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the potato is the second most important food for families after maize. Smallholder farmers produced around 10 million tonnes of potatoes this year,
By contrast, the antibodies produced by PHARMA-PLANTA were derived from tobacco plants grown in greenhouses in Germany,
While the low-carb dieters got 41 percent of their calories from fat most were healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats like olive or canola oil.
which could lead to better canola oil and possibly to less bitter broccoli. Published in the journal Science the findings will help scientists understand how plant genomes evolve in the context of domestication.
Broccoli cauliflower Brussels sprouts Chinese cabbage turnip collared greens mustard canola oil all these are different incarnations of the same plant genus Brassica. hole-genome sequencing efforts like this one allow us to address two fundamental
#Gene keeps wheat from sprouting on the stalk A new way to keep high humidity from damaging wheat crops could save farmers millions of dollars
When they switched the gene off using molecular tools soybean yields were increased by up to 44 percent t
#To beat stem rust, wheat crops get new gene University of California Davis rightoriginal Studyposted by Pat Bailey-UC Davis on July 30 2013uc DAVIS (US)# Scientists
have found a gene in wild wheat that could make commercial wheat varieties resistant to a new strain of stem rust.
By transferring this gene to commercial wheat varieties wheat breeders will have a distinct advantage in controlling the epidemic the researchers say.
since 1999 threatening important wheat production areas of the world#says co-author Jorge Dubcovsky a wheat geneticist at University of California Davis and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.#
About 90 percent of the wheat varieties grown worldwide are susceptible to Ug99. Previous resistance genes that had proven effective for fighting the disease for 50 years are ineffective against this new race.
Scientists are now looking for new sources of resistance to protect the global wheat crop which millions of people depend on for food.
They then inserted the gene into a wheat variety that is susceptible to the diseases engineering a resistance to Ug99.#
Singapore has taken local urban farming to a high level Skygreens has built the world s first commercial vertical farm in large three-story greenhouses, providing a sustainable source of fresh vegetables.
The seed companies think providing more data to farmers could increase America maize yield from 160 bushels an acre (10 tonnes a hectare) to 200 bushelsiving a terrific boost to growersmeagre margins.
restaurants and convenience stores, focusing on cities where urban growth often prevents fresh vegetables from being readily available.
but they do reap benefits from them including increased yields of cash crops like corn and soybeans.
and soybeans the most common crops in the U s. Moreover cover crops were especially effective under drought conditions.
Farmers who responded reported average increases of 11.1 bushels of corn per acre and 4. 9 bushels of soybeans per acre over prior harvests.
The increase in soybeans was 11.6 percent. That's pretty impressive. The growers reported yield information from fields comparable in conditions and rotation except for the cover crops.
Respondents from the drought-affected states reported even greater benefits in soybeans: an average increase of 5. 7 bushels per acre or 14.3 percent higher yields after cover crops.
and alfalfa that are inherently more drought tolerant and might be used more often in U s. agriculture Doug also discussed the success of conventional corn breeders who have increased drought tolerance at a steady pace of 1 percent per year over decades.
a bike-mounted maize sheller. Easily attached to a bike and powered by pedaling, the low-cost,
The startup still sells maize shellers upon request, but doesn advertise them.)The solar lamps, Wu says,
and use the new maize sheller: Farmers need only change a sprocket on the wheel
Now not only could farmers process all their maize in one day, but they also retained their bikes for other uses.
Sometimes maize wasn ejecting properly, and the machine would jam, coming to a sudden halt and putting stress on the threads,
and used longer bolts with springs to secure the sheller so when the maize jammed,
and perform poorly when applied to polyploid species such as bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L) . which has multiple sets of chromosomes.
This disease is responsible for devastating bread wheat crops and has developed'Warrior'strains capable of infecting individuals previously believed to have tolerance."
Massive imports have driven down Indian soybean prices by 20 per cent in four months, discouraging farmers from expanding oilseed area.
who cultivates soybeans in Dewas, a district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh."
"said Davish Jain, chairman of the Soybean Processors Association of India.""Our oilseed and edible oil production will not rise
and boosting state support for rapeseed, soybeans and peanuts. But as of now, it is a Catch-22 for farmers and millers."
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
Yet from drought tolerant maize to virus-resistant cassava, many biotech traits are being developed that could quickly improve the livelihoods of poorer African farmers.
I had visited recently trial plots of genetically modified cassava that demonstrated complete resistance to the virus. The faces of the hungry children come to mind every time I hear European politicians boast about their country G. M. O. ban
and will tap into a Kansas wheat variety repository that dates back to the 1900s in hopes of finding a variety perhaps one that fell out of favour among commercial farmers that might already be low in reactivity for celiac sufferers.
