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Bacterium signals plant to open up and let friends inDurham NC (SPX) Jun 15, 2012 Researchers have identified the set of tools an infectious microbe uses to persuade a plant to open the windows and let the bug and all of its friends inside. The microbe is Pseudomonas syringae, a successful bacterial pathogen that produces characteristic brown spots in more than 50 different species of plant. The signal it uses is a molecule called coronatine, which to the plant looks just like its own jasmonic acid, a signal that is part of the plant's immune system. The pathogen "hijacks" a sy ... read more |
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  India's capital in water crisis after supplies cut Large parts of New Delhi were struggling with acute water shortages on Friday after a neighbouring state cut its supplies at the peak of summer, officials said. ... more | .. |
 China firm recalls baby formula tainted with mercury Chinese dairy maker Yili said it had started recalling batches of baby formula after authorities found they contained high levels of mercury, in the latest food safety scare to hit the country. ... more | .. |
 Water pacts re-examined amid Arab Spring Amid the profound political changes sweeping the Arab world, there are moves to rewrite contentious water-sharing agreements that are becoming a major source of friction in the Middle East as water supplies shrink. ... more | .. |
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  Cocoa: Sweet remedy for Amazon deforestation? A chocolate factory nestled deep in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil's northern state of Para offers a sweet antidote to rainforest deforestation. ... more | .. |
 The downstream consequences of depleting groundwater Hard lessons from around the American West and Australia could help improve groundwater management and protect ecosystems in California, Stanford University researchers find. The Water in the West p ... more | .. |
 Using recycled sewage treatment plant water for irrigating crops A new study eases concerns that irrigating crops with water released from sewage treatment plants - an increasingly common practice in arid areas of the world - fosters emergence of the antibiotic-r ... more | .. |
 Finding ways to feed pigs for less Results of a preliminary experiment conducted at the University of Illinois indicate that it may be possible to select pigs that can make efficient use of energy in less expensive feed ingredients, ... more |
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 Dynamic Energy and Stone Quest Complete New Jersey Solar Project Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atom First South American plant for purifying soils contaminated with zinc and cadmium CRAIG Clark awarded MBE EADS Examines Electric And Hybrid Propulsion To Further Reduce Aircraft Emissions Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more | .. |
 EU, China agree on ag sustainability The European Union and China will address food security and sustainability issues through "a stronger and closer relationship" in agriculture, officials said this week. ... more | .. |
 Maize diversity discoveries may help ease world's hunger pangs Researchers at the University of California, Davis, report that ancient farmers had a stronger impact on the evolution of maize, or corn, than modern plant breeders have had on the grain - now one o ... more | .. |
 A New Way of Looking at Photosystem II Future prospects for clean, green, renewable energy may hinge upon our ability to mimic and improve upon photosynthesis - the process by which green plants, algae and some bacteria convert solar ene ... more | .. |
  Argentina faces grim economic outlook Argentina faces a further economic slowdown as restrictive government economic policies dampen investors' enthusiasm for real estate projects and farmers battle for a more liberal regime. ... more |
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Niger farmland threatened by locusts: official Large swathes of farmland are threatened by locusts in Niger even as the drought-prone African nation is grappling with a severe food crisis, a pest-control official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  'Drought-hit' UK lifts hosepipe bans after two soggy months British gardeners have been told they can use their hosepipes again after drought prompted a two-month ban - but after weeks of pouring rain, their lawns will be looking fresh anyway. ... more | .. |
  Indra Incorporates Rapideye Satellite Capacity Into Its Earth Observation Service Indra has signed an agreement making it the only company in Spain to market images from RapidEye's constellation of five satellites. This will strengthen the Earth observation service it provides fo ... more | .. |
 Delving inside Earth from space ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding light on conditions deep inside Earth. Orbiting some 400 km above us, Geoflow is offering insi ... more |
