Crop strength through diversity
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New research shows that rice blast, the main disease of rice, can be controlled by growing mixtures of rice varieties. This approach reverses the trend towards monoculture that is increasingly adopted by the world's food growers.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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ABC of meningococcal diversity
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The entire genome sequences of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and B organisms have been reported. This represents a milestone in meningococcal research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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The diversity-stability debate
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Issues concerned with the biological diversity-stability debate are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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