Not a Trump fan
TRUMP is crazy.
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Donald Trump said he would withdraw from NATO and he would withdraw 20,000 troops from the Middle East.
He would abandon South Korea.
He said the various nations must fight their own battles.
He said the US would withdraw support from the Pacific area, including Australia.
However, in November, Obama said the US would honour all alliances, but Obama (is now) finished.
Where does the world stand?
Does the US have two world policies?
Or will the US have Trump committed before it’s too late?
Laurie Walker
Leeton
NSW Department of Primary Industry (DPI) scientists have found new canola genes for resistance to blackleg, the major disease threat to Australia’s canola industry.
The study has unlocked the genetic make-up of canola to characterise major and minor genes resistant to the fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, which causes blackleg disease.
Finding new sources of resistance, particularly resistance which is controlled by minor genes, is extremely important to the canola industry.
Blackleg disease can cause up to 80 per cent yield loss in canola - in Australia, France and Canada resistance has been broken down in some canola varieties due to the emergence of new races of the blackleg pathogen.
Significantly for local canola growers, the study revealed new sources of blackleg resistance which were either resistant to the pathogen or had low levels of blackleg.”
Researchers used 18,804 DNA markers in a genome-wide association study to identify genes associated with both major and minor resistance in canola.
Several genes for resistance were mapped on the canola chromosome using molecular markers, which will assist the incorporation of a combination of genes to develop canola varieties with durable resistance to battle blackleg attack.
Researchers used different races of blackleg fungus collected across Australian canola growing sites and infected 180 varieties of canola to deliver a comprehensive evaluation.
New sources of resistance were identified at the DPI Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, where researchers screened the canola lines using known races of blackleg fungus under glasshouse conditions.
NSW DPI, in collaboration with Marcroft Grains Pathology and the Victorian DPI, has now validated the presence of new genes in a number of canola varieties.
The blackleg resistance research project was supported by the NSW, Victorian and Australian governments and Grains Research and Development Corporation.
Harsh Raman
Senior principal research scientist
NSW DPI
Yay or Nay
Nay
To all shops and businesses with no access for wheelchairs and walkers.
Could you please do something about your entrances as these people would like to go in and have a look around, do some shopping and have something to eat.
Nay
Sussan Ley, why resign – you did not do the wrong thing.
Nay
To all of those people that enjoy ranting on social media.
Do something better with your time rather than being a keyboard warrior.
Yay
To all of those that put up Christmas lights. I’m a bit late, but the kids loved it.
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