Search results for 'Genetic engineering OR transgenic OR GM OR genetic modification OR GMO'
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Plant scientists move closer to making any crop drought-tolerant.
New research builds on breakthrough discovery at UC Riverside of synthetic chemical pyrabactin.
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Researchers discover novel mechanism protecting plants against freezing
New ground broken by Michigan State University biochemists helps explain how plants protect themselves from freezing temperatures and could lead to di...
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Core knowledge of tree fruit expands with apple genome sequencing
An international team of scientists funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the cu...
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Apathetic aphids with attitude become easier prey for ladybugs
Apathetic aphids – which become accustomed to ignoring genetically engineered chemical alarms in plants and alarms sent by fellow aphids – become ea...
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As crops wither in Russia's severe drought, vital plant field bank faces demolition
Hearing date is Aug. 11 for Pavlovsk Fruit Collection case; Russian government called on to intervene.
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What plant genes tell us about crop domestication
Anyone who has seen teosinte, the wild grass from which maize (corn) evolved, might be forgiven for assuming many genetic changes underlie the transf...
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Genotyping technologies help keep UK barley market competitive
By exploiting technology originally used in human genome studies, a public-private partnership programme is changing the way in which commercial barle...
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Flowering and freezing tolerance linked in wheat
New findings, published June 22 in the Online First issue of the journal Plant Physiology, shed light on the connection between flowering and freezing...
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Gene leads to longer shelf life for tomatoes, possibly other fruits
A Purdue University researcher has found that adding a yeast gene increases production of a compound that reduces post harvest and senescence decay a...
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The dilemma of plants fighting infections
Individuals of one and the same plant species often differ greatly in their ability to resist pathogens: while one rose succumbs to bacterial infectio...
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