Horticulture News
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Agilent Technologies publishes industry`s first compendium to test for synthetic marijuana compounds
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced availability of the industry's first GC/MS compendium to test for synthetic cannabinoids, recently declared controlled substances by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. They are most commonly found in "herbal incense" blends. The compendium, available from Agilent at no cost to qualified forensics labs, contains detailed procedures for sample ...
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Biohappiness key to future, says Swaminathan
The father of the Green Revolution in Asia and World Food Prize winner, M.S. Swaminathan, has launched a book on 'biohappiness'. In Search of Biohappiness maintains that true, long-term wellbeing can only be achieved by harnessing biodiversity to work for people in sustainable and equitable ways. "Biohappiness arises from the conversion of bioresources into jobs and income in an environmentally ...
By SciDev.Net
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Oceana Launches New Campaign in U.S. to Stop Seafood Fraud
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, today launched its new campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. At the press briefing, Oceana and other experts explained how seafood fraud can come in many different forms – from mislabeling fish and falsifying ...
By Oceana
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Reading Takes Root: The Davey Tree Expert Company Announces Plans to Bring More Than 25,000 Reading Trees to Communities Across the Country
Many people say their favorite place to read a book is under the cool shade of a tree canopy, whether it's on their backyard patio, at the park or near a beach. The Davey Tree Expert Company is honoring the 25-year legacy of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" by bringing that coveted experience to more communities across the country. In a program it calls "Reading Takes Root," Davey will donate and plant ...
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I love your hat
Ward Bunyan took a snapshot of this view of sister mountaintops in Arizona (about 40 miles west of Flagstaff) sharing a fluffy white chapeau, and thought we'd like to see it. We did. Thought you would too. Ward knew it was a giant lenticular cloud topping the two peaks. "What is not readily apparent in the photo is that the cloud has the outside edges slightly rolled down all the way around ...
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Our hot-off-the-presses catalog features new products
Have you seen our newest weather catalog? It's a real beauty, if we do say so ourselves (and not just because some of those who work diligently on the E-Newsletter had a small hand in it)! We always like to pack our catalog with all the information you might need about our products. This time we went even further, adding some pages to introduce new products and clarify how our sensors, ...
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Endosulfan to become ”Dirty Number 22“
Dessau-Roßlau, 5 May 2011 - EU recommends endosulfan be registered as POP in Stockholm ConventionA worldwide ban on production and application of the chemical endosulfan in pesticides is about to be introduced, in accordance with a resolution passed by the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs. President Jochen Flasbarth of the ...
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Restoring the world`s forests while feeding the poor
“We are one shock away from a full-blown crisis,” stated Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, at a recent meeting of the bank and the IMF. He was referring to a critical increase in poverty, resulting from the escalating cost of food. The UN’s food price index has risen 37% since March 2010. Basic cereal prices are up 60% over this period. Wheat is up 63%, and maize ...
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The ethics of the Svalbard global seed vault
When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in Norway in February 2008, it was hailed as a 'Noah's Ark' for protecting biodiversity for future generations. But critics are concerned about the possibility of large corporations exploiting small seed banks' collections deposited at the vault. Seed banks from around the world are encouraged to deposit their collections at Svalbard. But, according to ...
By SciDev.Net
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Marrone Bio Innovations Honored for Innovative Water Technology
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today announced its selection by The Artemis Project™ as a winner in the Top 50 Water Companies Competition. This award highlights MBI's product Zequanox™ as one of the most promising, innovative technologies coming to the marketplace.Zequanox™ is an effective natural product for the control of invasive zebra and quagga mussels that are aggressively multiplying in ...
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Marrone bio innovations honored for innovative water technology
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today announced its selection by The Artemis Project™ as a winner in the Top 50 Water Companies Competition. This award highlights MBI’s product Zequanox™ as one of the most promising, innovative technologies coming to the marketplace. Zequanoxä is an effective natural product for the control of invasive zebra and quagga mussels that are ...
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U.S. EPA honors sprouts farmers market in westlake village as platinum – level greenchill partner for environmental achievements
At a community welcoming event held by Sprouts Farmer’s Market’s new store in Westlake, Calif., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership awarded the Sprouts store its Platinum Certification Award, EPA’s highest honor – and a California first - for green refrigeration. GreenChill was created by EPA in 2007, partnering with food retailers to ...
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SG Biofuels Signs Customers for 250,000 Acres of Hybrid Jatropha Seed
SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has signed customers for the deployment of 250,000 acres of Jatropha using its JMax™ hybrid seeds. Jatropha is a non-edible energy crop that produces large volumes of sustainable plant oil used for biodiesel, bio jet fuel and specialty chemicals. The JMax™ hybrid ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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EPA issues compliance orders to seven concentrated animal feeding operations in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
EPA Region 7 announced today that it has issued administrative compliance orders to seven concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, directing those operations to correct a range of violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Region 7’s latest round of CAFO enforcement activity, aimed at encouraging producers’ compliance with the Clean Water Act and ...
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Flocks of Sheep Bring to Life GBP450k Transformation of Exeter Cathedral Green
A flock of 170 life sized designer sheep will be on-hand to help launch the GBP450k transformation of the Exeter Cathedral green this Friday (Friday 13th May 2011). The GBP450,000 investment from Groundwork UK and Big Lottery Fund's Community Spaces programme, has helped complete the first phase in the master plan for the green - breathing life back by creating new pathways, lighting and ...
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OriginOil`s French Joint Venture Participates in Large-Scale Algae Projects
OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, yesterday announced that Ennesys, its joint venture partner in France, is working with large institutions to develop two separate large-scale algae projects. "Europe and France have made unconditional ...
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New project will collect vital knowledge about tree genetic resources to support conservation
A workshop in Nairobi, Kenya last week saw representatives from 43 African nations participate in an ambitious project to document the status of the world's forest genetic resources; a vital step in conserving and sustainably managing forests. "Forest genetic resources are unique and irreplaceable; from plants that provide timber and essential nourishment when crops fail to those that may be ...
By SciDev.Net
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Donation of 100 vintage cars and trucks the largest in Olds College 99-year history
Calgary area businessman and rancher J. C. (Jack) Anderson will be donating the proceeds from the sale of his collection of 100 vintage cars and trucks to Olds College during its 2013 Centennial year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120118/TO290) Planning for the "100 Cars and Trucks For Our 100th Year" auction is underway. Mr. Anderson's prized collection will be auctioned ...
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GM maize contaminates non-GM crops in Uruguay
Contamination of traditional maize crops planted near genetically modified (GM) maize fields may be common in Uruguay, where the cultivation of GM maize has been permitted since 2003, scientists have said. A study published in Environmental Biosafety Research (25 March) has found GM seedlings in three traditional maize fields. It is said to be the first report of cross-fertilisation between GM ...
By SciDev.Net
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Study probes sources of Mississippi river phosphorus
In their eagerness to cut nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico, people have often sought simple explanations for the problem: too many large animal operations, for instance, or farmers who apply too much fertilizer, which then flows into waterways. But according to new modeling research that examined phosphorus loading from all 1768 counties in the ...
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