AgroPages.com-Seed Industry In focus | seed production

11000+Follow

Recommend to Friends Advertising and Sponsorship Inquiry

Seed Industry

Science&Research

New gene-editing system precisely inserts large DNA sequences into cellular DNA

Companies

Prestigious World Food Prize awarded to East-West Seed founder Simon N. Groot

Companies

Limagrain and Rijk Zwaan announce licensing deal on traits in vegetables

Latest News Weekly ranking

When should you use biological seed treatments?

Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

While many seed treatments act as a defensive measure to protect crops, biologicals offer an opportunity for farmers to go on the offensive. Biologicals are a f...
Park Seed launches some exciting new varieties for this spring

Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Products

Park Seed has some exciting new varieties for this spring. Known for their golden seed packets, Park Seed delivers superior seed germination and has been truste...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
Inari Appoints Investment Banking Veteran Tom Halverson as CFO

Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Companies
Inari

Inari, a company advancing plant breeding by tapping natural genetic diversity, announced that Tom Halverson has joined as chief financial officer. Halverson, w...

Tags:People
How a humble seed is helping African farmers to better manage both food and water

Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As our global population continues to grow and the climate becomes hotter and drier and resources become scarcer, a simple reality has evolved into a societal c...

Contributing AuthorsMore

: Les Daubney
Cereals Product Manager, Limagrain UK. Les has over 30 years’ experience in t...
Follow

: Bram van der Have
Limagrain UK sugar beet consultant. Bram has been involved in agricultural seed...
Follow

Pre-crop values from satellite images to support diversification of agriculture

Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Pre-crop values for a high number of previous and following crop combinations originating from farmers' fields are, for the first time, available to support div...
Dubai-based gene bank data now to be available worldwide

Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Science&Research

A Dubai-based gene bank containing the world’s largest collections of genetic material of heat- and salt-tolerant plant species has officially been made availa...
Arend Schot, Syngenta: "Patents were invented for a reason"

Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Patents in the fruit and vegetable sector are a recurring topic of discussion. The mixed signals sent out by the European Patent Office, who cannot seem to reac...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
BASF partners with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

BASF is joining the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner to support emerging technology and innovations to help soybean ...

Tags:Collaboration Soybean
Precision Laboratories appoints Mark Johnson as new Business Manager, Seed Applied Technologies

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies
Precision Laboratories, Inc.

Mark Johnson has joined Precision Laboratories as the Business Manager, Seed Applied Technologies.
Kenya Seed on the spot over tender

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

The Kenya Seed Company issued a direct tender for the provision of goods similar to what had been cancelled by a regulatory body, and then re-advertised the sam...
Next-generation gene drive arrives

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

New CRISPR-based gene drives and broader active genetics technologies are revolutionizing the way scientists engineer the transfer of specific traits from one g...

Tags:Gene Editing
Arcadia Biosciences welcomes Dr. Randy Shultz as Head of Research and Development

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA), a food ingredient company and proven leader in agricultural innovation to improve the quality and nutritional content ...

Tags:People
How is plant science helping to safeguard crops against climate change?

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The world is changing fast, and we must adapt. Read how plant scientists and farmers are leading the way in ensuring the world’s food is secure as our environm...
India weak monsoon forecast spell hope for guar seeds

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Markets

Prices of Guar seed futures is expected to shoot up to as much as Rs 4,600 on NCDEX, supported by projections of a weak monsoon and spike in global crude oil pr...
Golden Harvest to launch Enlist E3 soybean trait package

Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Products
GOLDEN HARVEST SEED CORPORATION

Golden Harvest demonstrates its continued dedication to the local needs of farmers by expanding its soybean portfolio with the latest trait technology. By addin...
Government of Canada working group on canola collaborating to restore market access for Canada’s canola seed to China

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Regulations

The Government of Canada working group on canola held its inaugural meeting to work together to resolve the market access issue affecting Canada’s canola seed ...

Tags:Oilseed Rape
University of Saskatchewan crop scientists help crack the durum wheat genome

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Science&Research

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers played a key role in an international consortium that has sequenced the entire genome of durum wheat—the source ...

Tags:wheat
Limagrain completed the acquisition of Sursem breeding company and launched new brand

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Companies

With the presence of Laurent Wilsdorf, CEO of Limagrain for Latin America and Xavier Coyssat, Argentina country manager, LG Semillas the new brand for Sursem se...

Tags:Acquisition
Cibus issued new U.S. patent covering its gene-editing technologies in plants

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Companies

Cibus, a leader in advanced plant-breeding technologies, today announced it has been granted a patent further protecting its proprietary, precision gene-editing...
“Pasta wheat” genome mapped – new perspectives for breeding

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Science&Research

An international research consortium has published the complete genome sequence of durum (pasta) wheat in Nature Genetics.

Tags:wheat
India Kerala Agricultural University held conference on trait improvement of rice through emerging technologies

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Markets

A symposium on trait improvement of rice through emerging technologies held at Kerala Agricultural University has stressed the need for effective development an...
Lab finds a new gene essential for making ears of corn

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Science&Research

A team of scientists led by University of Missouri maize geneticist Paula McSteen has identified a gene essential for forming the ears in corn.

Tags:Maize
East-West Seed's modern seed processing facility opens in Yangon, Myanmar

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Companies

East-West Seed inaugurated a 4,500 square meter commercial seed processing plant, the first of its kind in Myanmar. This investment is seen to contribute signif...

Tags:Investment & Expansion
Just how much does enhancing photosynthesis improve crop yield?

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Science&Research

In the next two decades, crop yields need to increase dramatically to feed the growing global population. Wouldn't it be incredibly useful if we had a crystal b...
EFSA gave positive opinion for six‐event stack maize from Syngenta

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Regulations

Following the submission of application EFSA‐GMO‐DE‐2011‐103 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Syngenta, the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms o...

Tags:GM crop Maize
Hemp gene-editing advance: Arcadia Speciality Genomics technologies for cultivation spur significant immediate interest

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Arcadia Speciality Genomics, a strategic business unit of agricultural food ingredient company Arcadia Biosciences, is seeking to bring improved plant quality t...
Biotech crops among sticking points in U.S.-China trade deal

Date：Apr. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between China and the United States, acc...

Tags:GM crop Gene Editing
New CRISPR-powered device detects genetic mutations in minutes

Date：Apr. 8, 2019 Category：Science&Research

A team of engineers at the UC Berkeley and the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) of The Claremont Colleges combined CRISPR with electronic transistors made from gra...

Tags:Gene Editing
How nuclear techniques help feed China

Date：Apr. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

With 19% of the world’s population but only 7% of its arable land, China is in a bind: how to feed its growing and increasingly affluent population while prote...
Scientists develop methods to validate gene regulation networks

Date：Apr. 8, 2019 Category：Science&Research

A team of biologists and computer scientists has mapped out a network of interactions for how plant genes coordinate their response to nitrogen, a crucial nutri...

First Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8910 ...Next Last

Subscribe SeedNews E-weekly

Email:
Name:
Mobile:
Company:

Discussion

: Investment & Expansion

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

: Registration & Launch

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

: Collaborations & Licences

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

: Sales Performance

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Answer

: 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