... -year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under ... , scientists often cross mutant plants with crop lines that have well-described genetics. In doing ...
A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way. The $4 million project uses a new technique called "mutant-assisted gene identification ...
... is this endogenous chemical to plant survival that researchers have engineered new drought-resistant crops by tinkering with the ABA pathway.
For years, scientists have contemplated spraying ABA ...
... to three of the most important viral diseases in cultivated squash. However, while disease-resistant crops have been a boon to commercial farmers, ecologists worry there might be certain hidden costs ...
... achieve greater yields and to provide built-in safeguards for preventing inadvertent pollination by and in pest or insecticide resistant crops or those bred to produce drugs or industrial materials.
... the genes and molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in order to engineer new drought-resistant crops of potato, as well as other Solanaceous vegetables. Dr. Roland Schafleitner and his colleagues ...
GM oilseed rape and maize that tolerate water shortages are in field tests - opponents remain sceptical
... Antarctic organisms are currently being used to engineer frost-resistant crops.
But BYU's Byron Adams, associate ... change is going to affect their ability to grow crops. Right now we don't really ...
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Modern techniques have allowed great advances against weeds, including the development of herbicide-resistant crops and a better understanding of how weeds interact with neighboring plants. The next ...
India researches parasite-resistant crops, South Asia seeks more efficient lighting, scientists develop corrosion-resistant rails, and more.
... agriculture, including help in growing plants used to fight disease or developing more drought-resistant crops.
The flower is one of the key innovations of evolution, responsible for a massive burst ...
... resistant to a popular herbicide. Excess usage of glyphosate-resistant crops has led to weeds, such as marestail, that also are resistant to glyphosate, the herbicide used in Roundup. Bill Johnson, a ...
A Taiwanese scientist has said her research team has found the gene that allows rice to grow under water and believes the breakthrough could help develop other flood-resistant crops.
... will also involve sharing collected seeds to restore plant populations and to research drought-resistant crops and other sustainable uses of plants. Some of these applications are already under way.
