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Last updated on November 21st, 2009
| DNA in Moss Opens Biotechnology Doors: Click here |
| DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells--have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers at Uppsala Univ. in Sweden have demonstrated that plasmid-based methods, which had been limited to single-cell organisms such as bacteria and yeasts, can be extended to mosses, opening the door to applications of a number of powerful techniques in plant research. |
| A Hunt for Seeds to Save Species, Perhaps by Helping Them Move: Click here |
| Pitchers thistle, whose fuzzy leaves and creamy pink puffs once thrived in the sand dunes along several of the Great Lakes, was driven by development, drought and weevils into virtual extinction from the shores of Lake Michigan decades ago. |
| SCSUs herbarium perserves rare plants: Click here |
| Behind the door of room 216 in the Wick Science Building is a collection of over 30,000 plant specimens dating back to the 1800s. |
| Plant experts unveil DNA barcode: Click here |
| Hundreds of experts from 50 nations are set to agree on a "DNA barcode" system that gives every plant on Earth a unique genetic fingerprint. |
| in coal plant test: Click here |
| A Madison electric utility last week launched tests to burn wood chips, native grasses and other forms of biomass in coal boilers at its 50-year-old power plant in Cassville on the Mississippi River. |
| Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction: Click here |
| A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances." |
| Invasive plant species threatens Shore plants, animals, dunes: Click here |
| Asiatic sand sedge - a "scruffy little plant" - threatens to take over the habitat of endangered and threatened species, such as the piping plover, according to Wootton, a biology professor at Georgian Court University in Lakewood. |
| Kiwifruit growers welcome research: Click here |
| Kiwifruit growers say they stand to benefit from involvement in pre-commercial trials and the introduction of quality new cultivars in the wake of a $35.7 million taxpayer-backed investment developing new kiwifruit cultivars. |
| UA leads cassava root research team: Click here |
| University of Arizona researchers will lead a team to study the genes of the cassava root. The researchers will try to cure a common crop disease and improve the nutritional value of cassava, a root crop that serves as a primary food source for more than 750 million people. |