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How the harmful fungus Ustilago maydis able to form in the aerial parts of the corn plant and weakens it has been investigated by a research team led by the University of Bonn.
A vice-presidential nominee. the clinton name is equally damaged and once she gets in the ring, i think a lot of people don't like her or beer clinton and i think the race will be close no matter who comes out of the republican primary. hillary clinton is as much damaged goods as the bush name is. and that is funded by the federal government. and time appeal from corn. that could be worse for the environment in the short term. and chief correspondent. and that is conventionial wisdom. >> it is an eye-opener. it is a half million dollar government study and biofuels left of harvested corn plant...
Conservative groups. true the vote filed a complaint against the democrat on the house over site committee. they lunched their own personal investigation and put the group on the irs's radar. comings actions were outside of his jurisdictions and should not be>> lori ross man joins us now to explain what is going on. hi there, lori. >> hi, good morning. a book look at the bio fuel industry. a new 500,000 dollar federally sponsored study finds that bio fuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are actually worse than gasoline when it comes to global warming at least in the short ter...
And use other insecticides which might be worse. >> here thefor nicotinoids were green and environmentally beneficial. the seed coatings, a farmer will purchase seeds coated in this insecticide and it's taken up sift timically. >> in the plant, in the fruit. >> exactly. the corn plants becomes poisonous to the worms that try to eat the plant. what this -- what this makes unnecessary is the farmer indiscriminately spraying his field with pesticide later on, so to ban the pesticides now would be to resu greater application of pesticides. >> more spraying, more runoff into the water, more environ...
Abc's alex perez shows us why. >> reporter: the blistering heat, buckling the pavement, causing the earth to crumble on the roadways and on the farm where bone-dry soil is creating major problem for farmers across the corn belt states. >> we are at such a critical point in this corn plant's life now, it could be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: in manhattan, illinois, where this farmer is a fourth generation farmer they're praying for rain. some plants are almost two feet shorter than they should be at this point in the season and the next two weeks are critical. corn plants begin the po...