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Genome Sequencing Speeds Ability To Improve SoybeansWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 10, 2010 Purdue University scientists led an effort to sequence the soybean genome, giving researchers a better understanding of the plant's genes and how to use them to improve its characteristics. Agronomy professor Scott Jackson said the U.S. departments of Energy and Agriculture study found that the soybean has about 46,000 genes, but many of those - 70 percent to 80 percent - are duplicates. This duplication may make it difficult to target the genes necessary to improve soybean characteristics such as ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2010Leaders in water management and climate change have embarked on an ambitious campaign to push water adaptation issues on to the American policy agenda with Climate Change Impacts on Water: An International Adaptation Forum. The two-day meeting in the nation's capital is the first of its kind, bringing together more than 200 key policy and climate officials, water system executives, scienti ... more  
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 8, 2010Finnish researchers called for a revision of climate change estimates Monday after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought. "A Finnish research group has proved that the present standard measurements underestimate the effect of climate warming on emissions from the soil," the Finnish Environment Institute said in a statement. ... more
Brussels (AFP) Feb 8, 2010The European Union on Monday unveiled a new Green logo that will have to be shown on all pre-packaged organic products produced in Europe from July. "I'm delighted that we now have a fresh EU organic food logo," said EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel as she announced that the "Euro-leaf" logo, a green leaf design incorporating the 12 stars of the EU flag, had won a competition ... more |
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Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestationParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 The biggest causes of deforestation in tropical countries are population growth in cities and agricultural exports, a finding that should shape decisions on preventing forest loss, experts said Sunday. Under December's Copenhagen Accord, rich countries are pledging some 10 billion dollars over the next three years to help poor countries tackle climate change. A big but so far unspecified chunk of the cash will go on programmes to prevent loss of tropical forests, which is a major source of green ... read more |
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