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This gene helps hybrid breeding in wheat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): Attention farmers! Australian researchers have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when turned off, eliminates self-pollination, but still allows cross-pollination - opening a way for breeding high-yielding hybrid wheat.
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'Hungover' Roger Federer has a message for tennis' next gen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July. 18 (ANI): Nursing a head-splitting hangover on Monday morning after scoring his eighth Wimbledon title, Roger Federer threw a challenge to the younger breed of tennis players- 'play more attacking tennis'.
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Harmanpreet Kaur basks in social media attention
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Derby [UK], July 5 (ANI): Harmanpreet Kaur symbolises the new breed of women cricketers. She is a superstar on the field, and is marketable off it. She is media savvy and talks the 'hashtag' language of the social media generation.
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70 pct of Pakistan an ideal breeding ground for Jihadis, say Pak Govt. sta
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Poverty statistics of Pakistan for fiscal 2014-15 appear to suggest that at least seventy (70) percent of the country acts as an ideal breeding ground for militants and jihadis.
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EU, U.S. need to revisit Durand Line to end Pak terror policy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): Describing the Afghanistan-Pakistan region as the breeding ground for international terrorism, European Parliament (EP) Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki has said there is a need for the European Union and the United States to review their respective Afghan p
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Champions Trophy to inspire new breed of Welsh stars
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], May 8 (ANI): Former England spinner Robert Croft believes the ICC Champions Trophy return to Cardiff is the perfect opportunity for a new breed of Welsh cricket fans to become a major part of the sport.
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Indian Army gifts seven horses to Nepal Army
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar. 29 (ANI): Organising a special function, the visiting Chief of Army Staff of India, General Bipin Rawat, handed over a stallion light breed, two brood mares, two gelds and two donkey stallions to his Nepali Counterpart General Rajendra Chhetri today.
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Betting big on Geo Analytics; Jugnoo reveals its secret tool of success &#
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Enthused by the profitable and effective tryst with 'Data Loops', Jugnoo unveils this best in breed technology for its fellow business owners and marketers. Primarily a Geo Analytics technology, 'Data Loops' is a terminology used for a cont
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Rameshwaram: Fishermen to go on indefinite strike
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Fishermen in Rameshwaram on Wednesday said that they would go on an indefinite strike against the government's 45-day fishing ban, from mid-April to May-end, during the fish breeding season.
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Gang warfare not unique to humans - banded mongooses do it too
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C.[USA], Mar.1 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Exeter have shed light on the causes of the fights - and found they are most common when females are receptive to breeding and when there is competition over food and territory.
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Gene editing can complement traditional food-animal improvements
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 19 (ANI): To boost sustainability of livestock production, a study finds that gene editing - one of the newest and most promising tools of biotechnology - enables animal breeders to make beneficial genetic changes, without bringing along unwanted genetic changes.
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Egg-free surrogate chickens can save rare poultry breeds
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): To boost breeding of endangered poultry breeds, Briton researchers have come up with gene-editing techniques for the rare breeds to use them as surrogates that cannot produce their own chicks.
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