Reducing, enhancing or even eliminating caffeine content in coffee plants will be possible in the near future researchers are saying after completing the genomic map of the coffee plant Coffea canephora.
Mapping of the oil palm tree genome has revealed a single gene responsible regulating its yield, offering the possibility to breed new variants for increased production, say scientists behind the project.
Researchers from Monell and Givaudan have discovered a ‘taste terminator’ protein inside taste cells, which may control the way we perceive bitter taste signals.
Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy can cause permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring and the reprogramming of genes, said new research from the Yale School of Medicine.
Improved soybean plants able to produce tailor-designed proteins and oils will be available in three or four years, according to the US team which recently mapped the plant’s genetic sequence.
The soybean genome is to be made widely available to the research community after the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute said it has released a complete draft assembly of the genetic code.
American scientists have reported the development of a variety of
hybrid rice with improved cooking quality and double the protein
content of normal rice.
US government scientists have launched a new online database that
allows for the exploration of the soybean's genetic makeup, which
makes it possible to compare current soybean genetic maps.
A $5m project aimed at identifying and improving the genetic
make-up of barley could lead to higher yields and a better quality
crop, said the US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns on Friday.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to fund research to
crack the code of the pig genome, something that could lead to
better meat for consumers.
The UN-backed Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) singles out
two scientists from China and Japan respectively for their
contribution to the advancement of rice research.
Scientists are set to build on existing knowledge relating to the
influence botanical extracts may have on our health as US national
body earmarks millions of dollars in funding for a range of new
projects on cereals, fruits, legumes,...
A mother's diet can alter her offspring's development to such an
extent that it changes the baby's characteristics for life, and
potentially that of future generations, say researchers who have
found that nutrition...
The pursuit of genome sequencing continues with the news this week
that scientists from seven nations have revealed the genome
sequence of the bread mould Neurospora crassa.
