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BGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail millet genome

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Shenzhen, China - BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, in cooperation with Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Science, has completed the genome sequence and analysis of foxtail millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely planted species of millet. This study provides an invaluable resource for the study and genetic improvemen...

BGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail millet genome

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A curious twist in a family of plant proteins called chalcone-isomerase recently was discovered by Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University led by Eve Wurtele. Pursuing basic scientific discovery, they found three similar proteins that could soon translate into positive results for bio...

Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A new innovation can completely reshape an industry - inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural community with the potential for higher crop yields and better nutritional content, along with the reduction of ...

Scientist asks SC to junk kalikasan writ plea against GMO eggplant

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A SCIENTIST assessing Bacillus thuringiensis eggplant’s applicability here has urged the Supreme Court to junk the arguments of those seeking the issuance of a writ of kalikasan against the biotech crop. Dr. Emiliana Bernardo, a member of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Department ...

Specialty crop group petitions EPA on herbicide-resistant crops

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A coalition within the U.S. specialty crop industry has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to conduct an environmental impact statement (EIS) for dicamba- and 2,4-D-tolerant crops, saying more study of the technologies is needed.

New Research Reveals Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barcoding Insects as a Way to Track and Control Them

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barcodes may bring to mind the sales tags and scanners found in supermarkets and other stores. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using "DNA barcodes" to monitor insects that damage crops as diverse as wheat, barley and potatoes, and to make pest management decisions. In DNA barcoding, scientists...

Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer’s book in the land of the midnight sun

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barley grown in Scandinavian countries is adapted in a similar way to reindeer to cope with the extremes of day length at high latitudes new research from the John Innes Centre and the Max Planck Institute has found. Researchers have found a genetic mutation in some Scandinavian barley varieties that di...

Genes underlying the key domestication process in sorghum and other cereals

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering - the process by which grasses disseminate their seeds - were under parallel selection during sorghum, rice and maize domestication.

GM crops need of the hour, say experts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Genetically Modified seeds are the need of the hour to bolster farm production in the face of rising demand, and a way to match productivity of countries such as China and Vietnam, according to food scientists and experts here. With GM crops seen with suspicion by most, the scientists said there is an inherent lack of awareness about its adva...

Antarctic Octopus Study Shows West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Have Collapsed 200,000 Years Ago

Monday, May 14, 2012

Scientists at the University have found that genetic information on the Antarctic octopus supports studies indicating that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could have collapsed during its history, possibly as recently as 200,000 years ago. Genes from more than 450 Turq...

Japanese scientists use particle accelerator to create salt-resistant rice

Monday, May 14, 2012

An unfortunate and little reported side effect of last year’s Japanese earthquake and tsunami is that thousands of acres of farmland were contaminated with seawater. Rice is a staple crop in Japan, and it requires large amounts of water to grow. The salt in seawater, however, stunts or outright ki...

Don’t live in fear of genetically modified food

Monday, May 14, 2012

Arzeena Hamir’s April 27 tirade against genetically modified food caught my attention not because of its wisdom, but because of its unscientific one-sided blather. As she herself states, “Not a single long term test for human safety has been conducted,” yet she makes the bold negative assertion that we, in effect, are being...

GM crops need of the hour, say experts

Monday, May 14, 2012

New Tool for Tracking a Voracious Pest

Monday, May 14, 2012

Since it first appeared in Texas in 1986, the Russian wheat aphid has cost U.S. wheat growers an estimated $200 million each year. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new tool to keep track of this nasty worldwide threat to wheat and barley and to provide guidance to researchers and plant breeders on control ...

International Prize Granted to Cuban Institutions

Monday, April 30, 2012

Havana, Cuba - Cuban institutions received in this capital the trophy of the World Organization of Industrial Property for their biotechnological results, software industry, computerization of society, and services of high added value. The WOIP Deputy General Director, Geoffrey Onyeama, handed over the prizes to representatives of the Center f...

May 16

»BGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail...

May 16

»Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid producti...

May 16

»Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Reg...

May 16

»Scientist asks SC to junk kalikasan writ plea...

May 16

»Specialty crop group petitions EPA on herbici...

May 15

»New Research Reveals Challenges in Geneticall...