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discovered the gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana, known as Pitjuri to indigenous Aboriginals tribes.
including the sugar in maize and sugarcane. Fermentation turns the sugar into lactic acid which in turn is a building block for polylactic acid.
#Medical marijuana Sparks New Technology The emerging cannabis industry has created not only thousands of new jobs, it has also given birth to a new technology niche.
Some of the kiosks actually dispense medical marijuana, while others are strictly banking related. The banking transaction works in coordination with the seed to sale software so that the product and purchase match up.
With 23 states legalizing medical marijuana and more to follow, these businesses hope that by getting in on the ground floor,
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which has been suggested to play a role in prevention of steroid-hormone related cancers, particularly breast cancer.
, grapes, soybeans, etc..The tomatoes can be harvested and juiced and the valuable compounds can be extracted from the juice.
With international interest on whether the subcritical method would also work on cassava (the starchy root of a tropical tree),
#Solar Sunflower technology harnesses the power of 5, 000 suns The latest in solar power comes to us from Swiss inventors working for Airlight Energy, Dsolar (a subsidiary of Airlight),
It's called the Solar Sunflower, and like its namesake, it tracks the sun and cools itself by pumping water through its veins like a plant.
Aside from its aesthetically-pleasing design, the Solar Sunflower also makes use of some innovative technology.
the Solar Sunflower incorporates these technologies in a novel way that represents a few ingenious engineering breakthroughs.
According to Gianluca Ambrosetti, Airlight's head of research, the Solar Sunflower's reflectors concentrate the sun"to about 5, 000 suns."
and dealing with those high temperatures is how the Solar Sunflower really sets itself apart. Photovoltaic cells used by the Sunflower have a max operating temperature of around 105 degrees Celsius,
which is significantly less than the melting temperature of iron, let alone the heat of 5, 000 suns.
To counteract this, the Sunflower makes use of a hot water cooling system invented by the project's IBM collaborators.
The real obstacle to the implementation of the Solar Sunflower is its cost. Its gallium arsenide photovoltaic cells
At the very least, the Solar Sunflower adds to the list of highly-efficient alternatives to nonrenewables now available to consumers s
as well as biodiesel from soybeans and rapeseed. Food for discussion These results will contribute an angle of nuance to the current debate on biofuels in The netherlands.
Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discovered the gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana, known as Pitjuri to indigenous Aboriginals tribes.
eating fresh vegetables, using a knife to cut meat, swimming, and drinking soda and champagne. couldn believe how much I had missed the flavours and textures of a juicy steak,
the Virginia Tech team used dirty biomass--the husks and stalks of corn plants--to create their fuel.
the leading producer of white maize in the country but the hot and humid climate favors the proliferation of all kinds of pests.
"If 22 million tons of maize are produced in Mexico, we are talking about 88 million pills;
Finally, Brazilian beef and soybean production were rising during much of the same time when deforestation was falling.
Mato grosso, for example, is a far bigger soybean producer than the other two states. The other is that there are differences in policy
A team of scientists led by Carnegie Wolf Frommer has discovered now that a sugar-transport protein in maize
The ancestors of the modern maize planted today across large acreages in the U s . and worldwide had much smaller endosperms.
more sugar-filled seeds such as maize kernels were more attractive to human cultivators, due to their nutritive value and their ability to produce sturdier seedlings.
Frommer team analyzed maize genes involved in sugar-related processes to find ones that were seed urned onduring development.
which encodes a sugar transporter protein in maize, was shown to be expressed specifically in the maize seed by the group of Prem Chourey at University of Florida,
and had evidence of selection due to domestication. The evidence that the SWEET4C gene was selected during domestication was discovered by the team of Jeff Ross-Ibarra at UC Davis,
while comparing SWEET4 sequences from modern maize against its wild ancestor Teosinte. If variation of the sequence of a specific gene is reduced greatly in modern versions
Gratifyingly, the importance of the study goes beyond maize yield. The authors found that the corresponding gene in rice was also critical for seed filling
and breeders. ur work indicates that SWEET4 could be a promising target for engineering varieties of maize,
#An innovative way to increase flower, seed and fruit production A scientist from UPM has developed a method to enhance crop yield by the contact of roots aerial parts or even the substratum of the plant fungus'Colletotrichum tofieldiae'.
Elevated radiation levels widespread in eastern Japan Test show Japanese child exposed to radiation Rice crops threatened by radiation Radioactive tuna found in Pacific ocean Hydrofracking drives new water treatment solutions
Palm oil-105g Soybean-103g Rapeseed-95g Sunflower-86g Palm oil with methane capture-83g Wheat (process fuel not specified)- 64g Wheat (as process fuel natural gas used in CHP)- 47g
Corn (Maize)- 43g Sugar cane-36g Sugar beet-34g Wheat (straw as process fuel in CHP plants)- 35g 2g Ethanol (land-using)- 32g 2g Biodiesel (land-using)- 21g 2g Ethanol
soybean, and rapeseed oil--are all the least energy efficient. However, they are also the cheapest to produce,
Researchers at Cornell University and Rothamsted Research in the United kingdom successfully transplanted genes from a type of bacteria-called cyanobacteria-into tobacco plants
#A Nimble-Wheeled Farm Robot Goes to Work in Minnesota This summer a Minnesota startup began deploying an autonomous robot that rolls between corn plants spraying crop fertilizer.
