Category: Industry News

Keywords: pea Scientists are injecting genes into pea plants to speed up introducing better disease resistance and improving the nutrition of this pulse crop within the next five years. Adding valuable genes from wild pea varieties from Africa and Asia is set to bring improved resistance to the potentially devastating disease downy mildew, with fungicide… Continue reading Gene injection set to bring big benefits to pea crops

Keywords: rice Researchers from Cornell and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service announced today they are releasing a nutritious red rice cultivar that should appeal to people interested in alternative grains. The new rice, called Scarlett, is whole-grain rice and has a nutty, rich flavor. It is also packed with nutrients: The… Continue reading Cornell University and USDA/ARS release a nutritious red rice cultivar for the U.S.

Thailand’s Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, recently proposed a Draft Bill on the Plant Variety Protection (No. 2) (Draft PVP Bill) and released it for public hearing. The Draft PVP Bill aims to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act B.E. 2542 (1999) (PVP Act) so that Thai law is in compliance with the International… Continue reading Draft Bill provides updates to protection of new plant varieties in Thailand

Keywords: wheat Eduard Akhunov, K-State professor of wheat genetics and pathology, looks at wheat spikes in the university’s greenhouse. Kansas State University researchers say their work to improve genes in wheat varieties using a gene-editing technology is another positive step toward global food security. “Food security and the food supply is one of the main… Continue reading Kansas State University researchers using gene-editing technology to improve wheat

Keywords: farmer, cost Uncertainty about critical crop inputs across fertilizer and crop protection categories reflect the harsh realities facing farmers as they try to balance input costs and financial returns. The latest Farmer Speaks research study conducted in January 2018 by Millennium Research and commissioned by J.L.Farmakis, Inc. reveals general trends in the market and… Continue reading New research shows where farmers are making changes to reduce costs

Keywords: grain A relatively minor genetic modification can triple the number of grains produced by sorghum (family Poaceae), a drought-tolerant plant widely used as a source of food, animal feed, and source of biofuel. The team is now working to apply the same system to other cereal crops. Researchers from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory… Continue reading One tiny mutation could triple the world’s production of grain

A group of researchers linked to the Brazil National Institute of Science and Technology of Semiochemicals in Agriculture – one of the INCTs based in São Paulo State with support from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the National Council for Scientific & Technological Development (CNPq) – has identified and synthesized the sexual pheromone of… Continue reading Ray of hope for citrus farmers as Greening vector’s sexual pheromone identified

Keywords: China, seed China may strengthen criminal punishments to crack down on intellectual property (IP) violations in the seed industry, according to a report submitted to the top legislature last Friday. The report was based on a recent enforcement inspection of the Seed Law by members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress… Continue reading China may strengthen criminal punishment to protect seed IP

Keywords: global warming, crop Climate change is threatening crop yields worldwide, yet little is known about how global warming will confuse normal plant physiology. Researchers in the UK now show that higher temperatures accelerate seed dispersal in crop species belonging to the cabbage and mustard plant family, limiting reproductive success, and this effect is mediated… Continue reading Global warming could cause key culinary crops to release seeds prematurely

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture set up a Committee of Experts on Agricultural Products Nutrition Standards, which is mainly responsible for the research, formulation, validation, publicity, consultation and international cooperation and exchange of farm products nutrition standards. Chen Mengshan is the chairman of the committee.     The Committee consists of 58 members, Chen Mengshan… Continue reading Ministry of Agriculture set up a committee of experts on agricultural products nutrition standards