Vol. 7. Num. 4 - July 2007
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| Ada Hayden |
Soybean rust research
PSI Initiative Jump-Starts Asian Soybean Rust Research
Hayden -- the prairie conservationist
Throughout her career, Ada Hayden could often be seen throwing a
johnboat on top of her car. She would strap it on and drive to the
lakes of Northern Iowa to do her field work. Iowa State Botanist
Lois Tiffany, who was an undergraduate in the late 1940's,
remembers this.
A unique bacterial mechanism gives insight into plant disease
Assistant Professor of genetics, development and cell biology Bing
Yang is studying a unique bacterial mechanism.
Food and Fuel
Feeling a pinch at the pump and in the grocery cart? The demand for
corn to produce biofuels is a boon for Iowa's economy, but is
hitting our pocketbooks.
Nanotechnology, a powerful tool for plant science
Iowa State scientists are the first to use nanotechnology to
penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a
chemical that triggers its expression with controlled precision.
