Texas A&M scientists connect Serrate protein and gene transcription Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – A team of Texas…
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University of Florida researchers have gained new insight into produce-associated salmonella that they hope will eventually reduce the number and…
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The Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of…
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A research team led by a molecular plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has discovered the mechanism by…
University of Rhode Island entomologists reached a milestone in their efforts to control the invasive weed swallow-wort this month with…
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A consortium of researchers from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF Qld) and…
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A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world's crops to…
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A team of researchers, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, has identified a lettuce gene and related…
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