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Sewage Treatment Plants May Contribute to Antibiotic Resistance Problem
December 7, 2011 — Water discharged into lakes and rivers from municipal sewage treatment plants may contain significant concentrations of the genes that make bacteria antibiotic-resistant. That's the conclusion of a ... > full story -
Farming Crucial for Threatened Species in Developing World
December 5, 2011 — A number of threatened species in the developing world are entirely dependent on human agriculture for their survival, according to new ... > full story -
Stronger Corn? Take It Off Steroids, Make It All Female
November 30, 2011 — Researchers have taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other ... > full story -
Growing Knowledge in Space: Studying What Effects Microgravity Has on Plant Cell Walls, Root Growth Patterns and Gene Regulation
November 29, 2011 — Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's ... > full story -
Climate Change Stunting Growth of Century-Old Antarctic Moss Shoots
November 29, 2011 — The dominant plants in Antarctica have been affected by modern climate change according to new research. In a handful of coastal Antarctic "oases" void of permanent ice cover, lush moss beds grow ... > full story -
Big Pest, Small Genome: Two-Spotted Spider Mite Genome Decoded
November 23, 2011 — Biologists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants ... > full story -
DNA System Developed to Identify and Authenticate Plant Species
November 23, 2011 — Biologists have developed a method which can detect the use of illegal or counterfeit plants in medicine and could also be used to boost conservation by identifying and monitoring the exploitation of ... > full story -
Herbicide May Affect Plants Thought to Be Resistant
November 22, 2011 — Researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need ... > full story -
Thanksgiving in Space May One Day Come With All the Trimmings
November 21, 2011 — Future astronauts spending Thanksgiving in space may not have to forgo one of the most traditional parts of the day's feast: fresh sweet potatoes. Agricultural researchers have now developed methods ... > full story -
Rainfall Suspected Culprit in Leaf Disease Transmission
November 21, 2011 — Rainfalls are suspected to trigger the spread of a multitude of foliar (leaf) diseases, which could be devastating for agriculture and forestry. Instead of focusing on the large-scale, ecological ... > full story
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