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July 2, 2009
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Cotton stocks increasing outside of China in 2009/2010

GIPB, Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building, launches updated website

Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer, Syngenta Seeds, speaks at The World Agri Invest Congress 2009

American Seed Research Foundation (ASRF) marks 50 years of success

July 1, 2009
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DNASTAR, Inc. launches latest version of next generation sequencing software

EnviroLogix announces receipt of DNA Development Award

New University of California, Davis studies examine cost of producing small grain silage, wheat, potatoes, pasture, corn silage, organic leaf lettuce

Brasil: Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia participa de reunião do Comitê Nacional de Biotecnologia

USDA/ERS report: Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S.

U.S. farmers prefer biotech varieties of corn, cotton, soybeans - Herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant traits make biotech crops attractive to U.S. farmers

INCOTEC flourishing: opening of second facility for INCOTEC Japan

Sustainable Oils builds markets for camelina oil and meal, sees strong momentum for new crop

Marco van Leeuwen succeeds Anton van Doornmalen as Rijk Zwaan's commercial director

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Introducing Sicot 70BL

Novel alternatives show potential for Western Australian pastures

Renewed approval of genetically modified maize MON810: European Food Safety Authority has no reservations
Neuzulassung von gentechnisch verändertem Mais MON810: Positive Bewertung durch die EFSA

June 30, 2009
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Robert Berendes, Head of Global Business Development at Syngenta, speaks at Agri Vision 2009

Canadian Whet Board online mapping tool helps farmers target wheat pest

Doorkeeper proteins fend off plant diseases

USDA/FAS GAIN report:
- Tomatoes and products annual, Brazil
- Are trade policies implicated in plant-disease spread?
- Mexico cancels outdated biotech regulation
- Tomatoes and products annual, Turkey

Embrapa promove reunião sobre soja orgânica

U.S. weekly corn and soybean outlook: Corn acreage jumps, increase in stocks expected

A new gene to combat possible build-up of resistance in bollworm insects in Bt cotton

Actores de la cadena del trigo discutieron su problemática

Nigeria: Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru recommends release of 27 new maize varieties/hybrids

Neuer Tarifabschluss für die KWS SAAT AG

IFC investment of $10 million in May-Agro Tohumculuk San. Tic. A.S will support agribusiness R&D in Turkey

Kein Anbau von gentechnisch verändertem Saatgut in Österreich: Unbedenklichkeitserklärung der EFSA ändert nichts an der österreichischen Position

U.S. crop acreage is down slightly in 2009, but corn and soybean acres are up

World fertilizer demand should resume by early 2010, announces IFA Fertilizer Outlook

The return of the bendy cucumber: 'wonky' fruit and vegetables back on sale in the European Union from July 1st

June 29, 2009
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Studies in maize show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops

New efforts to counter ramularia leaf spot, a fungal disease of barley

Deadlock broken on international seed sharing
国际社会分享种子的僵局被打破

Late blight on potato and tomato in the USA

Farmers cannot afford to ignore the threat of glyphosate-resistant weeds

Combination of new biotechnology trait and seed treatment system in soybeans demonstrating strong early season performance - Farmers can count on the Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait and Acceleron for higher yield and profit potential

Monsanto products reach regulatory milestones in the European Union

Hurdles in approval of new varieties of Bt cotton seed in Pakistan

DuPont divests Linuron herbicide assets as part of crop protection strategy

Tessenderlo Kerley acquires the Linuron herbicide business from DuPont

Beck’s Hybrids launches new yield enhancement system

New light sensor bracket simplifies climate change studies, ag research

Más que un campo de ensayo: Viridalia 09

New crops needed for new climate

Bean varieties released in Ecuador using CIAT materials and methodology

U.S. Federal Register: Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a biological control agent for Russian knapweed

Ozone depletes oil seed rape productivity

Shedding light on fescue toxicosis
Nueva información sobre la toxicosis por festuca

Hank King and Rick Henley accept new roles at Mycogen Seeds

Bayer CropScience and Monsanto sign cross licensing agreement on herbicide tolerance traits in rapeseed/canola
Bayer CropScience und Monsanto schließen Lizenzabkommen über Austausch von Herbizid-Toleranz für Raps/Canola

Let’s hear it for head gardeners

European consumers will now be able to see fruit and vegetables as nature intended

Measuring diseases via plant emissions

Plant breeder logic

Landmark invests in wheat breeding company HRZ Wheats Pty Ltd

June 26, 2009
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Zwischenfall beim Feldexperiment mit gentechnisch verändertem Weizen in Pully

Melon research sweetened with DNA sequence

AVRDC’s pepper grafting technology successful on the test bench

Scientists find solution to fungal disease threatening soybean in Africa

Syngenta and Evogene to collaborate on soybean nematode resistance

Syngenta licenses Chromatin gene stacking technology for sugar cane

Nationale Anbauverbote für gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen: Ende der politischen Blockade in der EU?
- GVO-Zulassungsverfahren in der EU: Die nächste Reform?

