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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 -
Scientist Develops Sterile Variety of Invasive Plant
August 16, 2011 — Scientists have developed a seedless variety of the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, also called 'burning bush,' that retains the plant's brilliant foliage yet eliminates its ability to ... > full story -
Biologists Confirm Sunflower Domesticated in Eastern North America
August 15, 2011 — New genetic evidence confirms what is now the eastern United States as the single geographic domestication site of modern ... > full story
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