crop research
Computer modeling may help scientist develop crops that yield more with less water
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Using conventional breeding methods, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new rice cultivar that can hold its own against barnyardgrass and other costly weeds, opening the door to reduced herbicide use.
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The National Science Foundation has funded an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center that will explore new strategies for managing insect pests that devastate crops and harm human health.
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Scientists have produced the first systematic network map of interactions between proteins in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Those vegetables you had for dinner may have once been protected by an immune system akin to the one that helps you fight disease...
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