Ökolandbau in Deutschland trotzt der Wirtschaftskrise

Neue UFOP-Broschüre „Pilzkrankheiten und Schädlinge bei Süßlupinenarten“ erschienen

Tanzania forum to facilitate local debate on agricultural biotechnology

Australian cereal rust report: New barley leaf rust pathotype virulent on Rph3
- Barley leaf rust outbreak in Western Australia

Controlling wild radish

Cotton Seed Distributors, Facts on Friday: Smart variety selection is critical

June 25, 2009
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Le Groupe Limagrain ambitionne de devenir un expert du blé d’envergure mondiale
Groupe Limagrain is set to become a world expert in wheat

Pakistan to establish two world class institutes of research for wheat and cotton

With two acquisitions, DuPont adds cotton to its seed product lineup in India

Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

"Investing in Agriculture: Far-Reaching Challenge, Significant Opportunity" - Deutsche Bank report indicates that projected food and energy demands will outpace production

Canadian Food Inspection Agency / Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments
- Directive D-99-06 "Policy on the Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates"
- Directive D-98-01 "Import Requirements for Seed Potatoes and Other Potato Propagative Material"
- Directive D-95-13 "Seed Potato Certification Program - Submission/Refund of Fees for Field Inspection"

Kansas State University's Grain Science Department introduces wheat harvest survey mapping tool

Cotton gins are closing as cotton acres decrease in Mississippi

The unexplored potential of organic-biotech production

New soybean acreage record set for Ontario, Canada

Renze Seeds hires Mark Gruhn as Product Specialist

Development of vegetable seed varieties for the Mediterranean Basin: Bayer CropScience unit Nunhems opens research & development station in La Palma-Cartagena/Spain
Entwicklung neuer Gemüsesorten für die Mittelmeerregion: Bayer CropScience eröffnet Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinrichtung in La Palma-Cartagena/Spanien

New choices for corn and soybean farmers worldwide: Bayer CropScience and DuPont expand collaboration with broad license agreements
Neue Optionen für Mais- und Sojabohnen-Farmer weltweit: Bayer CropScience und DuPont bauen Zusammenarbeit mit umfangreichen Lizenzabkommen aus

Major challenges for the Irish tillage sector

University of Almeria researchers genetically improve castor-oil plants to produce new bio-lubricants

EuropaBio elects Dr. Andrea Rappagliosi as its new chairman

University of Arkansas space tomato project offers potential for drought, disease resistance

June 24, 2009
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Study finds DNA barcoding requires caution without closer examination - Research on potatoes points to using multiple means of identifying species

Roundup Ready alfalfa: U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms district court's order in Geertson Seed Farms vs. Monsanto Company

White Book on genetically modified crops - Scientific opinions of Czech researchers working with GMO
Bílá kniha o Geneticky modifikovaných plodinách

Iowa State University researcher looks at the future of agriculture

Iowa State University project to connect US-based African agricultural experts with representatives on the African continent

New Council for Biotechnology Information website design provides original articles, news and updates

Syngenta Seed Care promotes corn nematode education with 70-foot “Traveling Nematode”

Increased fungicide usage drives Syngenta manufacturing investment

Announcement of the 1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding

USDA/ARS researchers identify inhibitor that controls fungal pathogen
Investigadores identifican un compuesto que controla un patógeno fúngico

University of Kentucky study shows which zinnia cultivar attracts the most butterflies

BASF hosts more than 100 Kixor herbicide plot tours this summer for U.S. retailers, distributors and consultants

Seeds and traits business provides strong profit contribution in Monsanto Company's third-quarter and year-to-date results; new competitive dynamics change outlook for Roundup franchise

Austria y otros 10 países de la UE reclaman poder decidir el cultivo de OGM

Reasoned opinion of the European Food Safety Authority: Modification of the existing MRLs for trifloxystrobin in parsnips, parsley root, salsify, swedes and turnips

