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Breeding Soybeans for Improved Feed
September 17, 2011 Modifying soybean seed to increase phosphorus content can improve animal nutrition and reduce feed costs and nutrient pollution. However, further research is needed to commercialize this valuable ... > full story -
Amateur Botanists in Brazil Discover a Genuflexing Plant
September 14, 2011 A new plant species that buries its seeds -- the first in its family -- was discovered in the Atlantic forest of Bahia, Brazil, by an international team of amateur and professional ... > full story -
Plant Compound Reduces Breast Cancer Mortality, Study Suggests
September 13, 2011 Many studies suggest that hormone-like plant compounds called phytoestrogens have a cancer protective effect. Scientists have now provided evidence that in postmenopausal breast cancer patients these ... > full story -
How Can High-Quality Seed Be Reproduced?
September 9, 2011 Some wild plants show the particular characteristic of apomixis. This is a process adopted for producing seeds without fertilization or genetic recombination, giving rise to exact copies of the ... > full story -
Improving the Resistance of Maize by Using Bacteria
September 8, 2011 Maize plants that have been inoculated with bacteria naturally present in the soil show improved resistance against a pathogenic fungus and a considerable reduction in the number of attacks by a ... > full story -
Research for Frost-Resistant Strawberry Plants
September 2, 2011 Soon it will be possible to grow strawberries that withstand frost. This will lengthen their growing season in countries that must cope with cooler ... > full story -
Experiment Provides Unprecedented Insight Into Cloud Formation
August 25, 2011 Researchers are reporting the first results of CERN's CLOUD experiment, designed to study the effect of cosmic rays on the formation of atmospheric aerosols -- tiny liquid or solid particles ... > full story -
Coriander Oil Could Tackle Food Poisoning and Drug-Resistant Infections
August 23, 2011 Coriander oil has been shown to be toxic to a broad range of harmful bacteria. Its use in foods and in clinical agents could prevent food-borne illnesses and even treat antibiotic-resistant ... > full story -
Comparing Soybean Production Methods
August 23, 2011 Twin-row soybean production is becoming a popular growing technique for soybean producers. An agricultural scientists has now compared the effects of planting soybeans in twin-rows vs. ... > full story -
New Component of a Plant Steroid-Activated Pathway Discovered
August 18, 2011 Plant biologists have been working for years to nail down the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a cell to the ... > full story
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