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August 31st 2021 Increasing sugar availability for oil synthesis. A team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has bred a plant that produces more oil by manipulating the availability of sugar for oil synthesis. The team, … Continue reading →

August 24th 2021 First CRISPR-edited wheat grown in Europe to be planted this autumn. UK research institute Rothamsted Research, a pioneer of GM crop trials since the 1990s, has been granted permission by Defra to run a series of field … Continue reading →

September 28th 2021 A Low-Cost Instrument for Estimating the Starch Content of Cassava Roots Based on the Measurement of RF Return Loss. Abstract. The problem of simply and reliably estimating starch content of cassava roots in the field is addressed … Continue reading →

July 20th 2021 Gurgaon-based agency begins making biopolymer from corn starch. Gurgaon-based Hello-Tech Worldwide, a expertise sourcing supplier within the discipline of plastics and packaging, has come out with a plant-based bio-compostable polymer. The biopolymer, made out of corn starch, … Continue reading →

July 12th 2021 Tate & Lyle spins off industrial sweeteners, starches division to focus on specialty food and beverage solutions. Tate & Lyle has struck a $1.3bn deal to sell a controlling stake in its ‘Primary Products’ industrial sweeteners and … Continue reading →

July 07th 2021 Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn’t be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is requiring new safety warnings for hydroxyethyl starch (HES) products in light of … Continue reading →

July 07th 2021 Samyang Corp. has developed biodegradable plastic using corn starch. A Bio-material That Can Be Easily Processed into Films. Samyang Corp. announced on July 6 that it has developed biodegradable plastic using corn starch for the first time … Continue reading →

June 25th 2021 A tiny device incorporates a compound made from starch and baking soda to harvest energy from movement. Scientists have used a compound made from a starch derivative and baking soda to help convert mechanical to electrical energy. … Continue reading →

June 24th 2021 In a world-first, a Kobe University research group led by Associate Professor FUKAYAMA Hiroshi of the Graduate School of Agricultural Science has used rice to successfully illuminate the mechanism by which plants regulate the amount of starch … Continue reading →

June 23rd 2021 Researchers look at finding new opportunities for pulse starch. Pulse crops grown in Saskatchewan, including peas, fababeans, chickpeas and lentils, have long been recognized as a safe and nutritious food source. Now, researchers at the University of … Continue reading →