News articles tagged with 'corn'
University of Missouri researcher study provides insight into how corn makes hormones
— 8 Mar 2011 14:14 | BiologyIt's a corn plant only a geneticist could love, but an MU researcher has found a way to help scientists love it…
Overfertilising corn undermines ethanol
— 26 Feb 2011 18:03 | EnvironmentRice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less…
A billion tons of biomass a viable goal, but at high price, new research shows
— 17 Feb 2011 18:18 | EnvironmentA new study from the University of Illinois concludes that very high biomass prices would be needed in order to meet the ambitious goal of replacing 30 percent of petroleum consumption…
Two bacterial enzymes confer resistance to common herbicide, say MU researchers
— 22 Jan 2011 10:26 | BiologyIn an article in the Nov. 23 issue of the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, researchers with Dow AgroSciences and the University of Missouri report on two…
MU scientists find new farming method to reduce greenhouse gases, increase farm yields
— 14 Jan 2011 16:47 | EnvironmentU.S. agricultural practices create 58 percent of nitrous oxide in the world, which is the third most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Scientists believe nitrous oxide contributes…
Wind turbines may benefit crops
— 18 Dec 2010 13:42 | EnvironmentWind turbines in Midwestern farm fields may be doing more than churning out electricity. The giant turbine blades that generate renewable energy might also help corn and soybean crops…
Biofuels production has unintended consequences on water quality and quantity in Mississippi
— 30 Nov 2010 21:57 | EnvironmentGrowing corn for biofuels production is having unintended effects on water quality and quantity in northwestern Mississippi…
Shrubby crops can help fuel Africa's green revolution
— 25 Nov 2010 17:27 | EnvironmentCrop diversification with shrubby legumes mixed with soybean and peanuts could be the key to sustaining the green revolution in Africa, according to a Michigan State University study…
ISU researcher, collaborators, re-sequence 6 corn varieties, find some genes missing
— 25 Nov 2010 16:48 | BiologyMost living plant and animal species have a certain, relatively small, amount of variation in their genetic make-up…
Grasses have potential as alternate ethanol crop, Illinois study finds
— 2 Nov 2010 13:51 | EnvironmentMoney may not grow on trees, but energy could grow in grass. Researchers at the University of Illinois have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential…