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Stressed out crop impede higher agriculture yieldsAmes IA (SPX) Apr 28, 2011 Like people, plants experience stress. And also, like people, the response to that stress can determine success. People can exercise, or rest, or talk about the problem. For plants, ways to deal with stress are internal. And ISU researchers are trying to understand how they do it. Stephen Howell is a professor of genetics, development and cell biology and former director of the Plant Sciences Institute at ISU. His research is featured in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of ... read more |
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  Turkey to build water channel to bypass Bosphorus: PM Turkey plans to build a water channel connecting the Black and Marmara seas as an alternative to the congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Satellite tracking of sea turtles reveals potential threat posed by manmade chemicals The first research to actively analyze adult male sea turtles (Caretta caretta) using satellite tracking to link geography with pollutants has revealed the potential risks posed to this threatened s ... more | .. |
  Texas drought could extend for months The worst drought to hit Texas in 45 years, which has sparked wildfires consuming 1.5 million acres, could continue to summer and beyond, meteorologists say. ... more | .. |
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 Rural development gets help from the sky The International Fund for Agricultural Development has been funding projects in Madagascar for over 30 years to eradicate rural poverty. With the country facing an exploding population and food cri ... more | .. |
 Rising food costs could fuel Asian poverty Soaring food prices threaten to push millions of people in developing areas of Asia into extreme poverty, a report from the Asian Development Bank warned. ... more | .. |
  Food vs fuel: the debate is over A new study released by the Grain Farmers of Ontario should put an end to the ongoing debate of whether the grain we grow should be used for food or fuel. We can and should do both. The abunda ... more | .. |
 Development in fog harvesting process In the arid Namib Desert on the west coast of Africa, one type of beetle has found a distinctive way of surviving. When the morning fog rolls in, the Stenocara gracilipes species, also known as the ... more |
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China's low-altitude economy takes flight across multiple industries
China's satellite network group advances Beidou-internet integration
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  Japan farmers rally against nuclear plant company Hundreds of angry Japanese farmers protested Tuesday outside the Tokyo head office of nuclear plant operator TEPCO, taking with them vegetables, milk and and even two cows affected by the atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 China's water supply at risk Climate change is threatening China's water supply, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Distribution of British soil bacteria mapped for the first time Britain's soil bacteria have been mapped for the first time in the most comprehensive study of a country's soil biodiversity to date. The results were published in the journal Environmental Microbio ... more | .. |
 Growing threat of wheat rust epidemics worldwide For more information, see http://icarda.org/wheatrust/ and www.globalrust.org Researchers meeting at a scientific conference in Aleppo this week reported that aggressive new strains of wheat rust d ... more |
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 Running ring around hurricanes predictions Coastal residents and oil-rig workers may soon have longer warning when a storm headed in their direction is becoming a hurricane, thanks to a University of Illinois study demonstrating how to use e ... more | .. |
 Rotten meat doesn't stand a chance When it comes to packaged fish or meat, it is nearly impossible to distinguish between fresh goods and their inedible counterparts. Researchers have now developed a sensor film that can be integrate ... more | .. |
 Japan tsunami devastated Chilean scallop farms Thousands of miles from the shores of Japan across the Pacific Ocean, Chilean shellfish farmers are facing an uncertain future after a giant wave traveled the seas and washed away their scallop beds. ... more | .. |
 Can biochar help suppress greenhouse gases Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas and a precursor to compounds that contribute to the destruction of the ozone. Intensively managed, grazed pastures are responsible for an increase in nitrous ... more |
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U.S. deploys carrier strike group to the Caribbean
Trump: Qatar is readying peacekeepers for Gaza
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 Britain's first desalination plant opens Britain's first desalination plant, capable of adding 150 million gallons of fresh water to reservoirs every day, has begun operation, officials say. ... more | .. |
  Meteor shower approaching peak Skywatchers hoping for an impressive astronomical display say the Lyrid meteor shower should reach its peak over the next two days, experts in Britain said. ... more | .. |
Europe prays for Easter rain in worst drought for a century The Dutch have banned barbecues, camp fires and outdoor smoking this Easter, while the Swiss are forecasting potentially the worst drought in Europe for more than a century. ... more | .. |
 Belgium probes Google's Street View Belgium became Thursday the latest European country to investigate Google's Street View picture map after cars taking pictures for the programme collected private data. ... more |
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 Fog 'harvesting' could mean water for poor A U.S. researcher says he wants to help the world's poor gain access to water through a technology based on nature called fog harvesting. ... more | .. |
 NASA Specialists To Descend On Offutt More than 20 NASA flight crew, ground crew and technicians are scheduled to arrive here late this month as the base's newest, if only temporary, members. The team will bring a NASA ER-2 to par ... more | .. |
 Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more | .. |
Satellites can give advance hurricane info Satellites can monitor tropical storms and predict surges in strength to warn when a storm is about to become a hurricane, U.S. researchers say. ... more |
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Orion spacecraft prepared for lunar mission as stacking with SLS rocket achieved
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 Swiss face one of worst droughts on record Swiss officials began moving trout from a river this week to save them from plunging water levels, amid one of the worst droughts to hit the country in 150 years. ... more | .. |
 Disease hits wheat crops in Africa, Mideast Aggressive new strains of wheat rust disease have decimated up to 40 percent of harvests in some regions of north Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, researchers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Landsat: Who Are The Customers Exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind, U.S. Geological Survey investigators surveyed a broad cross section of ... more | .. |
 Astrium GEO-Info Services Looks Back On The Chernobyl Disaster 25 Years Later With EO Technologies The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion, demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made dis ... more |
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 India monsoon forecast brings inflation hope India's weather office on Tuesday forecast a "normal" monsoon this year that could boost food production and ease high inflation. ... more | .. |
 Ocean Front Is Energetic Contributor To Mixing Wind blowing on the ocean is a crucial factor mixing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the ocean depths and keeping it from going back into the atmosphere. For more than two decades scien ... more | .. |
 Activists save Chinese dogs from cooking pot Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared a culinary fate after about 200 animal lovers mobilised to stop them ending up on dinner tables, state-run media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Nationwide Study Finds US Meat And Poultry Is Widely Contaminated Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria linked to a wide range of human diseases, are present in meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores at une ... more |
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