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New software helps plant breeders bring out their best

Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Cornell researchers participating in the Eastern Broccoli Project, which aims to produce broccoli varieties suited to grow on the East Coast, have devised a sta...
Access to Seeds and the Global Seed Industry

Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Lack of access to high-quality seeds is one of the greatest obstacles to reducing hunger around the world.
Introduction to the protection of new plant varieties in China

Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

In addition to industrial intellectual property rights in the traditional sense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc., there is also a unique intellectual pr...
Company to carry Enlist E3 soybean seed for western Corn Belt

Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Companies

Hoegemeyer Hybrids, Hooper, Nebraska, announced earlier this year it is carrying the newly available Enlist E3 soybeans for the 2019 planting season.

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New genome editing technology for plant breeding

Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Researchers from Ehime University developed a new genome editing technology in rice. They combined adenine-to-guanine single base editing technology and Cas9 wi...
Kenya announces plan to start commercial growing of GM cotton

Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Regulations

Kenya on Wednesday announced plans to start commercial growing of Bt cotton, or genetically modified (GM) cotton.

Tags:GM crop Cotton
Seed meets Technology: focus on cabbage, attention for crop protection developments

Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

At the end of September (week 39), the entire (inter)national seed sector will return to Seed Valley in West Friesland to discover the latest seed developments....
Pakistan government to introduce new cotton seeds

Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Products

The government is developing new varieties of cotton seeds to enhance production of the silver fibre and bring down the cost of output, food minister said on Mo...

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Scientists hope genetic research will lead to new breakthroughs in weed control

Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Science&Research

An article featured in the journal Weed Science sheds important new light on the genetics and potential control of Palmer amaranth and waterhemp - two troubleso...
Improved access to finance can boost seed business in Nepal

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) project is expanding its support to include finance, working with commercial banks to develop and expand access to innovati...
Improved seeds: critical input to help farmers adapt to climate change

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

Defining agriculture’s contributions towards achieving SDG13–Climate Action was one of the key topics addressed last week at the United Nations High Level Pol...
Chinese agricultural technology to help boost Pakistan's rice export

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Enjoying a much greater amount of rice yield is not the only reason for Pakistan's young agrarian Wasim Waheed's satisfaction, but achieving exemplary excellenc...

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A new way to grow crops in marginal soils could help feed the world

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

The global population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 — but how will we feed all these people?
The faces behind technology: Syngenta

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Born and raised in South Africa, Trevor Hohls has a different view on agriculture than your average U.S. farmer. He saw first-hand what extreme poverty and weak...
Will following the regulatory script for GMOs promote public acceptance of gene-edited crops?

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Risk-disproportionate regulation of gene-edited crops has been proposed to gain public acceptance for this breeding technique.

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Corteva Agriscience unveils plans for regional agro-innovation hub in Zambia

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

US agriculture company Corteva Agriscience, which supplies crop protection as well as seeds to farmers, officially launched in Zambia this week with a pledge to...
Evogene amends its collaboration agreement with Bayer to include genome editing targets

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Companies

Evogene Ltd. announces today that after achieving positive results, its corn disease resistance research collaboration with the Crop Science Division of Bayer i...

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Cibus issued new patent for increasing efficiency of gene-editing in plants

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Companies

Cibus, a leader in advanced plant-breeding technologies, today announced it has been granted a new patent related to increasing the efficiency of gene targeting...

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Rewards and risks of buying seed online

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Minnesota farmer Lance Petersen estimates he saved between 10% and 15% on his seed corn for 2019 by buying all of it online.
Syngenta: The future of sustainable vegetable varieties

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

New varieties in brassica, squash, onion and leafy crops, coming to fruition at this year’s Fields of Innovation event, have been selected specifically to help...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Companies

The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboration with national partners, has launched a high-potential project in which research will be put into eff...

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Kenya: We need policy on new breeding technologies

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

A series of genome editing-related research work in Africa has triggered the need for the continent to develop a dedicated policy for new and precision breeding...

Tags:Gene Editing
University of Maryland releases comprehensive review of the future of CRISPR technology in crops

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

CRISPR is often thought of as "molecular scissors" used for precision breeding to cut DNA so that a certain trait can be removed, replaced, or edited, but Yipin...

Tags:Gene Editing
BASF introduces new distribution model for Agricultural Solutions in Western Canada

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Companies

BASF will launch an enhanced RetailConnect distribution model for its Agricultural Solutions portfolio, which will work directly with independent retailers acro...
Syngenta Argentina appoints new Seed Unit Business Director

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Companies

Ignacio Beltramino was named at Seed Business Unit director for Latam South Syngenta. Formerly, he acted as Seeds Sales head for the company. Mr. Beltramino wil...
India: ‘Policy Challenged’ agri seed companies cut down R&D spends on hybrids, GM crops

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

One of the sectors that has seen phenomenal growth in the last few years is the seed industry. Its growth is the main reason why production of crops, including ...

Tags:GM crop
Singapore opens first seed bank to protect regional plant diversity against climate change

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

Singapore’s first seed bank was officially launched on Saturday (Jul 13), as part of efforts to protect local and regional plant diversity against threats like...
USDA/APHIS provides update on detection of genetically engineered wheat

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

On June 7, 2019, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was investigating a detection of genetically engineered (GE) wheat...
KeyGene scientists first to discover ‘non-susceptible’ sweet pepper plants

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

Working in a partnership with leading vegetable breeding companies, scientists from Dutch research company KeyGene have discovered sweet pepper plants which sho...
Researchers designing robots to select corn plants for hybrid breeding

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Plant science students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are still taught to phenotype by hand, wading into muddy fields to record the differences in physic...

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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