Science news articles about 'cereal crops'

  • Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet

    ... zero to 100 per cent. For example, cereal crops like wheat don't ... Dr Cunningham says. When the group looked at pollinated crops in more detail, they found that pollinator shortages might be beginning ...
  • Wide rows reduce crop yield

    Research has revealed that having wide rows spaces between cereal crops can reduce yield in typically high output areas.
  • Scientists closer to developing salt-tolerant crops

    ... type of genetic modification (GM), bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality. The research team – based at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus in Australia – ...
  • Ancient Mexican maize varieties

    ... full genetic diversity of this complex and adaptable crop. Dr. Vielle-Calzada and his colleagues, ... good model plant for studying the development of cereal crops because of its complex genome, numerous ...
  • Using electrons to treat organic seeds

    ... Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden have developed an alternative to fungicide treatment. "If cereal crops succumb to disease, this is usually due to microscopic fungi and spores present on the ...
  • Role Of Slave Trade In Evolution Of American Wild Rice Species

    Rice is the world’s foremost cereal crop as a human food source. Today’s cultivated varieties derive from the species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrina, domesticated ...
  • Grazing animals help spread plant disease

    ... dwarf viruses, which can infect more than 100 crop and non-crop plant species, reducing their growth ... seed yield. This virus is a major concern for cereal crop production around the world. In places ...
  • Electricity from straw

    ... of waste material, as this tends to be more difficult to convert into biogas than pure cereal crops or corn, for instance. This is not the only advantage: The time for which the decomposing waste ...
  • Researchers examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions

    ... . In addition to the benefits to rice, the research should be helpful in understanding and controlling diseases in other cereal crops. "Rice is a model plant for cereal biology," said Bogdanove.
  • Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test measures microbial nitrogen

    Contrary to the prevailing view, cereal crops derive the majority of their nitrogen from the soil, not fertilizer. Soils differ considerably in microbial activities that determine nitrogen-supplying ...
  • Genome of 'potato famine' pathogen sequenced, will aid renewed fight against old enemy

    ... – and extremely vulnerable to this pathogen. But even with this pathogen to battle, potatoes are an important alternative to cereal crops and the fourth largest food crop in the world. "We have some ...
  • PLoS Genetics 2009 maize genome collection

    ... will allow a better understanding of the biology and production of maize and cereal crops. Loss of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 2 (RDR2) Function Causes Widespread and Unexpected ...
  • Sweet corn story begins in UW-Madison lab

    ... week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of ...

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