Vigilance needed to overcome glyphosate resistance

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Discussion of the joint venture that CSD and Syngenta have established over the last few years in regards to trialing new candidates for seed treatment

June 23, 2009
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Kenya se convierte en el cuarto país africano en normalizar los cultivos transgénicos

Innovotech appoints new Chief Executive Officer

USDA/ARS sunflower research boosted by new state-of-the-art equipment
Investigaciones por ARS sobre el girasol se benefician del equipo más avanzado

Paul Rea to head U.S. crop business of BASF Crop Protection

Ahern International Seeds announces groundbreaking new strategic alliance with PlantaNova

Atrazine celebrates 50 years of effective weed control

Monsanto and Dole combine strengths in new collaboration to bring innovations to vegetables

Avicta Complete Corn now available for protection against nematodes, insects and diseases - Syngenta Seed Care introduces first corn seed treatment nematicide

BASF Canada receivesn amended registration for the use of Headline fungicide on flax - Market-leading fungicide protects flax crop against Pasmo (Septoria linicola)

Syngenta issues EUR 500 million Eurobond
Syngenta platziert Euroanleihe von EUR 500 Millionen

Pakistan government in talks to buy BT cotton seed

Pakistan: Punjab Agricultural Research Board deferres approval of eight BT cotton varieties

June 22, 2009
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NovaSource emerges as Tessenderlo Kerley's crop protection business unit

India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC): Decision taken in the 94th Meeting of the GEAC held on 10th June, 2009

Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) releases new version of the genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana

Serbia: new law prohibits trade or commercial growing of GMO

Destruction of biotech fields continues in Germany

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada market outlook report: Corn - Situation and outlook

Scientists examine genetic clues to help biocontrol agents survive longer

First the Seed Foundation launches website focusing on seed industry education

Syngenta issues the 15th edition of Syngenta Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers, with a focus on EAME region

Collar rot & leaf blights on tomato, capsicum and strawberries in Himachal Pradesh, India

Screening for fusarium head blight on oats in Canada

Monsanto completes regulatory submissions in Brazil for first biotech insect-protected soybean technology

U.S. weekly corn and soybean outlook: Corn and soybean markets await USDA reports

Africa’s sleeping giant - 400 million hectares of Guinea savannah land ripe for commercial farming

First result of benefit-sharing mechanism for FAO treaty; push for farmers’ rights

A layered approach to biosafety in Southern Africa

British Crop Production Council announces new Board member

U.S. Department of Agriculture announces $176 million in recovery act funding to improve research capacity at laboratories in 29 states

June 18, 2009
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Easing the way for biological controls - An ENDURE interview with Bernard Blum, head of international affairs at  the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA)

Centro Nacional de Sementes do Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agropecuária da Venezuela e Embrapa listam cultivares para testes na Venezuela

Embrapa lança livro "A Cultura do Milho"

Domestication of Capsicum annuum chile pepper provides insights into crop origin and evolution - Chiles important reservoirs of genetic diversity important for conserving biodiversity

Rhizoctonia alert on cereal crops in Australia

U.S. soybean checkoff partners with World Food Prize to fight hunger, sponsors educational wing featuring biotechnology

GreenLeaf Genetics names Christine Wietzki as Stewardship and Regulatory Manager

April 2008 wheat field trial destruction in Gatersleben, Germany: court says that GM opponents must pay compensation

From the pipeline: 250 new Pioneer Hi-Bred products for the 2009 planting season

Undying Promise: Agricultural Biotechnology’s Pro-poor Narrative, Ten Years on - Bt cotton

NorthStar Genetics announces Tom Zeman as Ziller Seed District Sales Manager for south central Minnesota

Genetic fingerprinting makes rice breeding easier

World hunger projected to reach a historic high in 2009

La mejora vegetal y la protección de las variedades transgénicas

Farmershowcase.com launches new 2.0 website

GM Crops: the elephant in the room? - Sustainable agriculture still low down on EU climate change agenda

Pirate bug tag-team spells double trouble for thrips
Dos chinches piratas amenazan los trips

Pioneer Hi-Bred experts suggest ways to manage nutritional value of corn silage

Australian OGTR: DIR 090 - Commercial release of rose genetically modified for altered flower colour

June 18, 2009
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Crean una "superpapa" resistente a numerosas enfermedades

Iowa State University Seed Laboratory to conduct annual Corn and Soybean Seed Quality Workshop in August

