Aug. 28, 2017 — A parasitic infection of bumble bees, Crithidia bombi, was reduced when the bees fed on anabasine, a natural alkaloid, in sugar water. Researchers had hoped their finding was evidence that bees may ...
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Aug. 25, 2017 — Resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus is one of the characteristics researchers hope to transfer from sea wheatgrass, a distant relative of wheat, into bread ...
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Aug. 23, 2017 — As the global climate changes and temperatures continue to rise, heat stress is becoming a major limiting factor for pea cultivation. A new study indicates that pea plants with some specific traits ...
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Aug. 21, 2017 — Scientists are working toward a better understand whether cyanobacteria can be grown for biofuels on a large ...
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Aug. 21, 2017 — Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, according to new research. Rather than ...
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Aug. 17, 2017 — With more than two dozen companies in Pennsylvania manufacturing potato chips, it is no wonder that researchers have developed a novel approach to more efficiently convert potato waste into ethanol. ...
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Aug. 17, 2017 — Scientists are making an effort to help corn stand up to stress brought on by drought and disease by using viruses and aphids to activate desirable traits. It’s speculative research that could ...
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Aug. 17, 2017 — Using infrared gas analyzers connected to a miniature controlled environment chamber, botanists have simulated a sudden increase in sunlight following shade, and measured the time it took for the ...
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Aug. 16, 2017 — With water quality in the Chesapeake Bay suffering from excess nutrients and fish populations in rivers such as the Susquehanna experiencing gender skewing and other reproductive abnormalities, ...
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Aug. 16, 2017 — It's not every day United States history mixes with microbes in the soil. But when the turf on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was replaced, it offered scientists the opportunity to study ...
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Aug. 16, 2017 — As the world population continues to balloon, agricultural experts puzzle over how farms will produce enough food to keep up with demand. One tactic involves boosting crop yields. Toward that end, ...
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Aug. 16, 2017 — Characterized with high levels of biodiversity and endemism, the Atlantic Tropical Forest has been facing serious anthropogenic threats over the last several decades. Having put important ecosystem ...
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Aug. 15, 2017 — Scientists are exploring how to generate plants that are more drought-resistant as the water supplies decline in major agricultural ...
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Aug. 15, 2017 — Researchers have examined the addition of silicon to the soil in which plants are grown to help strengthen plants against potential ...
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Aug. 15, 2017 — Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity in a sudden and dramatic manner. According to a new study, they rise to the challenge in the most economic ...
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Aug. 15, 2017 — A new study has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments known for their antioxidant properties and commonly used as food ...
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Aug. 14, 2017 — Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs ...
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Aug. 14, 2017 — Seemingly indestructible Varroa mites have decimated honeybee populations and are a primary cause of colony collapse disorder, or CCD. Scientists have found genetic holes in the pests' armor ...
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Aug. 11, 2017 — What if we could design a landscape that would provide a variety of nutritious foods, high-quality habitat, and ecosystem services, while also delivering a healthy profit to the landowner? According ...
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Aug. 11, 2017 — Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides -- commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia -- should focus on national bans, rather than safe storage, according ...
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