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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-America Recycles Day

Dan November 15, 2017 Environment, This Land of Ours

Cathy Isom tells us about a national call to action to reduce, reuse and recycle. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Today This Land of Ours celebrates America Recycles Day. For the past 20 years, on November 15th, millions of people across the U-S take part in activities to raise awareness about recycling and the purchasing of recycled …

NuCitrus Shows Strong HLB Tolerance
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers are putting genes from a non-citrus plant into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease. The newly developed plant is called NuCitrus. It’s based on a protein called Arabidopsis NPR1 (AtNPR1). The new citrus shows strong […]
Planning This Season’s Use of Brassinosteroids for Better Juice Quality
By Fernando Alferez and Divya Aryal Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of plant growth regulators with several effects on plant growth and development. They engage in crosstalk with other hormones like auxin, gibberellins, ethylene and abscisic acid, influencing all plant growth and development aspects including fruit maturation, but the timing of this effect appears to […]

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