The Saturas sensor provides accurate information for optimized irrigation to reduce water consumption with no stress to the plants and increases fruit production and quality.
#Sweet source for aviation biofuel Researchers have identified a new way to produce aviation fuel from sugarcane biomass that could deliver substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Biofuel sweetspot"We've identified a new route of chemistry with its source from sugars in sugarcane plus some of the so-called waste material called bagasse"
If, for example, we were to use sugar beet instead of sugarcane then there would be a potential conflict over fuel versus food."
"By using sugarcane, particularly in Brazil, on land that is not used for agriculture, we escape that conundrum."
#Biodiesel production from Sugarcane A multi-institutional team led by plant biology professor Stephen P. Long from the University of Illinois reports that it can increase sugarcane's geographic range boost its photosynthetic rate by 30 percent
These are the first steps in a bigger initiative that will turn sugarcane and sorghum two of the most productive crop plants known into even more productive oil-generating plants.
But soybean isnt productive enough to meet the nations need for renewable diesel fuels Long said.
and mustard) and later with sugarcane the team introduced genes that boost natural oil production in the plant.
They increased oil production in sugarcane stems to about 1. 5 percent. The team hopes to increase the oil content of sugarcane stems to about 20 percent he said.
Using genetic engineering the researchers increased photosynthetic efficiency in sugarcane and sorghum by 30 percent Long said.
And to boost cold tolerance researchers are crossing sugarcane with Miscanthus a related perennial grass that can grow as far north as Canada.
The new hybrid is more cold-tolerant than sugarcane but further crosses are needed to restore the other attributes of sugarcane
while preserving its cold-tolerance Long said. Ultimately the team hopes to integrate all of these new attributes into sugarcane he said.
The research team led by the University of Illinois includes scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory the University of Florida and the University of Nebraska.
Long is an affiliate of the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois s
But researchers discovered weak evidence that medical marijuana was associated with improvements in nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy
'Since medical marijuana is not a lifesaving intervention, it may be prudent to wait before widely adopting its use until high-quality evidence is available to guide the development of a rational approval process,
researchers discovered that the Raxx protein was present in at least eight species of the disease-causing Xanthamonas bacteria that are known to attack ricehe staple food for half of the world populations well as maize, cassava, sugar cane, tomatoes, peppers
, wheat, alfalfa, onions, banana, and citrus. ur research team is delighted to announce the discovery of the Raxx protein,
without the high Scientists have figured out how to separate the pain relieving qualities of medical marijuana from its psychological side-effects in an effort to offer people a new high-free option.
and thinks it could be the key to medical marijuana without the negative side effects.""For me, the ideal drug would be in one of two scenarios:
features fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover--the non-edible portion of corn crops such as the stalk--converting up to 97 percent
"Although cellulosic biomass such as corn stover, wheat straw and bagasse (the fibrous remains after sugar is extracted from sugarcane
including the sugar in maize and sugarcane. Fermentation turns the sugar into lactic acid, which in turn is a building block for polylactic acid.
Queensland grain growers have for many years produced wheat varieties classified as rime hard wheatbecause these were suited to the production of good-quality bread. he precise reason for the difference in the quality of the rime hard wheathas long been a mystery,
Professor Henry said. owever new wheat varieties must retain the essential quality characteristics of wheat. heat varieties are assessed normally for bread-making quality by conducting a baking test. his is only possible late in the breeding process
Professor Henry and his colleagues are eager to produce new premium wheat varieties. he good news is that premium wheats attract better prices so this discovery potentially means more dollars for Australian farmers.
AAFI scientists expect to exploit the bread-quality gene by developing improved wheat varieties using speed-breeding technologies that allow multiple generations of different varieties to be grown quickly
a chemical engineer with joint appointments at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. he recyclable catalysts we developed are capable of converting sugarcane biomass into a new class of aviation fuel and lubricants with superior cold
The process developed at EBI can be used to selectively upgrade alkyl methyl ketones derived from sugarcane biomass into trimer condensates with better than 95-percent yields.
the fibrous residue that remains after juice is extracted from sugarcane stalk, into fuels and other products.
Although the goal of this study was to develop a strategy for the flexible production of jet fuels and lubricant base oils in a Brazilian sugarcane refinery,
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