Month: November 2017

Keywords：China, Rice, Seawater Scientists in China have developed several types of rice. The rice can be grown in seawater, potentially creating enough food for 200 million people. Researchers have been trying to grow the grain in salty water for decades but have only now developed varieties that could be commercially viable. The rice was grown… Continue reading Chinese scientists develop rice that can grow in seawater, potentially creating enough food for 200 million people

Keywords: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Groundnut, Aflatoxin Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Louisiana State University have made a significant research breakthrough by suppressing the… Continue reading Vitamin E genes identified in maize may help biofortify crops

Reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Agriculture, Sichuan Province, the province’s silage corn acreage has exceeded one million mu, is expected to reach 350 million by 2020. It is understood that Sichuan as a national animal husbandry province, pig size in the country ranked first, but cattle and sheep and milk products are… Continue reading Sichuan silage corn planting area breakthrough million mu

Keywords: Japan, drone, agriculture Companies are increasingly competing to develop high-tech agricultural drones for crop spraying and other uses, working to sell their drones to small-scale farmers, who are facing a serious shortage of successors. For the use of agricultural drones to spread, the key lies in whether the government will allow full automation of pesticide… Continue reading Drones expected to boost agriculture in Japan