AFP June 25, 2007 Israeli researchers say they have genetically engineered tomatoes to give hints of lemon and rose aromas that have done well in testing on volunteers. The transgenic tomato includes a gene from a variety of lemon basil, Ocimum basilicum, that produces an aroma-making enzyme called geraniol synthase, Efraim Lewinsohn of Newe Yaar Research Center and colleagues report. The GM tomatoes have only a light red color, though, because they have only half as much lycopene as...

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At the extension office, we get a lot of calls from concerned residents wondering, "What are those brown spots on my lawn?" The cause is often a fungal disease called brown patch - or large patch on warm summer turf - and it can quickly destroy the beauty of a lawn. At the extension office, we get a lot of calls from concerned residents wondering, "What are those brown spots on my lawn?" The cause is often a fungal disease called brown patch - or large patch on warm summer turf - and it...

Farmers Guardian Over 2000 classifieds in. AS potato crops reach stable canopy stage and the blight pressure mounts across the country potato growers should be incorporating strong protectant fungicides with known zoospore and hence tuber blight activity into their blight programmes, says Dow AgroSciences. AS potato crops reach stable canopy stage and the blight pressure mounts across the country potato growers should be incorporating strong protectant fungicides with known zoospore and...

This successful divestiture of its stake in EFC is the latest in a long line of corporate finance and capital market transactions on which Swicorp has advised Savola, over many years, helping the Savola Group to consolidate its position as one of Saudi Arabia's most successful industrial companies, with a strong presence throughout the MENA region & beyond. This successful divestiture of its stake in EFC is the latest in a long line of corporate finance and capital market transactions on...

Dillon said the complaint involved a Sawyer Exterminating employee using a pesticide called Phantom at the gym during business hours when the product s label said it was not to be used in occupied rooms. He also said the label has since been changed to prohibit the product s use within a reasonable distance of a person, rather than stating no one can be in the same room. Al Fogleman, owner of Sawyer Exterminating, said he disagreed with the state s assessment of what happened, but at some...

Southeast Michigan's commercial cucumber growers are being urged to begin using fungicides following the discovery of downy mildew on hothouse cucumbers in nearby Ontario. However, she recommends beginning fungicide treatments immediately since the disease spores are airborne. Downy mildew had no significant impact on production in 2006, according to the state agricultural statistics office, but is reason for concern, since Michigan leads the nation in pickling cucumber production. Get the...

The export companies changed the shipping manifests so that the chemical appeared to be a medicinally approved substance instead of the poisonous coolant. An increasing number of risk factors should encourage Fools to exercise caution when investing, whether in Chinese companies or domestic firms that rely on China for much of their business. Like Russia before it, the semblance of a market economy can quickly collapse when the state steps in to seize the opportunities whose profits it...

Abraaj Capital, the premier investment firm specialising in private equity investment in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region, announced today the closing of the largest private equity acquisition in the history of the Middle East and North Africa. Abraaj Capital, the premier investment firm specialising in private equity investment in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region, announced today the closing of the largest private equity acquisition...