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UPL inks pact with Gexcon to work on mitigating industrial accidents

Date：Nov. 16, 2018 Category：Companies

Agro chemical firm UPL Ltd on Thursday announced signing of a pact with Norway-based consulting firm Gexcon AS for setting up of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in...
Price hikes, monsoons push propel India agri input firms' Sept quarter profits

Date：Nov. 14, 2018 Category：Markets

Agri input companies have posted decent growth in revenue and net profit for the quarter ended September 2018, due to an increase in sales volume on normal mons...
India: Wheat sowing up 58.50 pc so far

Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Markets

India Farmers have planted wheat in 9.13 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing rabi season of 2018-19 crop year, up by 58.50 per cent from the year-ago period, acc...

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Sharda Cropchem Q2: Pressure on margins continues amid China's raw material supply challenge

Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Companies
Sharda Cropchem Limited

Sharda Cropchem (SCC) reported a disappointing performance for yet another quarter with dented margins amid challenging raw material supply situation from China...

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Excel Crop Care Ltd's Q2FY19 standalone net profit declines 7.47% yoy to Rs41.78cr

Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Companies
Excel Crop Care Limited

Excel Crop Care Ltd's revenue for Q2FY19 came in at Rs408.7cr, up 6.2% yoy. The operating profits of the company for the quarter stood at Rs68.3cr which decline...

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India: New breeding technologies in agriculture

Date：Nov. 2, 2018 Category：Companies

KeyGene recently opened its representative office in Hyderabad, India. To mark the opening of its facility, KeyGene organized a mini symposium on “The Impact o...
PI Industries Q2 review – healthy traction from exports

Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Companies

PI Industries (PIND) posted a healthy performance in Q2FY19 amid strong traction in the exports business. A strong volume growth helped it clock a 29 percent ye...

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Latin America packs a punch for UPL in Q2, but there is no earnings upgrades yet

Date：Oct. 30, 2018 Category：Companies

UPL Ltd’s September quarter (Q2) results come as a respite for investors in agriculture input companies, concerned about cost pressures and moderate demand con...

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UPL Limited Q2 FY19 PAT up at Rs. 276 crores

Date：Oct. 29, 2018 Category：Companies
UPL Limited

UPL Limited has reported financial results for the period ended September 30, 2018.

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ADAMA India brings Israeli superior agri technology for Indian market

Date：Oct. 29, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Uri Rubinstein, CEO, ADAMA India, says “ADAMA India is the unique and successful partnership of India and Israel. We bring the superior agriculture technology ...
Rallis India Q2FY19 review: Marginal improvement in performance but pressure on margins to continue

Date：Oct. 29, 2018 Category：Companies

Rallis India reported a marginally improved performance on the back of traction from the international operations and price hikes, despite the overhang of high ...
Coromandel International posts Q2 FY19 results

Date：Oct. 29, 2018 Category：Companies
Coromandel International Limited

Coromandel International Limited, India's second largest Phosphatic fertiliser company, in the business of Fertilisers, Crop Protection, Specialty Nutrients, Or...

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India Basmati regains flavour in overseas markets

Date：Oct. 25, 2018 Category：Markets

Basmati from Punjab and Haryana is being sold up to Rs 3,700 per quintal, about a 30 per cent jump in its price over the previous marketing season, after a team...
Precision agriculture can do wonders for Indian farming

Date：Oct. 25, 2018 Category：Markets

Precision agriculture (PA) may provide a way to do it. PA is the application of precise and correct amount of inputs like water, fertiliser, pesticides, etc., a...
Rallis India Limited announces Q2, H1 FY19 results

Date：Oct. 25, 2018 Category：Companies
Rallis India Limited

Rallis India Limited, a TATA Enterprise and a leading player in the Indian crop protection industry announced its financial results for the quarter and six mont...

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Indian Punjab bans sale of herbicide glyphosate

Date：Oct. 25, 2018 Category：Markets

The Indian Punjab government has banned the sale of herbicide glyphosate in the state, which is widely used to control a variety of weeds in almost all crops, w...
HC greenlights Make in India for pesticide makers

Date：Oct. 24, 2018 Category：Markets

In an important judgment, the Gujarat high court on Monday upheld the Centre's policy of relaxing norms for manufacturing insecticides by local players, by reje...
Indogulf Cropscience Limited " Growing from Strength to Strength"

Date：Oct. 23, 2018 Category：Companies

We were incorporated as Jaishree Rasayan Udyog Ltd and started in 1993 with Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate fertilizers. We started the agrochemicals business in 1996...
India Bt brinjal: Bangladesh’s model not fit enough for adoption

Date：Oct. 23, 2018 Category：Markets

When India is considering commercialising Bt brinjal in India by first studying Bangladesh’s “successful” model, the neighbour country itself seems to be fac...
Indian scientists develop gel to protect farmers from pesticide toxicity

Date：Oct. 22, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Indian farmers usually do not wear any protective gear while spraying chemicals in fields. This exposes them to harmful toxics contained in pesticides, causing ...
Crop Care Federation of India organizes farmer training program and awareness program at Udaipur

Date：Oct. 22, 2018 Category：Markets

Crop Care Federation of India in collaboration of Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology organizes Farmer Training Program and Awareness progr...
India:FSSAI asks officials to check if pulses have glyphosate

Date：Oct. 22, 2018 Category：Markets

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has asked its imports division to check consignment of pulses for the presence of herbicide glyphosate. These s...
Padamsree KH Gharda to get Lifetime Achievement Award for Agriculture Leadership

Date：Oct. 22, 2018 Category：Companies

The Life Time Achievement Award for 2018 will be conferred to Padamsree Dr KH Gharda for his outstanding contributions to the Indian chemical sector with specia...
Indian researchers develop skin gel that will protect farmers from pesticides

Date：Oct. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

Indian researchers have developed a skin gel that inhibits the absorption of the most commonly used pesticides that can cause serious ill effects on health and,...
India:GM mustard trials to study impact on pollinators approved

Date：Oct. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

The environment ministry's expert panel has approved field demonstration for genetically modified mustard at two places in the country to assess its impact on h...
India: Smart spraying can help cut pesticide use in orchards

Date：Oct. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

A team of researchers has developed an ultrasonic sensor-based automatic spraying system that promises to cut down on the use of pesticides in orchards.
Battling Dengue, Malaria: India BMC to spend Rs 42.72 cr

Date：Oct. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

To eliminate dengue and malaria from the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will spend Rs 42.72 crore on pesticides.
Sumitomo Corporation acquires Mahindra Summit Agriscience

Date：Oct. 16, 2018 Category：Companies
Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation being together with Summit Agro International Ltd. will do capital participation in Mahindra Summit Agriscience Limited which was spun-off ...
Crystal Crop Protection - Shining Star of Indian Agrochemicals

Date：Oct. 16, 2018 Category：Companies

Founded by Nand Kishore Aggarwal, Crystal Crop Protection Limited (“Crystal Crop”) is an R&D-based crop protection manufacturing and marketing company.
Bharat Group – Going Backward For Leap Forward

Date：Oct. 15, 2018 Category：Companies

Inspired by its vision and built on a strong foundation of ethical values, Bharat Group, established four decades ago, has come a long way, and today, happens t...

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: Registration & Launch

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

: Investment & Expansion

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

: Collaborations & Licences

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

: Sales Performance

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

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: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All