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Peach Genome Offers Insights Into Breeding Strategies for Biofuels Crops
March 24, 2013 — Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. ... > full story -
When a Gene Is Worth Two: Same Gene Fulfills Different Biological Roles in Plants
March 22, 2013 — The notion that each gene can only codify for a single protein has been challenged for some years. Yet, the functional outcomes that may result from genes encoding more than one protein are still ... > full story -
Microalgae Could Be a Profitable Source of Biodiesel
March 21, 2013 — Dinoflagellate microalgae could be used as a raw material to obtain biodiesel easily and ... > full story -
In Triplicate, Genes Make Maize Tolerant to Toxic Soil
March 20, 2013 — Rendering some of the world’s toxic soils far less unfriendly, researchers are learning to grow stress-tolerant crops on formerly non-farmable ... > full story -
Financial Benefits of Plant-Based, Mediterranean Diet
March 20, 2013 — People who followed a six-week cooking program and followed simple, plant-based recipes decreased their total food spending, purchased healthier food items and improved their food ... > full story -
Why Red Algae Never Colonized Dry Land
March 20, 2013 — The first red alga genome has just been sequenced. The genome of Chondrus crispus, also known by the Breton name 'pioka', turns out to be small and compact for a multicellular organism. It has fewer ... > full story -
Hunting for Meat Impacts on Rainforest, Fruit Tree Seed Dispersal
March 20, 2013 — Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in ... > full story -
Suggestions for a Middle Ground Between Unlogged Forest and Intensively Managed Lands
March 18, 2013 — In the world's forested regions, two management systems -- retention forestry and agroforestry -- are being used to alleviate conflicts between preserving biodiversity and addressing human needs in ... > full story -
Tiny Minotaurs and Mini-Casanovas: Ancient Pigmy Moths Reveal Secrets of Their Diversity
March 18, 2013 — Strange thickened antennae like bulls' horns and mustache-like scent scales are amongst the romantic armory of males of Australia's tiniest moths, as revealed in a new study of their diversity and ... > full story -
Scientists Map Genome of Fungus That Causes Dutch Elm Disease
March 14, 2013 — Researchers have successfully mapped the genes in the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease. The researchers believe this is the first time the 30 million DNA letters for the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi ... > full story
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