Bean in Biological News

US Patent Office rejects company's claim for bean commonly grown by Latin American farmers

WASHINGTON, DC (30 APRIL 2008)The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today rejected all of the patent claims for a common yellow bean that has been a familiar staple in Latin American diets for more than a century. The bean was erroneously granted patent protection in 1999, as ...

Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop

MADISON, WI, JULY 18, 2007 The Yam bean originated where the Andes meet the Amazon and is locally grown in South and Central America, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. It is produced in three species which are called the Amazonian, Mexican and Andean. Interbreeding of the bean has resulted in...

Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop

MADISON, WI, JULY 18, 2007 The Yam bean originated where the Andes meet the Amazon and is locally grown in South and Central America, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. It is produced in three species which are called the Amazonian, Mexican and Andean. Interbreeding of the bean has resulted in...

Soybean grant gives researchers tools to unravel better bean

For millennia, people have grown soybeans and turned them into many useful products. But when it comes to understanding why a soybean grows, blooms or produces like it does, researchers are left with unanswered questions. University of Georgia professor Wayne Parrott aims to find the answers w...

Novel electric signals in plants

...in five different plant species, among them agricultural crops like tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), maize (Zea mays), barley (Hordeum vulgare), and field bean (Vicia faba). ...

UD researchers show that plants can accumulate nanoparticles in tissues

... and, thus, exact location inside the plant. The researchers noted that in their initial screening tests, no magnetic signals were detected in lima bean plants compared to the strong signals in pumpkin plants, which suggests that different plants have varied responses to nanosized particles. Additio...

Entomological Society of America names 2008 award winners

... by Dr. Marlin Rice and Dr. John Hill. Jeff's research involved work on the bean leaf beetle, Cerotoma trifurcata (Chrysomelidae), and bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) biology and management. He also used various molecu...

New 'chemical radar' among national security innovations in ACS podcast

...d in castor beans with no known antidote. With 100 million pounds of castor bean waste produced annually, a potential source of the toxin is readily available. The test detects minute quantities of castor bean DNA. A rugged antibacterial coating made of carbon nanotubes coated wi...

Sesame seed extract and konjac gum may help ward off Salmonella and E. coli

...controls, the scientists looked at 18 food-related products including coffee beans, carrot, mango, fermented soya, and food stabilizers such as locust bean gum and konjac gum. All were subjected to in-vitro exposure to various bacteria which were allowed to attach themselves to the test products. The leve...

Sudden Oak Death pathogen is evolving, says new study that reconstructs the epidemic

...otted out which regions were linked to the basal strains to create a history of the epidemic. Two sites emerged as the origin of the basal strains: bean Creek in Santa Cruz County, located just outside a nursery that had been shut down because of its Sudden Oak Death infestation, and the Bolinas Ridge ...

Motor neuron disease and toxic substances: Possible link?

...ke suppliers substituted a lubricating oil for the oil usually used, castor bean oil, when castor bean prices went up. A 2003 article in the New Yorker detailed the sad results, ...

'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria offer pest control clue

...s and provide extra nutrients. While studying interactions between black bean aphids and their associated bacteria, York researchers discovered an intrig...ew category of organism that they dubbed Jekyll and Hyde bacteria. Black bean aphids can live on a number of different plant species. In most situations,...

Life-saving clean water project secures $13M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

...amination of water. The sensitivity of the test will enable detection of ten E. coli colonies in 100ml of water equivalent to finding a single coffee bean in 4,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Demand for an inexpensive but reliable water-testing device that ordinary people can use is high in developi...

Corazonas Foods and Brandeis University partner to create cholesterol-reducing snacks

...rently available in three flavors: Original, Jalapeo Jack and Salsa Picante. Three additional flavors Margarita Lime, Cilantro Salsa Fresca and Baja bean Dip are launching this fall. ...

A healthier start to a pig's life

... use, mainly due to the increase in resistant strains of bacteria. A radical solution has been found by using a lectin obtained from the red kidney bean plant. Lectins are proteins with the ability to bind cells together; typically red blood cells. The EUREKA Healthy Weaning project coordinator, Profes...

Thermal imaging shatters arousal gender gap myth

... focused thermographic cameras on his subjects' genitals while they watched a montage of material from pornography to horror movies to The Best of Mr. bean to Canadian tourism travelogues to provide a base of control data. During the arousal experiment, the male and female subjects watched separate sexual...

A single sugar found responsible for an antibody's ability to treat inflammation

... For years, researchers have struggled to understand how IVIG worked. It's ability to treat autoimmune diseases seemed to bean apparent contradiction. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a complex mixture of IgG antibodies made from human plasma that contains the pooled an...

First surveys of Tanzanian mountains reveal 160+ animal species, including new & endemic

...e these animals live even though the forests are within official reserves. The team observed about 49 acres of one forest reserve had been cleared for bean and tobacco farms. Elsewhere, there was evidence of logging and hunting camps. These observations underscore the urgent need for additional conservati...

Sun protection for plants

... plants to protect themselves from potentially lethal environmental conditions. Their discoveries are now being applied to improve the productivity of bean farmers in South America and rice producers in Asia. Very high levels of sunlight can be hazardous to plants, overwhelming their ability to photosyn...

Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned

...have been exposed until it is too late for treatment, Dr. Vitetta said. Because castor beans are readily available ?more than 50,000 tons of castor bean extract exist around the world as a byproduct of castor oil production ?public health officials warn that ricin could be used for terrorism. Indeed, t...

Plant defenses prompt bacterial countermeasure in the form of 'island' DNA excision

...h. Studying interactions between strains of the halo-bright pathogen and bean plants, the researchers found that the pathogenic bacteria essentially kick...pear compromised in their ability to grow and cause disease within the host bean plant. These findings offer a molecular explanation for how exposure to ...

Time and money make a difference in endangered species recovery

...3, over 1,300 endangered species have been protected in the United States and its territories. In the forthcoming issue of Ecology Letters, Male & bean assess 14 years of endangered plant and animal status trends and show that the length of time species are protected, and the amount of money spent on ...

Vineyard weeds found to host Pierce's disease of grapes

...sa from 27 of 29 species in greenhouse tests. Sunflower, cocklebur, annual bur-sage, morning glory, horseweed, sacred datura, poison hemlock, and fava bean were most frequently infected. "Our study confirmed that plant species cannot be simply classified as either 'hosts' or 'nonhosts' of X. fastidiosa, b...