Pragnell said that tests would last for about nine months, and that Syngenta (nyse: SYT - news - people ) hopes to have the product on the market for the 2009 growing season. The enzyme has the potential to make biofuel production more economical as it eliminates one of the steps in ethanol production. Syngenta to trial enzyme in corn seed to streamline biofuels production - Forbes.com E-Mail . E-Mail Newsletters . RSS. AFX News Limited Syngenta to trial enzyme in corn seed to streamline...

But a closer look reveals something else - a vast semi-circular single terraced paddy field, which is locally known as Girgirla aring or field in the shape of a circle. A single aring measures more than five langdos (a langdo is the land area ploughed by a pair of bulls in a day) makes up more than half the paddy fields of Dangdung. The vastness of this single aring makes farmers feel tired even though they have worked on it for years. The water dried and people started cultivating in it,...

My, how things have changed! Several hundred people who attended last week's two-day conference in Ann Arbor on "The Role of Engaged Universities in Economic Transformation" were showered with the new reality of how central our research institutions are to the economic future of our troubled state. Sure, the University of Michigan was a darned good school, a nice place to go visit on sunny Saturdays for a football game. But it was way off there to the west, an ivy-clad touch of the ivy...

The ethanol from corn is a solution that is really effective if crude rises above $250 a barrel. The little improvement in trade balance due to rise in export is counterbalanced and then some by the rising imported crude bills. In the short run dollar can fall badly as Federal Reserve signals massive rate cuts to try and avoid a recession in 2008. As mortgage meltdown moves from subprime sector to prime, Bernanke sets out jumbo mortgage plan can it help in stopping the slow but steady...

The concept of the tapa has recently made its way into restaurants and cafes across the country, leaving Spanish food lovers with a WTF look on their faces. Other experts describe the origin of the tapa as relating to King Alfonso, known in history books as The Wise, who saw to it that food must be served with alcohol so that bar patrons would not get too drunk or sick. The food used to protect the precious libation from pests was called a tapa, literally translating to cover in Spanish....