Category: Industry News

On November 25, the Ministry of Agriculture held a pilot implementation meeting of the arable land fallow system in Beijing to summarize the effectiveness of the pilot project of arable land rotation in the arable land and the deployment and arrangement of next key tasks. Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong attended the meeting and… Continue reading Ministry of Agriculture: Quickly Promote the Normalization of Arable Land Rotation and Institutionalization

In the just-held 33rd China Plant Protection “Double Rendezvous”, digitization and precision became attractive. Although these have been mentioned for many years, but this year a number of corporate events and exhibition dynamic point of view, has begun to enter the actual operation stage. The future development trend of agriculture must be digital and accurate.… Continue reading Agriculture is moving towards digitization and precision

Keywords: Corn, Strait, Stacks Tim Dahl plunges a shovel into the soil to remove a firmly rooted cornstalk while checking root structure. “Hear those roots popping?” asks the Syngenta agronomic service representative. Even though this field is corn-on-corn, the corn’s root system is well protected by root-resistant traits and a soil-applied insecticide , he says. The… Continue reading The future of corn traits and stacks

Keywords: organic farming,India,agriculture Reiterating the government’s resolve of according a high priority to food security, Chief Minister of India Andhra Pradesh state, N Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday said that many initiatives had been undertaken to improve the organic farming in the State. Inaugurating the first edition of the three-day AP AgriTech-Summit (Agri Hackathon) in Visakhapatnam at the APIIC… Continue reading India Andhra Pradesh state plans big to promote organic farming

On November 15, the International Patent Planting Rights Application Platform was launched in China. PRISMA is the online application system of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), which was completed in January this year. It aims to facilitate breeders applying for variety rights protection in different countries and regions.… Continue reading Plant variety rights international application platform started in our country

Keywords: Monsanto, White maize cultivar, Kenya At the beginning of the year, Monsanto launched DK777, a pest-resistant white maize cultivar, in Kenya. This cultivar was now also being released in Zambia and Malawi. It would be commercialised in Nigeria and Tanzania in 2018, pending their respective national variety listing processes. The cultivar had the potential to… Continue reading New seed variety promises to boost maize production in Africa

Keywords: Kenyan, Striga resistance genes, Sorghum Wild sorghum will soon provide a reservoir for resistance genes against Striga. A research team is lead by Dr. Steven Runo of the Plant Transformation Laboratory (PTL) at Kenyatta University and Professor Michael Timko of University of Virginia. They has identified three wild sorghum accessions resistant to Striga hermonthica (witchweed).… Continue reading Kenyan scientists find new Striga resistance genes in wild sorghum

According to the recent data on the import and export of China’s crop seeds from January to September 2017 issued by the China Seed Trade Association (CNSTA) in 2017, the import and export of crop seeds increased in 2017, both in terms of export volume and export value. According to statistics, from January to September… Continue reading Seed exports increased export reduction

Keywords: India,agriculture,technology Farmers in Devanakonda mandal in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh are dependent on the rains. The area is not irrigated. The farmers are relatively poor, with landholdings of 2-3 acres each, and grow crops like groundnut and cotton. Groundnut yields depend a lot on when it is sowed. It’s best sown when there is… Continue reading Technology is beginning to transform Indian agriculture

Keywords: Breeders, Shelf life, Inputs, Plant habits, Garden Performance Breeders face the difficult task of bringing new spring annuals to market that offer the whole package ─ production ease for the grower, shelf appeal for the retailer, and success for the end consumer. Here’s are five characteristics they look for in the new annuals they introduce,… Continue reading Five characteristics breeders want in top-performing spring annuals