Breeding a better chickpea
Chickpeas are an important crop and food in India. They are used almost every day in meals and snacks. India is the largest producer, consumer, and importer of chickpeas. And with good reason—they are high in protein, fiber, and vitamins and minera.....»»
Research on magnetite in salmon noses illuminates understanding of sensory mechanisms enabling magnetic perception
It's widely understood that animals such as salmon, butterflies and birds have an innate magnetic sense, allowing them to use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation to places such as feeding and breeding grounds......»»
Purple-crowned fairy wrens exhibiting unusual breeding behaviour
What gets birds in the mood to knock feathers? It's the unexpected question ecologists and researchers in central Kimberley have been faced with after witnessing an increase in purple-crowned fairy wrens breeding outside of their traditional season......»»
Leaving gaps in the genome to breed maize plants with low susceptibility to frost and drought damage
The use of genetic information is now indispensable for modern plant breeding. Even though DNA sequencing has become much cheaper since the human genome was decoded for the very first time in 2003, collecting the full genetic information still accoun.....»»
California Approves Dropping Rodenticide On Farallon Islands
votsalo writes: The California Coastal Commission approved dropping rodenticide on Farallon Islands. "The rocky outcrop of sea stacks and islands west of the Golden Gate is home to 300,000 breeding seabirds, as well as five species of seals and sea l.....»»
Tracking of nearctic seabirds surprises scientists with diverse migratory paths from shared breeding site
As the Arctic and the oceans warm due to climate change, understanding how a rapidly changing environment may affect birds making annual journeys between the Arctic and the high seas is vital to international conservation efforts. However, for some A.....»»
Researchers discover immune metabolism hub in broad-spectrum rice blast resistance
Rice production is critical to food security worldwide. However, the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) causes destructive disease and huge yield loss worldwide. Exploiting and breeding rice with broad-spectrum resistance to rice blast.....»»
Tweaks to U.S. Christmas Trees Could Help Them Survive Climate Change
International species and selective breeding methods are helping to preserve the evergreen tradition -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
RNA findings offer new perspective for breeding polyploid crops
Crops often have multiple genomes hybridized from their parents, a condition known as polyploidy......»»
Mercury exposure in tidal marshes affecting breeding success of two sparrow speciesÂ
Mercury exposure is related to a 10 percent decrease in nest survival in two tidal marsh songbird species surveyed in four states, from Maine to New Jersey, according to a new University of Maine-led study. These species have been experiencing sharp.....»»
Developing an unprecedented 3D X-ray microscope methodology to image plants at cellular resolution
Measuring plant phenotypes, a term used to describe the observable characteristics of an organism, is a critical aspect of studying and improving economically important crops. Phenotypes central to the breeding process include traits like kernel numb.....»»
Stem cell study paves way for manufacturing cultured meat
Scientists have for the first time obtained stem cells from livestock that grow under chemically defined conditions, paving the way for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock......»»
Report calls for animal welfare to be at heart of genome editing plans
A Newcastle University academic has contributed to a new report which says animal welfare must be at the heart of plans to approve new breeding technologies in farming and food production......»»
Intense correlationship proved between irradiation damage and performances of tritium breeding materials
Severe irradiation environment would bring damage to the microstructure of the materials and affect the stable operation and tritium recovery of fusion reactor. Therefore, the efficient tritium production from tritium breeding materials is the guaran.....»»
Identifying highly recombinant plants for breeding
For plant breeding, it is important to create as many combinations as possible of genetic variants within a short time to select the most suitable candidates between plants with many different characteristics. The working group of Prof. Dr. Benjamin.....»»
Breeding plants with genes from one parent
Scientists are a step closer to breeding plants with genes from only one parent. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 19 in Science Advances, shows the underlying mechanism behind eliminating hal.....»»
Latin American rice breeding gets a boost from genomic tools
How do you like your rice? Sticky, fluffy, brown, or white? These qualities, in addition to grain length, width, appearance, and other traits, are hugely important predictors of rice sales and consumption worldwide. And region matters. Rice preferenc.....»»
Can selective breeding of "super kelp" save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?
Australia's vital kelp forests are disappearing in many areas as our waters warm and our climate changes......»»
Northern white rhino retired from world-first breeding project
Scientists attempting to bring back the near-extinct northern white rhinoceros announced Thursday they would stop harvesting eggs from one of two remaining live specimens involved in an unprecedented breeding programme......»»
Vermont bald eagle restoration follows years of trying
Thirteen years after Vermont lost the ignominious distinction of being the only state in the continental United States without any breeding pairs of bald eagles, the state is moving to remove the iconic national symbol from its list of threatened and.....»»
Fast-forward breeding and rapid delivery systems for food security
The University of Western Australia's Institute of Agriculture has collaborated with international researchers to develop a roadmap to fast-forward breeding for accelerated crop improvement and rapid delivery systems, which will lead to a food-secure.....»»