Fishery experts have known for years that shrimp trawling operations in the Gulf of Mexico are contributing to sharp declines in the ranks of Red Snapper, one of the most delicious and popular marine fish on the seafood menu.

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Associated Professor, DSc Barbara Ann Halkier, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has been granted the Danisco Award 2008. She received the prestigious award for her excellent research into secondary metabolites, which are biologically active substances in, for instance, plants. In particular, her research has focused on biosynthetic pathways, regulation and transport of glucosinolates in cruciferous plants.

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Soybeans no longer a musical fruit? Soybeans may drop off the list of musical fruit. Scientists in Singapore are reporting victory over some consumers’ No. 1 complaint about soy products - the “flatulence factor” caused by indigestible sugars found in soy.

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A new study published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, October 1, revolutionizes the long-held beliefs about cacao - the tree on which cocoa is grown. For hundreds of years, scientists, historians, chocolate experts and academics have all believed that chocolate came from one of three types of cacao - Criollo, Forastero or Trinitario. The study, “Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree (Theobroma l.

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Many marine fisheries are collapsing due to unsustainably high exploitation, exacerbated by changing climatic conditions. North Sea cod are typical of many, with a spawning population below safe biological limit and historically low recruitment levels. However, they are currently managed as a single stock, despite evidence of a meta-population of regionally variable, genetically distinct, sub-stocks.

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Would you like a lemony watermelon? How about a strawberry-flavored banana? Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the day may be coming when scientists will be able to fine tune enzymes responsible for flavors in fruits and vegetables. In addition, it could lead to environmentally-friendly pest control. In the advance online publication of Nature, UT Medical School Assistant Professor C.S. Raman, Ph.D.

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