Biology
Bacteria that are resistant to fungi can protect wheat
Bacteria that reside in beneficial flowers will soon participate in the prevention of Fusarium graminearum, a pathogenic fungus of
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Biology
Clean food and fuel, which one?
Among the factors that increase the price of wheat, corn and some other grains have the impact of biofuels such as ethanol (made from wheat and corn), biodiesel (made fr…
Biology
Preliminary genes help create salt-tolerant wheat
Two types of genes that have just been discovered from a wheat variant have provided an important step forward in breeding salt-tolerant wheat varieties.
Biology
Sweet wheat was born
Japan's National Agricultural Food Research Organization (NARO) on Dec. 12 announced it has produced sweet wheat plants, which have twice the sugar content of regular wh…
Biology
Restore precious genes from wild wheat
US and Israeli scientists have cloned a wild wheat gene called GPC-B1, which is thought to work to increase protein, iron and zinc in grains.
Biology
Genes make wheat more nutritious
Scientists have found a way to increase protein, zinc and iron in wheat, an achievement that can help bring more nutritious food to millions of people around the world.
Biology
Bioenergy from wheat, peanuts ...
Not long ago when invited to attend the Georgia Biological Energy Conference at Georgia State University (USA), now retired physics professor is 70-year-old farmer Jimmy…
Biology
Bread plants Arctocarpus altilis
Bread made from wheat flour but residents on some South Pacific islands eat bread from the tree. It is the bread tree. Nutrition fruit bread very rich, many t
Biology
Discovered genes resistant to frost in plants
Australian scientists have found a gene that can prevent frost damage to wheat plants. Estimating this gene helps save millions of dollars every year for farmers around…
Biology
Create drought-resistant, high-yield wheat varieties
Scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico) have created wheat varieties that produce more than 50% of their yields in drought conditio…
Scientific application
Production of plastic bags to self-destruct from wheat flour
Plastic bags (packaging) capable of biodegradation on the basis of mixing between 60% of normal plastic with 30% of starch (usually flour) is a study by TS. Ha Thuc Chi…
Scientific application
Taiwan will produce paper from rice and wheat
A leading Taiwanese paper company (China) is expected to begin mass production of pulp made from rice and wheat stalks this year.
Scientific application
Increasing the rotation rotation will increase yields in a sustainable manner
The researchers investigated the effect of increasing the time and complexity of crop rotation on crop yields in organic farming systems over a ten-year period.
Environment
Earth warms, insects eat more plants
A new study published in Science (USA) on August 30 warns that the warming of the Earth will cause insects to reproduce more and become more hungry.