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Plant scientists move closer to making any crop drought-tolerant.
September 2010 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
September 2010 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
August 2010 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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Black rice rivals pricey blueberries as source of healthful antioxidants
August 2010 Health conscious consumers who hesitate at the price of fresh blueberries and blackberries, fruits renowned for high levels of healthful antioxidants,...
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Study predicts massive impact of drought tolerant maize in Africa
August 2010 New varieties of drought-tolerant maize could generate up to $1.5 billion for African farmers, consumers.
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Researchers discover how the storehouses of plant cells are formed.
August 2010 'Splitting protein' shown to play crucial role in formation of plant vacuoles.
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Drought drives decade-long decline in plant growth.
August 2010 Global plant productivity that once was on the rise with warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline because of regiona...
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Apathetic aphids with attitude become easier prey for ladybugs
August 2010 Apathetic aphids – which become accustomed to ignoring genetically engineered chemical alarms in plants and alarms sent by fellow aphids – become easy...
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As crops wither in Russia's severe drought, vital plant field bank faces demolition
August 2010 Hearing date is Aug. 11 for Pavlovsk Fruit Collection case; Russian government called on to intervene.
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Biofuels sustainability: JRC designs methodology to calculate carbon stock changes
July 2010 A key tool is the JRC's methodology to quantify changes to the amount of carbon in soils and biomass when land use changes as a result of biofuels pro...
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