DNA, Nanotechnology to Guide Plant Breeding

Summary posted by Meridian on 4/30/2009
Source: The Packer
Author: Don Schrack

The article reports on a workshop held during the United Fresh 2009 Conference held recently in Las Vegas, Nevada. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, a faculty member in the department of horticulture sciences at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, told participants that nanotechnology could greatly improve food safety for fresh produce. Cautioning that the application of this technology is years away, he suggested that nanotechnology could help rid fresh produce of pathogens, even on the rougher surfaces of foods such as cantaloupes, by developing nano-droplets that can make their way to hidden pathogens. Cisneros-Zevallos said that nanotechnology could also be used to improve the packaging of fresh produce, through the development of better barriers to oxygen, and pathogen-detecting films containing embedded sensors that would change color when pathogens were detected. The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	DNA, Nanotechnology to Guide Plant Breeding Summary posted by Meridian on 4/30/2009 Source: The Packer Author: Don Schrack The article reports on a workshop held during the United Fresh 2009 Conference held recently in Las Vegas, Nevada. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, a faculty member in the department of horticulture sciences at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, told participants that nanotechnology could greatly improve food safety for fresh produce. Cautioning that the application of this technology is years away, he suggested that nanotechnology could help rid fresh produce of pathogens, even on the rougher surfaces of foods such as cantaloupes, by developing nano-droplets that can make their way to hidden pathogens. Cisneros-Zevallos said that nanotechnology could also be used to improve the packaging of fresh produce, through the development of better barriers to oxygen, and pathogen-detecting films containing embedded sensors that would change color when pathogens were detected. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at thepacker.com/DNA--nanotechnology-to-guide-plant-breeding/Article.aspx?... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Enhancement Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle, Naturally Occurring Regions: North America Stakeholders: Industry, Academia Food And Agriculture: Food, Sensors, Packaging Related Forums: Food and Agriculture print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.