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Study identifies gene that regulates root growth angle in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 31 (ANI): The discovery of a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn is a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nitrogen, according to an international team of researchers, led Penn State.
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Study finds gene that regulates angle of root growth in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 29 (ANI): During a recent study, an international team of Penn State researchers discovered a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn. This finding can serve as a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nit
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Ocean microbes team up brilliantly to gather food when its scarce, researc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): What's a hungry marine microbe to do when the pickings are slim? It must capture nutrients- nitrogen, phosphorus, or iron - to survive, yet in vast expanses of the ocean, nutrients are extremely scarce.
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Butterflies at risk from excess nitrogen: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], June 20 (ANI): The nitrogen present in agriculture, vehicle emissions and industry gets deposited in the soil via the air and impacts vegetation- to the detriment of the butterflies, as researchers at the University of Basel have discovered.
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Excess nitrogen puts butterflies at risk, researchers affirm
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Nitrogen from agriculture, vehicle emissions and industry is endangering butterflies in Switzerland. The element is deposited in the soil via the air and has an impact on vegetation- to the detriment of the butterflies, as researchers at the University of B
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AIMIM chief Owaisi takes a dig at UP CM, calls him 'greatest scientist in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his remark on converting Nitrogen into Oxygen, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi called Adityanath the "greatest scientist in India" and demande
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Satellite study finds rising levels of hidden air pollutants in Indian cit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 2 (ANI): A UK based study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, found that hidden air pollutants like fine particles- PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), both hazardous to health, are increasing in Indian cities.
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PM Modi reviews progress of converting nitrogen plants to oxygen plants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the progress of converting nitrogen plants to oxygen plants in the country.
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IIT Bombay converts nitrogen generator to oxygen generator to help meet de
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid the strain on country's health infrastructure due to surge in COVID-19 cases in which there is growing demand for medical oxygen, IIT Bombay has demonstrated a technology for conversion of nitrogen generator to oxygen generator.
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Three held in Delhi for black marketing of medical supplies
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Monday arrested three black marketeers who were allegedly engaged in hoarding and supply of oxygen cylinders, nitrogen cylinders and flow meters at a very high price.
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US: At least 5 dead, 10 hurt in chemical Leak at food plant in Georgia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Georgia [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five individuals have died and ten others were injured following a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing plant in the state of Georgia, Hall County Fire Services official Zach Brackett said on Thursday.
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Biochar helps hold water, saves money for farmers: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): The abstract benefits of biochar for long-term storage of carbon and nitrogen on American farms are clear with the new research from Rice University that also shows a short-term, concrete bonus for farmers.
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