Brasil: A Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança (CTNbio/MCT) conclui hoje a sua 124ª Reunião Ordinária

Comitê do V Congresso Pan-Americano de Incentivo ao Consumo de Frutas e Hortaliças Seleciona Trabalhos

Dia de campo aborda algodão colorido em Goiás

India's Central Rice Research Institute releases drought-resistant paddy variety for rain-fed areas

ISAAA publishes "Biotech Crops in India: The Dawn of a New Era"

Nigeria approves confined field trial of insect resistant transgenic cowpea

Preparing for postemergence herbicide applications - Laudis herbicide from Bayer CropScience manages tough weeds while ensuring crop safety

Report on China's seed and seedlings trade and import & export enterprises

June 17, 2009
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Nufarm Americas Inc. makes major push into the growing seed treatment market

U.S. Department of Agriculture announces US-Canada agreement for organic trade equivalence

Brasil é o terceiro maior produtor de alimentos transgênicos

Todd Beckwith joins AgriCapital Advisors

Debate over GM wheat reignites

Deutsches Bundessortenamt - Das aktuelle Blatt für Sortenwesen

Wetterextreme stellen Landwirte und Züchter vor große Aufgaben - Ein effektiver Sortenschutz ist die Voraussetzung für die Innovationskraft in der Züchtung

New study finds that sharing genetic resources key to adaptation to climate change in Africa - Stanford and Crop Trust researchers emphasize need for collection and identification of crop varieties to address growing conditions unlike any in existence today

DuPont asserts anti-trust, patent claims against Monsanto, affirms that "stacking" can occur under existing Monsanto license agreement

Protecting the food crops of the future

Beck’s Hybrids and Pioneer Hi-Bred enter into research and distribution agreements

International Grains Council 29th Session and Grains Conference

Agriculture more resilient to global crisis than other sectors, according to new OECD/FAO report

Australian cereal rust report: Early rust detections for the 2009 season

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Cotton Choices options available from Monsanto

June 16, 2009
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Monsanto asserts that DuPont is using smokescreen to obscure problems with its failed Optimum GAT product

INRA technology: Gene conferring resistance to Aphis gossypii - Novel methods for combating aphids

Development of biological protection methods for the production of tomatoes

Monsanto opens agriculture's first Water Utilization Learning Center

A new book, Modification of Seed Composition to Promote Health and Nutrition, offers the most up-to-date information on biotechnological improvements of seeds
Un nuevo libro, titulado "Modificación de la Composición de Semillas para Promover Salud y Nutrición", ofrece la información más actualizada sobre la utilización de biotecnología para mejorar los componentes importantes de semillas

BioWorks announces OMRI listing for SuffOil-X horticultural spray oil

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): New members for GMO Panel
Neue Mitglieder im Expertengremium für Gentechnik

Erster Preis für familienfreundliche KWS

Erstmals Satelliten gesteuerte Aussaat der Maisversuche des Instituts für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung

Australian canola and soybean crop report

June 15, 2009
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Disease resistance traits isolated from oat varieties in South America assist in the development of improved fusarium resistance in Canadian oats

U.S. weekly outlook: Corn and soybean markets face uncertainty

Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic publishes “White Book: genetically modified crops, EU regulations and research experience from the Czech Republic”

DuPont North America agricultural seed sales volume up significantly

Boosting capacity of African change agents in rice R&D
Renforcement des capacités des agents du changement dans le domaine de la recherche et du développement rizicoles en Afrique

Trabajan en la obtención de variedades de arroz resistentes a la piricularia

Basis for potato blight control becomes visible

Researchers testing “one-two punch” against disease-spreading thrips
Investigadores están probando una nueva estrategia contra los trips

FuturaGene's CBD Technologies to co-sponsor and present at Tree Biotechnology Conference

Solar greenhouses bring vegetables in from the cold

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A new mutagenesis technique
During the Genomics in Business 2009 conference in Amsterdam, KeyGene announced an innovative method to achieve rapid and more precise plant breeding. The method enables the introduction of small desired alterations in the genetic material of plants, using a natural process. Read the article >>

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The Seeds of Development Programme
In July 2006, SeedQuest published Strengthening Africa’s private seed sector to serve smallholder farmers, an article by Dr. Edward Mabaya, Cornell University, coordinator of two SME development initiatives working in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Seeds of Development Program (SODP) and the Making Markets Matter workshop.
3 years later, we follow up  with an article by Malcolm Blackie, who recently conducted an external review of the Seeds of Development Program.
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