Researchers redrawing the Tree of Life
... Development and the Jeffress Fund, he has studied crops such as rice, peanut, cowpea, and millets, using biotechnological methods, and focused on outreach programs with Kenya and Morocco. The Tree of Life laboratories will exchange plant and DNA material and gene sequence data, and some labs will focu...ASPB opposes proposed ban of GMOs in Humboldt county ballot measure M
...re M would ban the growing of genetically modified crops in Humboldt County. In the letter, ASPB Presiden...cally engineered foods and traditionally bred food crops present similar risks. The report can be read on the National Academies web site at http://www.na...Passage of GMO ban in San Luis Obispo would encourage use of harsh pesticides
... Measure Q's exemption from the ban on growing GE crops for university-based agricultural research does no...cally engineered foods and traditionally bred food crops present similar risks. The report can be read on the National Academies web site at http://www.na...Incentives for US farmers reduce water waste
...Water- and soil-conservation practices, like cover crops and crop rotations, should be implemented to minimize rapid water runoff related to soil erosion. Water subsidies that encourage the wasteful use of water by farmers and others should be eliminated. Forests, wetlands and natural resources should be...Farmers don't need a new superstar toxin to fight bugs
... used in plants in the buffer zone around the main crops can play a major role in insect control, and they ...toxicity genetic protectant used in the main field crops can survive, breed and reproduce in the refuge. Farmers, who now use crops with high-toxicity protec...Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides
...sure B would prohibit growing genetically modified crops in the county. Following is the letter sent by ASP...cally engineered foods and traditionally bred food crops present similar risks. The report can be read on the National Academies web site at http://www.na...Hurricane damage creates pecan shortage
...owing season and caused tremendous damage to pecan crops in these two states," he said. Georgia, which normally produces 120 million pounds of pecans annually, lost an estimated 50 percent of its already reduced pecan crop. Alabama, which took a direct hit from Hurricane Ivan, lost 80 percent of its total...International Rice Functional Genomics meeting in Tucson Nov. 15-17
...an design more drought-tolerant, disease-resistant crops and grow them in a more environmentally friendly w... professor emeritus in the department of vegetable crops at the University of California, Davis. Other keynote speakers are J. Neil Rutger, director of the ...Genetically engineered corn poses no immediate threat to Mexican crops
...ational coordination of regulatory policies, so GM crops that are released in our country are also evaluated for safety in other countries that import viable GM seeds....Researchers discover new way to boost grain crops' drought tolerance
... technology that increases the tolerance of grains crops to drought by decreasing the amount of an enzyme t...e already begun. "Increasing drought tolerance in crops is highly valuable to U.S. and world agriculture now, and will be even more critical as our environm...Study suggests nutrient decline in garden crops over past 50 years
AUSTIN, Texas A recent study of 43 garden crops led by a University of Texas at Austin biochemist ...in recent decades while farmers have been planting crops designed to improve other traits. The study was designed to investigate th...Hudson's Bay Company fur trapping policies set stage for modern environmental struggles
...h the introduction of European farming methods and crops to supply its far-flung fur-trading empire. And la... fostered European patterns of land use and exotic crops such as wheat, potatoes and cattle that permanently altered the landscape. The fur trade also had s...