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- Identification Of Diploid Endosperm In An Early Angiosperm Lineage Posted: 1/31/2002
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Author: Corrina D Steward · Source: Nature Vol. 415, No. 6871, pp. 522-526
Researchers have discovered an evolutionary link between early flowering plants and advanced flowering plants. The study demonstrates that the water lily, an early flowering plant, contains a "diploid endosperm" rather than a "triploid...
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- African Scientific Network Posted: 3/8/2002
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Author: Corrina D Steward · Source: African Scientific Network
The African Scientific Network website aims to empower African university faculty and students through information and collaboration. To do so, the website contains links to colleges and universities in Africa, discussion groups, and news, information...
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- The Difficulties of Defining the Term Posted: 3/22/2004
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Author: Louisa Hay · Source: Science
Three letters to the editor in the latest edition of the journal Science debate the use of the term "genetically modified," or "GM", to refer to conventionally bred crops. The debate was set off by a November 14 article in Science by...
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- Plant Scientist Eduardo Blumwald to Receive Humboldt Award Posted: 7/9/2003
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Author: Louisa Hay · Source: Checkbiotech.org
Plant biologist Eduardo Blumwald of the University of California, Davis, has received the 2003 Humboldt Award for his work in developing genetically engineered (GE) salt tolerant crop plants. In his research, Blumwald studied a naturally occurring plant...
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- Ecologist Sues for Lost Tenure Following Transgene Quarrel Posted: 4/28/2005
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Author: Rex Dalton · Source: Nature
Mexican ecologist Ignacio Chapela, who is renowned for his criticism of genetically modified (GM) crops, is suing the University of California, Berkeley, which denied him tenure in 2003. Chapela was prominent among staff at Berkeley who opposed a...
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- Heavy Rice Stands Tall Posted: 6/28/2005
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Author: Emma Marris · Source: News@Nature.com
Researchers from Japan and China have developed a new high-yielding rice variety through a combination of traditional plant breeding and modern biotechnology. The recent availability of the sequenced rice genome allowed the researchers to investigate...
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- GM Cassava Uses Viral Gene To Fight Disease Posted: 7/18/2005
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Author: Wagdy Sawahel · Source: SciDev.Net
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed genetically modified (GM) cassava plants with resistance to the cassava mosaic virus. To do so, the researchers studied three viral genes that are essential for the cassava...
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- A New Molecule Discovered in the Battle between Plants and Disease Posted: 7/19/2005
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Author: n/a · Source: American Society of Plant Biologists
Researchers at Washington State University in the U.S. have discovered a protein in Arabidopsis thaliana called Pep1, which signals for the plant to raise defenses at the first sign of infection. The researchers believe that the discovery could lead to...
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- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) S Protein Production in Plants: Development of Recombinant Vaccine Posted: 7/8/2005
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Author: Pogrebnyak at al. · Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, the U.S., have developed genetically modified (GM) tomato and tobacco plants that produce a vaccine with possible effectiveness against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The...
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- Report Cites Decline in Food, Agriculture Research Posted: 8/10/2005
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Author: Angelo Bouselli · Source: The University of Georgia
A new report from the American Academy for Microbiology says that U.S. research in food and agricultural microbiology is declining. Food and agricultural microbiology includes the study of microorganisms that cause disease or spoilage as well as the...
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- An Alternative Strategy for Sustainable Pest Resistance in Genetically Enhanced Crops Posted: 8/8/2005
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Author: Luke Mehlo et al. · Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
African and European researchers report that they have developed a genetic engineering strategy that "has the potential" to be more effective in creating broad and sustainable levels of insect resistance in plants than the use of Bt genes on...
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- GM Potato Uses Frog Gene To Resist Pathogens Posted: 7/28/2005
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Author: Wagdy Sawahel · Source: SciDev.Net
Researchers at the University of Victoria in Canada have created genetically modified (GM) potatoes that carry the gene for dermaseptin B1, a chemical that protects South American tree frogs from harmful pathogens. The potatoes show resistance to...
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- Vitamin C Helps Plants, Research Shows Posted: 7/29/2005
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Author: n/a · Source: Crop Biotech Update
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, have developed genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants that have elevated levels of Vitamin C and are able to tolerate increased levels of ozone in the atmosphere. The researchers increased the...
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- Top of the Crops Posted: 8/25/2005
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Author: Johnjoe McFadden · Source: The Guardian
According to this article, many scientists believe that the only way to provide food security for the world's poorest people is to genetically engineer crops that are more resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses like disease, pests, drought, and...
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- Research Looks into Cold, Salt Tolerance Posted: 7/21/2005
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Author: n/a · Source: Crop Biotech Update
Jianhua Zhu of Purdue University in the U.S. has identified a gene in Arabidopsis thaliana that is essential for cold acclimation in plants. The gene, called HOS10, codes for an "R2R3-type MYB transcription factor" that also appears to be...
