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A Method to Increase Production Rates and Biomass in C4 Plants

 

Dr. Stephen Long and a team of researchers have developed a line transgenic sugarcane that is more productive than its non-transgenic counterpart. It is...

2, 4-D Broadleaf-herbicide Resistant Transgenic Chancellor Grape

 

In regions that traditionally support cereal crops, penetration of the viticulture industry has been difficult because of widespread use of 2,4-D broadleaf-weed...

Methods for Producing Fertile Crosses Between Wild and Domestic Soybean Species

 

Soybean crop is susceptible to a variety of threats including soybean cyst nematode (SCN), soybean rust, bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) and aphids. SCN is currently...

Expedited Test for Bt resistance in Western Corn Rootworm

 

Researchers from the University of IL have developed a quick test to test for Bt resistance in Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) that can be carried out on adult WCRs...

A Replacement for the Current Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) Type Test.

 

Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed a method of testing soil Soybean Cyst Nematode populations for virulence that can be performed in a...

Genetic Marker to Measure Copy Number of Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance Gene

 

Dr. Matthew Hudson from the University of IL has developed a way of measuring the number of copies in the genome of a soybean plant for the soybean cyst nematode...

Soybean Aphid Resistant Gene

 

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) have...

Stabilized Natural Flavorant

 

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for stabilizing the common natural flavorant 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline and its homologues. The...

A Method for Producing Microencapsulated Tributyrin

 

Butyrate is naturally formed in the colon and is tremendously beneficial in promoting gut health. It is also, however, rapidly metabolized in the colon. Therefore...

Corn Aleurone Oil and Other Unique products from Corn Aleurone Cells

 

A method for preparing corn fiber oil. The method involves separating corn fiber from corn kernels (e.g., by a wet milling process), drying the corn fiber,...

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