late blight Articles
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Molecular genetics of pathogenic oomycetes
Parasitic and pathogenic lifestyles have evolved repeatedly in eukaryotes (93). Several parasitic eukaryotes represent deep phylogenetic lineages, suggesting that they feature unique molecular processes for infecting their hosts. One such group is formed by the oomycetes. Traditionally, due to their filamentous growth habit, oomycetes have been classified in the kingdom Fungi. However, modern ...
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Application of Agricultural Biotechnology for High Nutritious Food Products
Abstract Agricultural biotechnology has some controversy impacts on global economy and international regulations. But, it has enhanced the production of crops and foods with high nutritious. Some time, it has not secured human and environmental safety, intellectual property rights, consumer choice, ethics, food security, poverty reduction and environmental conservation. Even though, it has ...
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Using CRISPR Technology to Modify Starch in Potatoes
Potatoes are the world's largest vegetable crop and the third most important human food crop, second only to rice and wheat in global production. Potatoes are grown on 40.8 million acres in more than 160 countries and are a staple food for more than a billion people. A medium-sized potato provides about 160 calories, mostly from starch. Potatoes also provide other essential nutrients, including ...
By Lifeasible
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Modern Miracles
When a technology comes along that unlocks a new way of thinking about an old problem, we marvel at it as a “modern miracle.” Growing up in Ireland, I know that memories of the Great Potato Famine still run deep. Today, Irish farmers know how fungicides have helped ensure that potato late blight remains a distant memory. Agriculture has come a long way since the nineteenth century, ...
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