Prospects for TGM technologies in crop breeding. Credit: Gao Caixia Modern crop breeding is entering a new era of genome design, led by genome editing technologies as mainstream tools for targeted genome modification. In a review published in Nature Reviews Genetics, Dr. Gao Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese … Read more
The Longview Power Plant, a coal-fired plant in Maidsville, West Virginia. President Joe Biden’s government on Thursday finalized sweeping plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation’s fossil fuel plants as part of the United States’ efforts to confront the climate crisis. Hailed as among the most significant tools ever developed for reducing greenhouse gases … Read more
This image supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, shows a pod of pilot whales stranded on a beach at Toby’s Inlet in Western Australia, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Dozens of pilot whales have beached on the western Australian coast and wildlife authorities were attempting to rescue them, a state government said on Thursday.Credit: … Read more
Holstein heifers are loaded into trucks at a dairy in Oregon on Jan. 21, 2011. Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday, April 24, 2024, as they try to track and control the growing outbreak. Credit: Kobbi R. Blair/Statesman-Journal via AP, File U.S. health … Read more
A and B: Flower and fruit of Musa ornata; D and E: Flower and fruit of Musa velutina. C and F: Genome features; G: Expression level of polygalacturonase genes in different tissues and species. imPC: immature pericarps; mPC: mature pericarps; imSC: immature sarcocarps; mSC: mature sarcocarps; imPC-0d: immature pericarps from fruits just emerging from the … Read more
A working model for SlTHM27-SlGAD2 in response to cold stress. Credit: The authors The frequency and intensity of plant stresses have increased in recent years due to climate change. Among them, low temperature is an unavoidable environmental factor limiting agricultural productivity. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein, four-carbon amino acid that is widely found in … Read more
Credit: Daniel Pelaez Duque, James Cook University Scientists have found oysters could be very useful in gobbling up nutrient pollution from tropical waterways, including the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook University’s Professor Jan Strugnell was co-author of a study that examined the effectiveness of using Blacklip Rock Oysters to remove nitrogen, phosphorous, solids and chlorophyll … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Nestlé has been criticized for adding sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries. The Swiss food giant controls 20% of the baby-food market, valued at nearly US$70 billion. Nadine Dreyer asked public health academic Susan Goldstein why extra sugar is particularly bad for babies … Read more
Plots of (the log of) water pollution abatement spending by steam electric power plants, against the democrat vote margin (1985–2015). Credit: Environmental and Resource Economics (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10640-024-00859-w A new study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows how firms in the United States behave differently depending on the political party in charge—even … Read more
Metabolites of lipid and flavonoids and the transcriptome profile analysis. A Lipid composition and the parentheses refer to the number of this ingredient. B Lipid composition of seeds at four developmental stages. C LA content in each kind of lipid. D Flavonoid composition and related numbers. E Co-expression network analysis on all the transcriptome data … Read more
