Posts Tagged ‘wheat’
‘Shotgun’ method sorts through wheat genome
UC DAVIS (US) — To amp up wheat’s yield and nutritional content, scientists are unraveling the complex history hidden in its genome, which is five times the size of humans’. Continue…
Thursday, November 29, 2012 13:03 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Oct 16, 2012 5:11 - 3 Comments
Close-up view as gluten triggers celiac disease
MONASH U. (AUS) — A new study that visualizes an interaction between gluten and T-cells helps clarify what sets off celiac disease, which affects approximately one in 133 people. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 30, 2012 13:03 - 1 Comment
American ozone depletes European wheat
U. LEEDS (UK) — Air pollution from North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tons of wheat a year, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 10, 2011 12:16 - 0 Comments
Warming bypasses US crops—for now
STANFORD (US) — Global warming has spared wheat and corn crops in the US, Canada, and northern Mexico, while taking a toll worldwide, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 30, 2010 8:54 - 1 Comment
Virulent fungus threatens world’s wheat
U. MINNESOTA (US) — A fungus discovered in Uganda in 1999, now threatens up to 80 percent of the world’s wheat crop, according to researchers. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 18, 2010 10:04 - 0 Comments
Straw keeps nitrogen down on the farm
PENN STATE (US)—When raising corn, straw left in the field after grain harvesting, along with legume cover crops, reduces nitrogen leaching into waterways, but may also lower economic return. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 6, 2009 18:46 - 0 Comments
Racing time to save world’s wheat from deadly fungus
CORNELL (US)—Ronnie Coffman’s search for clues to a highly virulent new strain of wheat stem rust took him to a little valley in India’s Nilgiri Hills. He wondered if the remote wheat breeding station there might play a role in the ongoing battle to fight the fungus to which only 10 percent of the world’s wheat varieties are resistant.
