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New Green Pesticides First To Exploit Plant Defenses In Battle Of Fungi
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Exploiting a little-known punch/counterpunch strategy in the ongoing battle between disease-causing fungi and crop plants, scientists in Canada are reporting development of a new class of "green" fungicides that could provide a safer, more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional fungicides. They will report on the first pesticides to capitalize on this unique defensive strateg ... more Ice Storms Devastating To Pecan Orchards 
Stillwater OK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Ice storms and other severe weather can have devastating impacts on agricultural crops, including perennial tree crops. Major ice storms occur at least once a decade, with truly catastrophic "icing events" recorded once or twice a century within a broad belt extending from eastern Texas through New England. Ice storms can result in overwhelming losses to orchards and expensive cleanup for produc ... more Fish Oils Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Flatulent Cows 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented - helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions. These last two benefits may only apply to cows but lowering emissions is important for the environment, as methane given off by farm animals is a major contribution to greenhouse gas levels. Researche ... more Fighting Global Warming Offers Growth And Development Opportunities 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Combating climate change may not be a question of who will carry the burden but could instead be a rush for the benefits, according to new economic modeling presented at "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions" hosted by the University of Copenhagen. Contrary to current cost models for lowering greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change, a group of researchers fro ... more Climate Change Fears For Deadly Virus Outbreaks In Livestock 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned Professor Peter Mertens from the Institute for Animal Health, at this week's meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Harrogate. Since 1998, rising temperatures have led to outbreaks of bluetongue (BT) across most of Europe, which have killed over 2 million ruminants (mainly sheep). The outbreak ... more |
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Nicosia (AFP) March 27, 2009In the wake of recent heavy rainfall, Cypriot authorities on Friday eased water rationing arrangements, to signal the end of a two-year drought on the holiday island. Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis announced that Cyprus households will start receiving an "improved supply" after a partial lifting of restrictions takes effect of April 13. "Certainly cuts will be eased," and though ... more China court rejects appeals in tainted milk scandal: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009A court in northern China on Thursday upheld a sentence of life in prison for the former head of the company at the centre of last year's scandal over contaminated milk, state media reported. Xinhua news agency said the court in Hebei province also struck down appeals by two men sentenced to death over the scandal, which killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Ti ... more China milk scandal retrial begins: court 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009The retrial of two men sentenced to death for their involvement in China's tainted milk scandal began Thursday after they appealed the verdict, the court hearing the case told AFP. Geng Jinping and Zhang Yujun were to be heard in a trial expected to last one day in the northern province of Hebei, the official Xinhua news agency said. The brothers of the two men were also appealing against ja ... more Scientists Track Asteroid That Hurtles To Earth And Recover Pieces 
Paris (AFP) March 25, 2009Stunned astronomers watched a car-sized asteroid explode into a brilliant meteor shower as it crashed into Earth's atmosphere, and then wandered into a Sudan desert to pick up the pieces, a study released Wednesday reported. It was the first time ever that scientists recovered fragments from an asteroid detected in space, according to the study, published in the British journal Nature. ... more Surprise Recovery Of Meteorites Following Asteroid Impact 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2009Fortunately, it wasn't large enough to require intervention by Bruce Willis, but asteroid 2008 TC3 is the first space rock to have been spotted before it crashed to Earth. It streaked into the skies over northern Sudan in the early morning of October 7, 2008, and then exploded at a high 37 km above the Nubian Desert, before the atmosphere could slow it appreciably. It was believed that the ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Mar 25, 2009Spin-offs from space programmes are used in a new system for remote monitoring of heavy-duty machinery operating at excavation and mining sites worldwide. Using ESA's Business Incubator, four companies working together with help from ESA experts, were able to pool ideas to produce a system with a faster response time, increasing both safety and productivity. Mining is often done at remote ... more Researchers Find The Earliest Evidence Of Domesticated Maize 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico's Central Balsas River Valley. This is the earliest dated evidence - by 1200 years - for the presence and use of domesticated maize. The researchers, led by Anthony Ranere of Temple University and Dolores Piperno of the Smithsonian National Museum of Na ... more New Tracking Tags Helping With Management Depressed Fisheries 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2009New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new study. Until recently, scientists provided fishery managers only such limited data as stock counts and catch estimates, said Charles Greene, Cornell professor of ocean sciences ... more Food Choices Evolve Through Information Overload 
Leeds, UK (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Ever been so overwhelmed by a huge restaurant menu that you end up choosing an old favourite instead of trying something new? Psychologists have long since thought that information overload leads to people repeatedly choosing what they know. Now, new research has shown that the same concept applies equally to hundreds of animal species too. Researchers from the University of Leeds ha ... more Destron Fearing's rTag Dynamic System 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Digital Angel has announced that its Destron Fearing unit's rTag Dynamic system has been successfully demonstrated by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD) to a group of leading Canadian livestock producers. As an agency of the Alberta provincial government, AARD's stated mission is to promote prosperity for Alberta through a strong, competitive, sustainable agriculture and food ... more
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