Drought Tolerant Plant News
| Drought tolerant maize to hugely benefit Africa: study * Drought tolerant maize boosts yields up to 25 percent Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:19:00 -0700 Coppell water conservation holding at Stage 1 The Coppell water conservation and drought contingency plan is at Stage 1. The plan, which goes into effect every May 15 and continues until Sept. 15, is mandated by a city ordinance and by the state as well. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:46:26 -0700 New Research Builds On Breakthrough Discovery At UC Riverside Of Synthetic Chemical Pyrabactin Drought-tolerant crops have moved closer to becoming reality. A collaborative team of scientists has made a significant advance on the discovery last year by the University of California, Riverside's Sean Cutler of pyrabactin, a synthetic chemical that mimics a naturally produced stress hormone in plants to help them cope with drought conditions... Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:05:52 -0700 IN THE GARDEN: Sumptuous Sage Look up “sage” in the dictionary, and you’ll find that the worddescribes a distinguished person possessed with wisdom and soundjudgment. Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:29:24 -0700 Garden Tips: Figs a lovely, edible addition to South Florida landscape The often-seen “fruit” of a fig is not really a fruit but a part of the flower structure called a syconium. The flowers are small, fleshy and borne on the inside wall of the hollow syconium. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:52:00 -0700 Distill, then till: Brown-Forman chef reuses barrels as a garden Gardeners and landscape designers have long had a fondness for reusing old bourbon barrels as planters, but Mark Williams has taken the concept of bourbon-barrel container gardening to new lengths. State fair winners roll out the bourbon for an added kick When sweet-and-sour chicken becomes a grinder April Ravenscroft's drunken baby back ribs Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:16:36 -0700 make money on the internet |
