International research team identifies bacterium that protects rice plants from diseases
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAN INTERNATIONAL research group including researchers from the Institute for Environmental Biotechnology at Graz University of Technology have shown how a bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and environmentally friendly inhibits destructive plant pathogens. The research group has been investigating the microbiome of rice plant seeds for some time in order to establish correlations between plant […]
Chinese scientists discover rice gene for adaptation to low soil nitrogen
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSCIENTISTS from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have found a gene that plays an important role in helping rice adapt to low soil nitrogen. Nitrogen fertilizer has an indispensable role in increasing crop yields, but on the other hand, it creates a severe threat to ecosystems. For […]
Europe’s Position on COVID-19 Vaccines Inconsistent with its GMO Stance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEUROPEAN politicians lauded the breakthroughs in the COVID-19 vaccine, including mRNA vaccines which are developed using genetic engineering. This stance is considered as inconsistent with its position on genetic modification and gene editing which have been prevented to be adopted by farmers in the region except in Spain and Portugal. This is according to Graham Brookes, an agricultural economist with […]
Kenapa Ikan Hanyir?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRamai yang suka makan ikan dan ramai juga tahu yang ikan berbau hanyir. Tapi kenapa? Berikut merupakan penjelasan daripada sudut kimia. Ikan yang hidup dalam laut mengandungi osmolytes yang berfungsi mengekalkan kandungan air dalam sel ikan. Osmolytes mengandungi trimetilamina oksida (TMAO), (CH3)3N+O– yang secara asasnya tidak berbau. Tetapi, apabila ikan dibawa keluar daripada laut dan […]