Molecular biologist James Giovannoni of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Laboratory in Ithaca, New York, studies how fruit ripening is controlled genetically in tomatoes. | USDA photo Previously unknown genes, including some for flavour, were missing from the original genome map done in 2012 If you think that store-bought tomatoes… Continue reading Genomic project discovers new tomato genes
Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer climates including South China and countries near the Equator. To create the soybean mutants, research teams from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences knocked out two genes using the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR, Hou… Continue reading Gene editing expands soybean planting in China
After decades chasing the enormous China market, a sale of U.S. rice was confirmed here last week. “This sale marks a turning point for the U.S. rice industry and its relationship with China as it is the first ever of U.S. rice to a private importer and is truly historic as it sets the stage… Continue reading China imports its first rice from US ever
The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has come up with a seed production technology to address the scarcity of quality ginger seed rhizomes. The high price and non-availability of seed materials have been hampering ginger production in Kerala and neighbouring States. The in-vitro micro rhizome technology initiated at Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (CPBMB),… Continue reading Kerala agriculture varisty develops new seed tech for ginger
India has made a strong pitch for the export of its high quality and organically-cultivated tobacco to China, home to 350 million smokers, the world’s largest. A delegation of Indian Tobacco Board (ITB) led by its Chairperson K Sunitha held talks with Zhang Jianmin, Chief Commissioner of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) on Friday and… Continue reading India pushes for tobacco exports to China
Director Cotton Dr Saghir Ahmed Tuesday said agriculture scientists had developed low water consuming and disease resistant cotton varieties. Addressing the Cotton Research and Development Board meeting, Dr Sagir said research on weeds resistant varieties was underway and these varieties would include in the National Varietal Trial this year. Dr Saghir Ahmed said the research… Continue reading Disease resistant cotton varieties developed by Pakistani scientists
USDA has confirmed the presence of Monsanto’s MON 71800 variety in the genetically modified volunteer wheat plants recently discovered in Eastern Washington. MON 71800 is known by the trade name Roundup Ready wheat. It was previously found in an Oregon wheat field in 2013. According to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the… Continue reading USDA/APHIS identifies type of GMO wheat
Stem rust, which occurs mainly in warm and humid conditions, is a serious biotic threat to wheat that can destroy healthy plants just a few weeks before harvest, resulting in huge yield losses to farmers. Along with leaf rust and stripe rust, it is the among the world’s most threatening wheat fungal diseases, dreaded by… Continue reading CIMMYT global partnership fights mutating wheat rust
Understanding the steps in metabolic pathways is important for understanding health and disease, whether in people or plants. But figuring out these biochemical pathways is difficult and time consuming. So why not have a machine do it? Scientists at UC Davis and Ben-Gurion University in Israel have applied machine learning (artificial intelligence) techniques to… Continue reading Using machine learning to predict metabolic pathways in tomatoes
Recent rains have slowed the harvest of soybeans and corn in Argentina as well as the planting of the winter wheat crop. According to the Grain Exchange of Buenos Aires, the 2018/19 soybean crop is 99.1% harvested with 150,000 hectares left to harvest in southern Buenos Aires province and in northern Chaco province. In the… Continue reading Rains slows corn harvest and winter wheat planting in Argentina
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