Month: January 2018

Keywords: rice, Australia Wild rice growing in northern Australia’s crocodile-infested waters could help boost global food security, say University of Queensland researchers. They have mapped its genetic family tree. Wild rice have valuable traits, such as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance. That can be bred into commercial rice strains, said Professor Robert Henry.… Continue reading Ancient rice heralds a new future for rice production

Keywords: GM crop, wheat, Egypt Egypt government researchers have made two advances that could increase the national production of wheat in a country. The country is sometimes cited as the world’s largest wheat importer. One advance involves a new compound that would be used to treat wheat seeds. The other involves the genetic manipulation of the… Continue reading In Egypt, genetic crop modification is on hold

Keywords: maize When two maize inbred lines are crossed with each other, an interesting effect occurs: The hybrid offspring have a significantly higher yield than either of the two parent plants. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now investigated a number of genetically distinct hybrids. They showed that the offspring had many more active… Continue reading More genes are active in high-performance maize

Recently, the reporter learned from the Central Meteorological Observatory that before the end of January, the temperature in most parts of central and east China is still low. Rain and snow weather will also occur in the south and it is imperative to do a good job in agricultural disaster prevention in advance.   After… Continue reading There is still rain and snow in the south agricultural disaster prevention without delay

Keywords: food, GMOs Critics and supporters of biotechnology are at odds over whether the world faces a genuine food shortage, and the role that genetically engineered crops could play in addressing future challenges.Many genetic engineering advocates note that the world population is on course to exceed 9 billion by 2050. Most people agree that the… Continue reading We produce enough food on this planet to feed everyone: So why do we need GMOs?

Keywords: India, rice Demonstration plots have been used in introducing new varieties that are appropriate and beneficial to the growing conditions of the region to farmers. However, conventional demonstration set-ups on larger plot areas do not effectively help farmers compare the advantages of new varieties over their own. In conventional demonstration plots, farmers only see… Continue reading India: Seed dealers help speed up dissemination of stress-tolerant rice varieties

In combatting older forms of wheat rust, researchers and plant breeders had mostly relied on introducing single resistance genes to new wheat varieties. These so-called “major genes” are fairly easy to handle for breeders and they provide strong protection — though only while they last. When the pathogen evolves and defeats the resistance gene, the… Continue reading Hunting for wheat rust resistance amid relentless fungal mutations

Keywords: maize Maize is amazingly diverse. A study comparing genome segments from two inbred lines, for instance, revealed that half of the sequence and one-third of the gene content was not shared – that’s more diversity within the species than between some other species, for example humans and chimpanzees, which exhibit more than 98 percent… Continue reading Maize breeding: When a single reference is not enough

Recently, a high-standard field show as a platform to rely on modern agricultural technology for science and technology seed industry event – the 16th Guangdong Seed Industry Fair held in Guangzhou. This year’s Guangdong Seed Expo will be “new varieties and new technologies and new equipment and new technology for agriculture to plug in the… Continue reading More than 6,000 kinds of good art gathering Guangdong Seed Expo

Keywords: UK, wheat Top-yielding winter wheat feed variety Gravity could take as much as 15% of the certified seed market at this autumn’s drilling, making it one of the top two varieties for harvest 2019. The area down to seed production for this hard-milling feed variety is the second largest after breadmaking variety Skyfall, so… Continue reading UK: Top-yielding wheat variety set to see leap in market share