Years 2 | n. 9 | 06 September 2010 | Director LUIGI CARICATO
Technical Area > Science News

New corn lines resist fungal toxins

Corn germplasm lines developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are scoring high marks in field trials for resistance to aflatoxin

06 September 2010 TN 9 Year 2

The extra virgin oil acts directly on DNA

The olive oil bio-phenols modify the expression of genes involved in arteriosclerosis

02 August 2010 TN 8 Year 2

News in glyphosate manufacturing technology

A project of “11th five-year plan” National Science and Technology Support Programs, passed the acceptance inspection

02 August 2010 TN 8 Year 2

The French viticulture tries the transgenic way

The agriculture Minister Le Maire, after the ok of the Biotechnology council, authorizes the test in open country of a GMO vine

07 June 2010 TN 6 Year 2

Sequenced the genome of Pseudomonas savastanoi

The sequencing of the genome of this pathogen opens the doors to the identification of the genes responsible for the virulence of this bacteria and its survival on the philosphere

07 June 2010 TN 6 Year 2

Alarm for new strains of Ug99

Four new mutations of Ug99, a strain of a deadly wheat pathogen known as stem rust, have overcome existing sources of genetic resistance developed

07 June 2010 TN 6 Year 2

Aflatoxin-resistant corn lines

21 May 2010 TN 5 Year 2

No-till farming improves soil stability

15 May 2010 TN 5 Year 2

A sensor to aler when the plants are thirsty

At a farm in Colorado beans attached to leaf sensors used 25% less water with the sensors than the plants did when watered using standard irrigation practices

03 May 2010 TN 5 Year 2

Highest-yielding salt-tolerant wheat

27 April 2010 TN 4 Year 2

Cellulosic ethanol

16 April 2010 TN 4 Year 2

Long and fresh life for your flowers

US investigations might help boost the vase life of favorite cut flowers and shelf life of prized potted plants

05 April 2010 TN 4 Year 2

<< | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | >>