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Speedy Recovery: New Corn Performs Better in Cold

Speedy Recovery: New Corn Performs Better in Cold Nearly everyone on Earth is familiar with corn. Literally. Around the world, each person eats an average of 70 pounds of the grain each year, with even more grown for animal feed…

Isabel27/02/2020

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Can chickpea genes save mustard seeds from blight disease?

Alternaria blight caused by fungal pathogen devastates Brassica crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and mustard seed. Highly infectious, this fungus can infect the host plant at all stages of growth. Currently Alternaria blight is managed by chemical fungicides, but…

Isabel26/02/2020

Agriculture News Plant Health Plant Science

Scientists learn how plants manipulate their soil environment to assure a steady supply of nutrients

Dissolved carbon in soil can quench plants' ability to communicate with soil microbes, allowing plants to fine-tune their relationships with symbionts. Experiments show how synthetic biology tools can help understand environmental controls on agricultural productivity.

Isabel24/02/2020

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Communicating science can benefit from scientists ‘being human’

As social beliefs and values change over time, scientists have struggled with effectively communicating the facts of their research with the public. Now, a team of researchers believe scientists can gain trust with their audience by showing their human side.…

Isabel21/02/2020

Agriculture Fruits and Vegetables News Plant Science

Genetic marker discovery could ease plant breeders’ work

Plant breeders are always striving to develop new varieties that satisfy growers, producers and consumers. To do this, breeders use genetic markers to bring desirable traits from wild species into their cultivated cousins. Transferring those markers across species has been…

Isabel20/02/2020

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Speedy Recovery: New Corn Performs Better in Cold

Can chickpea genes save mustard seeds from blight disease?

Scientists learn how plants manipulate their soil environment to assure a steady supply of nutrients

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Genetic marker discovery could ease plant breeders’ work

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