“Approval of genetically-engineered maize is currently being considered in Pakistan. It would offer farmers a tool to increase their production and reduce use of agricultural chemicals,” claimed Casey E. Bean, USDA official based in US Embassy in Islamabad. — AP/File The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that… Continue reading US to help Pakistan introduce genetically-engineered corn
Dr. Shuyu Liu makes a cross between TAM 114 and a wild wheat relative at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research greenhouse near Bushland. Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife photo Wheat curl mite, greenbug and Hessian fly have long been troublemaker pests for Texas wheat, but a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists is ready to… Continue reading Wild wheat relative genes to aid in battle against trio of pests
Brazil’s agriculture minister will ask Chinese officials on Thursday to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from genetically modified (GM) sugarcane, which is expected to be widely used in Brazil in coming years. Minister Tereza Cristina Dias told Reuters in Beijing on Wednesday, on her first visit to Brazil’s top buyer of… Continue reading Brazil seeks China’s OK for genetically modified sugarcane
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast bigger-than-expected domestic supplies of corn, soybeans and wheat, with outlooks for big harvests and export concerns underpinning the bearish stocks view. | File photo The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast bigger-than-expected domestic supplies of corn, soybeans and wheat, with outlooks for big harvests and export concerns… Continue reading USDA says grain supplies to remain massive in new crop year
A team of biochemists at FAU led by Prof. Dr. Uwe Sonnewald have discovered why potato plants form significantly lower numbers of tubers or sometimes none at all at higher temperatures. A small RNA is responsible for this effect. They have even succeeded in deactivating this RNA to create potato plants that are resistant to… Continue reading How potatoes could become sun worshippers
Some NGOs have opposed the campaign to lift the ban on the basis that Kenya does not conclusively understand the dangers of GMOs and that lifting the ban could open the country to potential risks. PHOTO | SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Kenyan Cabinet is over the next two months expected to make a monumental decision… Continue reading Is Kenya finally ready for rollout of GM crops?
The illegal supply of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) cotton seed in the State surfaced again after the police busted a gang that ‘smuggled’ this brand of seed from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. On a tip-off, the sleuths of Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force North Zone team intercepted a commercial vehicle near outward parcel office of Secunderabad Railway Station… Continue reading India: Huge quantity of illegal cotton seed seized
Using the new gene metrics in evaluating markers can pave the way for breeders to design better varieties through high-precision breeding programs. Smallholder farmers face an increasingly complex rice production system because of extreme events like drought, flood, or rising sea levels caused by climate change. To protect farmers from the effects of climate change… Continue reading New gene metrics eliminate hit-or-miss in emerging rice breeding technologies
Nigeria approved two genetically modified varieties of cotton for use by the nation’s farmers to help boost supply to its textile industry and cut lint imports of as much as 115 billion naira ($319 million) a year, officials said. The strains were modified by the Institute of Agricultural Research at the Ahmadu Bello University in… Continue reading Nigeria approves two GMO cotton varieties to increase output
Soon you may get fancy eating breads of different colors maybe blue, purple or black. These colourful breads are much healthier than the ‘normal’ yellowish-brown wheat. Agricultural biotechnologists’ team led by Monika Garg at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute or NABI located in Mohali have not just developed these coloured wheat varieties, but they have… Continue reading Indian scientists develop coloured wheat varieties with many health benefits
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