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Researcher Studies Proteins That Make Rice Flourish
July 27, 2007 — Scientists are evaluating certain type of proteins and the molecular mechanisms that trigger rice's response to stressful conditions, such as drought, high salinity or a biological disease called ... > full story -
Satellite Data Can Warn Of Famine, NASA Researchers Find
July 19, 2007 — Scientists have developed a new method to anticipate food shortages brought on by drought. They created a model using data from satellite remote sensing of crop growth and food prices. Supply and ... > full story -
Genetically Engineered Maize Is Resistant To Maize Streak Virus
July 8, 2007 — Scientists have developed a transgenic maize variety resistant to maize streak virus. The transmission of MSV by a leafhopper is exacerbated during drought conditions, resulting in devastated crops ... > full story -
Getting To The Root Of Plant Growth
June 27, 2007 — A £9.2 million research center at the University of Nottingham will break new ground in our understanding of plant growth, and could lead to the development of drought-resistant crops for ... > full story -
Severity Of Desertification On World Stage
June 19, 2007 — Desertification puts the health and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk, according to the United Nations. Because dryland desertification can be remedied or ... > full story -
Vets Seeing More Horses With Nutritional Issues This Year
June 11, 2007 — While much of the Midwest has recovered from the drought that parched the area last year, horses are continuing to experience effects from the hot dry summer of 2006. Due to a bad hay crop, ... > full story -
Colorado River Streamflow History Reveals Megadrought Before 1490
May 17, 2007 — An epic drought during the mid-1100s dwarfs any drought previously documented for a region that includes areas of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The six-decade-long drought was ... > full story -
Drylands Are Not The Same As Badlands
May 10, 2007 — Drylands, where 38 percent of the world's population lives, can be protected from the irreversible damage of desertification if local residents and managers at all levels would follow basic ... > full story -
Brewing A Sustainable Energy Solution
May 2, 2007 — A new project to turn beer wastewater into electricity has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund in ... > full story -
Drought Limits Tropical Plant Distributions, Scientists Report
May 2, 2007 — Drought tolerance is a critical determinant of tropical plant distributions, scientists report. In a novel coupling of experimental measurements and observed plant distributions across a tropical ... > full story
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