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Biological Weapons To Control Cane Toad Invasion In Australia
New research on cane toads
in Northern Australia has
discovered a way to control
the cane toad invasion using
parasites and toad
communication signals.
... > full story
Screw Worm Outbreak In Yemen
An outbreak of the insidious
"screw worm" fly in Yemen,
is threatening livelihoods,
in a country where rearing
livestock is a traditional
way of life. The menacing
fly lays its eggs in a cut
... > full story
Nitric Oxide Regulates Plants As Well As People
Nitric oxide has emerged as
an important signaling
molecule in plants as in
mammals, including people.
In studies of a tropical
medicinal herb as a model
... > full story
Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone
Ecologists have discovered
that subterranean and
aboveground herbivorous
insects can communicate with
each other by using plants
as telephones. Subterranean
insects issue chemical
... > full story
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Tomato Stands Firm In Face Of Fungus
May 8, 2008 — Scientists have discovered how to keep one's tomatoes from wilting -- the answer lies at the molecular level. Farmers and fellow agriculturalists are continuously battling the ability of plant ... > full story -
New Reason For Bee Hive Collapse: Ecologists Tease Out Private Lives Of Plants And Their Pollinators
May 6, 2008 — The quality of pollen a plant produces is closely tied to its sexual habits, ecologists have discovered. As well as helping explain the evolution of such intimate relationships between plants and ... > full story -
Nitric Oxide Regulates Plants As Well As People
April 29, 2008 — Nitric oxide has emerged as an important signaling molecule in plants -- as in mammals, including people. In studies of a tropical medicinal herb as a model plant, researchers have found that nitric ... > full story -
Pathway Found That Lets Mosquitoes Fatten Up, Slow Down For Winter
April 28, 2008 — Two genes that help insulin regulate mosquitoes' growth have been identified as key contributors to how the insects enter a dormant state to survive winter's cold. The research finding broadens the ... > full story -
Elusive Protein Protects Malaria Parasite From Heme
April 27, 2008 — Researchers have identified Heme Detoxification Protein, a unique protein encoded in the malaria genome that represents a potential target for developing new malaria drugs. They have characterized ... > full story -
Discovery To Hasten New Malaria Treatments, Vaccines For Children
April 25, 2008 — April 25 is World Malaria Day 2008 and despite the grim statistics out of Africa there's cause for celebration. Biologists have discovered an autoimmune-like response in blood drawn from ... > full story -
Fruit-eating Bats Eat Dirt To Detoxify Bad Parts Of Vegetables
April 25, 2008 — "Don't eat the green parts of tomatoes, cut the green off the potatoes." Any child would know that eating these parts of vegetables is a bad idea. The reason behind this is that they contain ... > full story -
Three Viruses Threaten Watermelon, Squash, Pumpkins, Cucumbers And Now Green Beans
April 24, 2008 — Agricultural scientists have made recommendations to help growers deal with several whitefly-transmitted viruses that threaten cucurbits and other crops in that state. In recent years, the number of ... > full story -
Transgenic Papaya Genome Draft Yields Many Fruits
April 24, 2008 — Researchers have produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants. And because it involves a genetically modified plant, the newly ... > full story -
Analysis Of RNA Role In Spreading Disease Advances Study Of Damaging Plant Infections
April 23, 2008 — Recent research that links specific pieces of RNA to an infectious organism's duplication and spread could lead the way to the prevention of viroids, pathogens that can kill or damage food crops and ... > full story
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