Category: Industry News

  Keywords: wheat, genome evolution Following on the heels of the first nearly complete assembly of the hexaploid bread wheat genome, scientists from the University of California, Davis, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Johns Hopkins University, and many other institutions recently published a high-quality genome assembly for one of wheat’s diploid ancestors. Both efforts incorporated… Continue reading New assembly of wheat progenitor offers clues to genome evolution

Moscow and Riyadh are discussing plans for making Saudi Arabia a hub for Russian agricultural products, according to a Russian official. “Saudi Arabia is a traditional crossroads of trade routes, it has a convenient geographical location. Since ancient times, people who lived here, traded with the surrounding countries, with Africa,” a spokesman for the Russian… Continue reading Saudi Arabia may become major hub for Russian agriculture

Keywords: rural, land right, China Chinese lawmakers Friday reviewed a draft decision to extend pilot program. It allows farmers in selected areas to mortgage their land use rights and housing property rights. The draft was submitted at a bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which opened Friday. Approved in December… Continue reading China mulls extending pilot plan to mortgage rural land rights

Keywords: U.S., soybean, China U.S. officials will impose stricter quality controls on exports of soybeans headed to China in response to a request from the government in Beijing. It is  a move that may curb some American shipments. Shipments with impurity levels below a new standard of 1 percent, half the current level, will receive… Continue reading U.S. to tighten standard for soybean shipped to China

Keywords: Following on the heels of the first nearly complete assembly of the hexaploid bread wheat genome, scientists from the University of California, Davis, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Johns Hopkins University, and many other institutions recently published a high-quality genome assembly for one of wheat’s diploid ancestors. Both efforts incorporated SMRT Sequencing to improve… Continue reading New assembly of wheat progenitor offers clues to genome evolution

Towards the end of the year, as a major task of promoting the structural reform of the agricultural supply side, the estimated area of corn acreage in China will be reduced by about 20 million mu in order to reduce ineffective supply.   Reduced maize acreage is mainly concentrated in areas known as “sickle bend”… Continue reading The country will reduce the acreage of 20 million mu of corn in 2017

Keywords: Sunflower, New variety, Blooming A horticulture firm says its experts have bred a sunflower which keeps flowering long after the sun stops shining. Thompson & Morgan, which is based in Ipswich, Suffolk, says sunflowers have normally stopped blooming by the time September ends. However, bosses say their new “Sunbelievable” variety flowers from June until the… Continue reading New sunflower variety keeps blooming until late November, firm claims

Keywords: China, Signaling pathway, Chilling tolerance, Rice The ability of plants to tolerate chilling stress is fundamental in determining the growing season and geographical distribution of plants. Local temperature anomalies caused by global climate change directly threaten crop production. Improvement of chilling tolerance in rice varieties requires clarifying the regulatory mechanisms of chilling signaling pathways. The… Continue reading Chinese scientists reveal a novel signaling pathway for chilling tolerance in rice

Government of Punjab (Pakistan) has allowed the use of drone technology in the agriculture sector to enhance Agricultural productivity. A UAV (Unmanned Air vehicle)/Drone consist of a small unmanned aircraft and after the success of this technology , it is ready to astound the agriculture sector. Drone/UAV technology can be usefully deployed in applications of… Continue reading Pakistan: Punjab government to introduce drone technology in agriculture sector

Keywords: Gene editing, Crop yields, GMO On the surface, a light switch and gene editing have as much in common as a linebacker does with a ballerina. Dig a bit deeper, though. “In a very simple way, the main application of gene editing is like flipping a light switch on and off,” says Federico Tripodi, chief… Continue reading How gene editing will boost crop yields