Developing perennial versions of our major grain crops
admin @ July 5, 2010 #
According to John Reganold, a Washington State University Regents professor of soil…
Heat, drought and disease tolerant beans
admin @ July 2, 2010 #
Tim Porch a geneticist with the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Tropical…
Potato germplasm that offers resistance to some major potato diseases identified
admin @ June 16, 2010 #
Geneticists Dennis Halterman and Shelley Jansky of the Agricultural Research Service…
New mutations of Ug99 pose an even greater threat to global wheat production
admin @ May 27, 2010 #
Four new mutations of Ug99, have overcome existing sources of genetic resistance…
Using Periwinkle to combat Citrus Greening Disease
admin @ April 26, 2010 #
Now a team of scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS)…
Salt tolerant durum wheat developed by CSIRO
admin @ April 23, 2010 #
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, have developed salt tolerant durum wheat…
Enhancing the ability of crop plants to survive stressful conditions without major yield loss
admin @ March 30, 2010 #
Most recently Stephen Howell, professor of genetics, development…
Impact of ‘Livestock revolution’ on humanity
admin @ March 17, 2010 #
According to a new report on the livestock industry by an international team of scientists…
Geraniums could help control devastating Japanese beetle
admin @ March 10, 2010 #
Entomologist Chris Ranger at the agency’s Application Technology Research Unit…
The Philippines triples it’s rice yields
admin @ February 19, 2010 #
According to researchers at IRRI, in the last fifty years…
Obtaining new varieties of potato tuber at Basque
admin @ December 2, 2009 #
This year (2009) the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development…