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January 25, 2011
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Nailing Down A Crucial Plant Signaling System
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2011
Plant biologists have discovered the last major element of the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cell to the cell's nucleus. Although many steps of the pathway were already known, new research from a team including Carnegie's Ying Sun and Zhiyong Wang fills in a missing gap about the mechanism through which brassinosteroids cause plant genes to be expressed. Their research, which will be published onl ... read more

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EU warns of stricter controls after German dioxin scare
EU health commissioner John Dalli warned Monday that bloc-wide new measures are needed over and above German moves aimed at preventing a repeat of a damaging dioxin poisoning scare in farm produce. ... more
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New Crop Of Plant Scientists Emerges At CSIRO
Some of Australia's top science and engineering students have begun a ten-week, hands-on work experience program at CSIRO Plant Industry's research facilities in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Nar ... more
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WATER WORLD

Water pacts 'could bring Mideast peace'
Water scarcity in the Middle East can be the catalyst for reducing, rather than causing, conflict in the volatile region, a Beirut think tank says in a report that urges a major "paradigm shift" in how regional states view the problem of dwindling water resources. ... more
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Japan to cull 410,000 chickens to fight bird flu
Japan will cull around 410,000 chickens at a major poultry farm in western Miyazaki prefecture to tackle an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Sunday. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

From fire to flood for Australia's farmers
Marshall Rodda weathered Australia's decade-long drought, but as he recovers from record-breaking floods the seasoned farmer can't help thinking that when it rains, it pours. ... more
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Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine
Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine and still inflict billions of dollars of damage to crops ... more
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China earmarks $303 bn for safe water: report
China plans to invest $303 billion in water infrastructure projects over the next five years that would give millions of rural residents access to safe drinking water, state media reported. ... more
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Philippines rice 2010 farm output hit by weather
Rice output in the Philippines, the world's largest importer of the grain, fell last year as the country's farms were hit by a drought and typhoons, the agriculture ministry said Friday. ... more
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China farmers to get $15 bn subsidies amid drought
China says it had earmarked about $15 billion in subsidies for millions of farmers who have been hit by a severe drought that has driven prices as the government tries to battle inflation. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

St. John, US Virgin Islands
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Rising food prices spell trouble for Arabs
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EARTH OBSERVATION

3D Model Of Ionosphere F-Region
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Flooding In Brisbane Suburbs
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Choosing Organic Milk Could Offset Effects Of Climate Change
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Climate change could boost crops in US, China
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Germany moves to head off more dioxin food scares
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ISRO Ready To Provide Satellite Images Of Sabarimala
India's premier space agency ISRO has offered to provide to the Kerala government satellite pictures of Sabarimala area for taking measures to prevent disasters like the stampede that claimed 102 li ... more
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Purdue Wraps Up Livestock Emission Study, Starts Number Crunching
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Gene maps could yield new grape varieties
U.S. researchers say the future of wine-making hinges on developing news varieties of grapes and maps of the grape genome can help. ... more
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GM Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed
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Gene Helps Plants Use Less Water Without Biomass Loss
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Climate change could boost crops in US, China
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Food Prices Insulate Agriculture Sector From Wider Economy Woes
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied For Warmest Year On Record
Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. ... more
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Lake Erie Hypoxic Zone Doesn't Affect All Fish The Same
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Raytheon Climate-Monitoring Sensor Prepares for Launch
A NASA spacecraft carrying a Raytheon-built sensor designed to measure the global distribution of aerosols in Earth's atmosphere has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for ... more
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Walker's World: The U.S., China and food
Of all the geopolitical and geoeconomic issues that the Chinese and American presidents will discuss in their Washington summit this week, the looming world food crisis isn't on the agenda. It should be because, each in its own way, these two countries share a massive responsibility. ... more
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World is 'one poor harvest' from chaos, new book warns
Like many environmentalists, Lester Brown is worried. ... more
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Russia To Launch Ocean Satellite In March
Russia will launch an oceanography satellite in March to keep track of a vast amount of data that will help improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, a Russian scientist said on Wednesday. ... more
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New Farming Method To Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Increase Farm Yields
U.S. agricultural practices create 58 percent of nitrous oxide in the world, which is the third most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Scientists believe nitrous oxide contributes to globa ... more
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Lameness - A Common And Painful Disease In Calves
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Miscanthus Has A Fighting Chance Against Weeds
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