News articles tagged with 'strawberry'
Strawberries may slow precancerous growth in oesophagus
— 6 Apr 2011 18:04 | HealthFreeze-dried strawberries may be an alternative to drugs for the prevention of oesophageal cancer, according to research presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April…
OSU helps decode strawberry genome in bid to improve fruit
— 3 Jan 2011 19:38 | BiologyResearchers at Oregon State University have helped sequence the genome of a wild strawberry, laying the groundwork for genetic improvements to related fruits like apples, peaches and…
Georgia Tech team helps decode newly sequenced strawberry genome
— 3 Jan 2011 17:08 | BiologyAn international research consortium has sequenced the genome of the woodland strawberry, according to a study published in the Dec. 26 advance online edition of the journal Nature…
Scientists find organic farms have higher quality fruit, better soil, lower environmental impact
— 3 Sep 2010 13:16 | EnvironmentSide-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavourful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil…
Low-maintenance strawberry may be good crop to grow in space
— 4 May 2010 14:26 | BiologyAstronauts could one day tend their own crops on long space missions, and Purdue University researchers have found a healthy candidate to help satisfy a sweet tooth - a strawberry that…
Modern irrigation techniques could save Turkey's water
— 22 Mar 2009 17:40 | EnvironmentWith less than one tenth of Turkey's irrigable land under modern irrigation techniques vast potentials for water saving exist in agriculture, user of nearly three quarters of the nation's…
A comprehensive overview of the tools and resources for the Rosaceae genomics community
— 7 Jul 2008 14:22 | BiologyA recent paper published in the journal Plant Physiology provides a comprehensive overview of the genomics tools and resources available for the rapidly growing Rosaceae scientific…
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