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 China's long march in space Russia to Unveil New Piloted Spacecraft at MAKS Airshow S. Korea opens bidding on $7.3 bn fighter jet deal Snowden poses stress test for H.K.'s ties with China U.S. mulls countermeasures against threat of enemy UAVs Raytheon continues Global Hawk ground support | .. |
 Satellite Sees Smoke from Siberian Fires Reach the U.S. Coast Fires burning in Siberia recently sent smoke across the Pacific Ocean and into the U.S. and Canada. Images of data taken by the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite tracked aerosols from the fi ... more | .. |
 NASA's Ocean Salinity Pathfinder Celebrates its First Year in Orbit It's been a busy first year in space for Aquarius, NASA's pioneering instrument to measure ocean surface salinity from orbit. Designed to advance our understanding of what changes in the saltiness o ... more | .. |
 Notre Dame research shows food-trade network vulnerable to fast spread of contaminants University of Notre Dame network physicists Maria Ercsey-Ravasz and Zoltan Toroczkai of the Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications, in collaboration with food science experts, ... more | .. |
 Parasitic plants 'steal' genes from their hosts New research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genomics reveals that the Malaysian parasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi, with its 50cm diameter flowers, has 'stolen' genes fr ... more |
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 Scientists correct Amazon water level gauges from space NASA's laser satellite, ICESat, has been used to make corrections to water level gauges that are critical in monitoring water flow in the Amazon, the world's largest river. The new study, conducted ... more | .. |
 China threatened by farmland contamination Much of China's agricultural soil is contaminated by pollutants, including arsenic and heavy metals, that pose a threat to the country's food production, experts warn. ... more | .. |
 EU says deal with China key to fight fake wine The EU commissioner for agriculture said Tuesday an agreement with Beijing to battle counterfeits would likely be signed in September, adding the deal was key for the region's wine and spirit sector. ... more | .. |
 Low-carbon farming takes root in Brazil's Amazon Manoel Jose Leite, a small-scale organic farmer, is set to pioneer low-carbon agriculture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, which for decades has been destroyed by expanding agribusiness. ... more |
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 New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto NASA announces eight new astronauts, half are women Final curtain for Europe's deep-space telescope Australian team maps Moon's hidden craters Europe's largest spaceship reaches its orbital port Cosmic Giants Shed New Light on Dark Matter | .. |
 UH research team uses airborne LiDAR to unveil Honduran archaeological ruins A field team from the University of Houston and the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has mapped a remote region of Honduras that may contain the l ... more | .. |
 Plant research funding crucial for the future The scientific community needs to make a 10-year, $100 billion investment in food and energy security, says Carnegie's Wolf Frommer and Tom Brutnell of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in an ... more | .. |
 Geoengineering could disrupt rainfall patterns A geoengineering solution to climate change could lead to significant rainfall reduction in Europe and North America, a team of European scientists concludes. The researchers studied how models of t ... more | .. |
  Ex-hunter thrills bird watchers on Ecuador preserve After hunting birds for decades, Angel Paz now guides bird-watchers who flock to his forested mountain preserve in Ecuador, home to one-sixth of the world's bird species. ... more |
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 Nepal 'Himalayan Viagra' harvest droops to record low Every summer, Himalayan villages empty as locals rush to the mountains of northern Nepal to harvest yarchagumba, a high-altitude wild fungus that is prized for its aphrodisiac qualities. ... more | .. |
 Apple unveils maps program, challenging Google Apple unveiled its own mapping program Monday, challenging Google for the popular software application and opening up a new front in the war with the maker of the Android operating system. ... more | .. |
 Latest genomic studies shed new light on maize diversity and evolution BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, together with other 17 international institutes, announced that they completed the second generation of maize HapMap (Maize HapMap2) and genomics stud ... more | .. |
 Reduced tillage doesn't mean reduced cotton yields under drip irrigation Loss of production may be one concern cotton producers have on the Rolling Plains when considering switching to reduced- or no-tillage systems, said Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife Research environ ... more |
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