Hessian

ARCADIS Awarded First PPP Hospital Project in Germany

...n a new construction of EUR 140 million, supported by the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs as provider of subsidies. The state of Hesse adjusted the hessian Hospital Laws to enable PPP projects in healthcare. By realising this as a PPP project, considerable cost advantages can be achieved. The PPP a...

Hessian in Biological News

Scientists find genes involved in the battle between Hessian flies and wheat

Wheat has ways to battle the tiny, red wormlike insects that nibble on the plant's leaves and can destroy crops worldwide, but the Hessian fly larvae that survive eventually evolve methods to overcome plant defenses. Purdue University and USDA-Agriculture Research Service scientists trying to thw...

2009 ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship award announcement

...plant biology. CATEGORY B David Valenta, Frostburg State University Mentor: David Puthoff The Transformation of Micro-Tom Tomatoes with hessian Fly Responsive Genes Through my application for the SURF grant, I learned a lot about grant writing and the many elements of writing a research prop...

Wheat can fatally starve insect predators

...eath. The gene's role in creating resistance to hessian flies was a surprise to U.S. Department of Agricul...able of binding with a carbohydrate complex in the hessian fly larvae. The lectin acts as a key to the carboh...using the insects starve, Williams said. Some hessian fly larvae, which are called virulent, are capable...

Wild grasses and man-made wheats advance research capabilities

...ing forced to find broader gene pools to bring in the genetic variability I believe is necessary for the gene pool here." Karnal bunt, new races of hessian fly, new leaf rust, stripe rust and Russian wheat aphid, as well as the need for more drought tolerance present challenges, he said. Progress in tradi...