Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowpea plant could actually empower the immune cells to attack cancerous cells and ...

Jack Hoopes spends a lot of time with dying dogs. A veterinary radiation specialist at Dartmouth College, Hoopes has spent his decades-long career treating canine cancers with the latest experimental ...

During research carried out in the Netherlands, Marilia Santos Silva discovered that some tobacco plants die if a virus infects them, whereas others survive. A virus can quickly and completely infect ...

Immunology researchers led by Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center discover how the cowpea mosaic plant virus is recognized by and strongly stimulates the immune system to ...

Cowpea, also called Lubia or black-eyed peas, is the most ancient crop known to have been farmed by man. Due to its high protein content, heat tolerance and highly efficient water and fertilizer ...

The black-eyed pea is a well-loved legume in the southern United States. Some call it "soul food"; others call it good luck when eaten on New Year's Day. In its native region of western and central ...

This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the antibacterial effect of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and N-heterocyclic pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) on Xanthomonas campestris pv. vignicola, ...

Cowpea curculio, Chalcodermus aeneus (Boheman), is an important pest of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers, in the southeastern United States. This insect also feeds on other fabaceous crops and a ...

Just like thoroughbred owners and George Foreman, every plant breeder has a particular way of assigning names. Some breeders keep atlases in their offices so each kind of cotton and corn can bear the ...