Month: August 2017

Keywords: Mycogen Seeds , hybrid corn , Enlist , weed control For the 2017-18 season, the Mycogen® brand corn portfolio features more new, advanced genetics than ever before. Plus, for the first time, Mycogen brand hybrids include the Enlist™ trait so farmers have access to a more effective weed control program and options to help prevent… Continue reading Mycogen Seeds launches hybrids with Enlist™ trait to meet farmers’ needs

Keywords: Pakistan , fruit fly , fruits , vegetables , crop pest Pakistan is losing $200 million annually due to fruit fly. Fruit fly is a serious threat to export of fruits and vegetables. It was said by agricultural experts during a seminar organised by the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, in collaboration with the district government… Continue reading Pakistan losing $200 million due to fruit fly

August 26, China Intelligent Agglomeration Service Alliance was established in Beijing, held the same year, “wisdom of agricultural services Forum” and “China’s intelligent agricultural services demonstration and extension project” launch ceremony. The alliance by the China Green Agriculture Union, China Green Eco-Environmental Protection Union led the joint Shandong Zhixing Special Vehicle Co., Ltd., Hebei Silicon… Continue reading China Intelligent Agglomeration Service Alliance was established in Beijing

Keywords: India , China , biotechnology , innovative farm technologies , crop yield Today a US embassy official said that India is not keeping pace with its peers like China in adopting innovative farm technologies, especially biotechnology. He caution that the country’s agri import may rise if crop yields are not raised. The comments come against… Continue reading India not keeping pace with peers like China in adopting farm tech: US official

Indian agricultural sector has potential to double farmer income and grow exports to $100 billion by 2022 from the present $36 billion, according to industry experts. “India ranks second globally in agricultural production at $367 billion and we have potential to double farmer income and increase exports to $100 billion by 2022”. “Globally, exports in… Continue reading India agriculture exports may grow to $100 billion by 2022

Keywords: eco-agriculture China has earmarked 605 million yuan (around 90 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to bolster eco-agriculture. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said in a statement Tuesday that the funds will be used for 61 circular projects which create economic development through environment and resource protection. It include water recycling and standardized… Continue reading China allocates funds to develop eco-agriculture

Keywords: farmland pollution The World Bank is to lend 100 million U.S. dollars to a program to reduce heavy metal pollution in China’s largest rice-producing province. Cao Wendao is the bank’s senior agriculture economist. He said: “This project is the first of its kind supported by the World Bank in China. And it will be innovative in… Continue reading World Bank finances China’s farmland pollution control

Keywords: Solynta , hybrid breeding technology , potato In a hidden experimental field in Wageningen, the Netherlands, surrounded by tall maize plants, there are several smaller plots with potato plants. In some of these plots there are only dead plants, in others the plants have been affected by late blight (Phytophthora infestans) to a greater or… Continue reading Revolutionary hybrid breeding technology protects potato from fungus by multi-resistance

Recently, the reporter learned from the Shandong provincial government news conference, Shandong lasted more than two years of permanent basic farmland designated work fully completed, delineated area of 9587 mu, exceeding the state issued 9584 million mu of the task. At the same time, in order to effectively strengthen the permanent basic farmland protection, Shandong… Continue reading Shandong fully completed the permanent basic farmland delineation

Keywords: Tomato , breeding , Cell Size Regulator gene Thanks to a mutation in the Cell Size Regulator gene, farmers can grow big, juicy tomatoes. The mutation occurred during the tomato domestication process. Esther van der Knaap of the University of Georgia, Athens and colleagues describe this gene variant in a study published in open-access journal… Continue reading Gene that makes large, plump tomatoes identified