Seed News

Posted May 15, 2013:

• Helping Forests Gain Ground on Climate Change

Posted May 13, 2013:

• New Non-GM Technology Platform for Genetic Improvement of Sunflower Oilseed Crop

Posted May 10, 2013:

• Sacred Lotus Genome Sequence Enlightens Scientists

Posted May 9, 2013:

• Dust in the Clouds: Cirrus Clouds Form Around Mineral Dust and Metallic Particles

Posted May 7, 2013:

• Plants 'Talk' to Plants to Help Them Grow

Posted May 5, 2013:

• Brighter Clouds, Cooler Climate? Organic Vapors Affect Clouds, Leading to Previously Unidentified Climate Cooling

Posted May 2, 2013:

• New, More Accurate Way of Imaging Lung Cancer Tumors

Posted May 1, 2013:

• Soil May Harbor Answer to Reducing Arsenic in Rice

Posted April 29, 2013:

• Smoke Signals: How Burning Plants Tell Seeds to Rise from the Ashes
• U. S. Has Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity

Posted April 26, 2013:

• New Excavations in Sweden Indicate Use of Fertilizers 5,000 Years Ago

Posted April 25, 2013:

• Seeding a New Kind of Concrete

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Just What Makes That Little Old Ant… Change a Flower's Nectar Content?

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Weeding out Ineffective Biocontrol Agents

Posted April 17, 2013:

• Hydrogen Sulfide Greatly Enhances Plant Growth: Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production

Posted April 10, 2013:

• Metabolic Fingerprinting: Using Proteomics to Identify Proteins in Gymnosperm Pollination Drops

Posted April 5, 2013:

• Seeds of Model Cereal Plant Now Available

Posted April 4, 2013:

• New 'Dual Resistant' Tomatoes Fight Lethal Pests With One-Two Punch

Posted March 29, 2013:

• Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout in Hot Weather

Posted March 26, 2013:

• Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation: Inheritance Behavior in Corn Breaks Accepted Rules of Genetics

Posted March 21, 2013:

• Ants Rise With Temperature

Posted March 20, 2013:

• Strong Anti-Cancer Properties Discovered in Soybeans
• Hunting for Meat Impacts on Rainforest, Fruit Tree Seed Dispersal

Posted March 1, 2013:

• New Insights Into Plant Evolution

Posted February 28, 2013:

• Loss of Wild Insects Hurts Crops Around the World
• Grape Seed and Skin Extract: A Weapon in the Fight Against Kidney Disease Caused by High-Fat Diets

Posted February 26, 2013:

• 'Fat Worms' Inch Scientists Toward Better Biofuel Production

Posted February 19, 2013:

• 'Growing' Medicines in Plants Requires New Regulations, Experts Say

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Wild Plants Are Infected With Many Viruses and Still Thrive

Posted February 14, 2013:

• Next Generation Soybean Breeding: The Potential of Spectral Analysis

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Reproductive Workings of a Harvester Ant Dynasty
• Southwest Regional Warming Likely Cause of Pinyon Pine Cone Decline

Posted February 5, 2013:

• Healthy Seeds -- Treated Environmentally Friendly

Posted February 3, 2013:

• Plant Scientists Demonstrate New Means of Boosting Maize Yields

Posted February 1, 2013:

• Some Plants Are Altruistic, Too, New Study Suggests

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Bioinspired Fibers Change Color When Stretched

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Rice-Cell Cocktail Tough on Cancer Cells, Nice to Normal Cells

Posted January 17, 2013:

• As Colorectal Cancer Gets More Aggressive, Treatment With Grape Seed Extract Is Even More Effective, Study Shows

Posted January 10, 2013:

• Giant Tobacco Plants That Stay Young Forever

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Invading Species Can Extinguish Native Plants Despite Recent Reports to the Contrary
• Tree Seeds Offer Potential for Sustainable Biofuels
• Bugs Need Symbiotic Bacteria to Exploit Plant Seeds: Mid-Gut Microbes Help Insects in Processing Their Food

Posted January 8, 2013:

• Computer, Electrical Engineers Working to Help Biologists Cope With Big Data

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Corn Could Help Farmers Fight Devastating Weed

Posted January 3, 2013:

• Unlocking Sorghum's Gene Bank

Posted January 2, 2013:

• New Insights Into How Plants Grow in Response to Light, Water and Gravity

Posted December 19, 2012:

• Animals Contribute to Seagrass Dispersal: Fish, Terrapins, and Birds May Help Spread Eelgrass Seeds Into New Areas

Posted December 18, 2012:

• Botany Experiment Will Try out Zero Gravity Aboard Space Station

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Plant Sniffs out Danger to Prepare Defenses Against Pesky Insect

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Antioxidant Cookies Made Possible by Grape Seeds

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