August 09
Dr. Wang Jingling of
Northeast Agricultural University, China awarded the World
Soybean Conference Prize
Bayer CropScience and China
National Rice Research Institute sign agreements for rice
research and development
Bayer CropScience und
chinesisches Reisinstitut CNRRI vereinbaren Zusammenarbeit
Two new AVRDC tomato
varieties released in China
Overview of
Malaysian Agricultural Biotechnology - A Frost & Sullivan
whitepaper
Embrapa Soja terá 9
pesquisadores no Mundial de Soja na China
First
submergence-tolerant rice variety released in the Philippines
Seed
Innovations, a vegetable seed company of the Vibha Seed
Group, launches 10 new products
Ragged stunt on
rice in Viet Nam
Rice Today, a
publication of the International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI)
Asian Farmer’s
Network-Philippines upholds support to biotechnology tools
for food, feed and fiber security
July 09
Rice blast, a fungal
disease, on rice in Jumla district, Nepal
SmartStax corn
receives Japanese import approval - Monsanto and Dow
AgroSciences note that key import approval represents a
significant step toward 2010 launch
Osamu Sugimura,
General Manager of the International Sales and Marketing
Department, appointed and approved to be a Director of Takii &
Co., Ltd.
Afghanistan prepares
itself to resist a deadly plant plague: Ug99 wheat stem rust
poses a threat to food security in the region
Traditional Thai hill
farmers help preserve genetic diversity of rice
Krishidhan Vegetable
Seeds R&D Center recognized by the Govt. Authority of India
Tungro disease on rice
in The Philippines
Sakata announces the
divestment of Sakata Ornamentals UK Ltd. in the United Kingdom
Devgen and Sang Hyang
Seri announce hybrid rice production cooperation in Indonesia
ICRISAT offers short
courses with University of Florida
Joint ICARDA-ARC Wheat
Improvement Program for Irrigated Areas in Central and West Asia
and North Africa
New strain of stem
rust on wheat in India
Philippines' National
Academy of Science awards biotech plant breeders
SGS launches its Seed
& Crop Services in China
Bt cotton cultivation
to officially start next year in Pakistan
India's Genetic
Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC): Decision taken in the
95th Meeting of the GEAC held on 8th July, 2009
FuturaGene’s wholly
owned subsidiaries, CBD Technologies LTD and FuturaGene
Investment Consulting (Beijing) expand their collaboration
agreement with the Research Institute of Tropic Forestry of the
Chinese Academy of Forestry
First report of black
rot on peanut in China
India boosts import
for R&D of transgenic crops
India's Genetic
Engineering Approval Committee approves field trials with GM
cotton, rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut, tomato, corn,
cabbage, cauliflower, mustard and sorghum for generation of
biosafety data
Balancing productivity
and trade objectives in a competing environment: should India
commercialize GM rice with or without China?
New rice varieties
up for commercial cultivation in The Philippines
Bundesverband
Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. (BDP) und AgroSojus, der
Verband der kasachischen Saatgutwirtschaft, unterzeichnen
„Memorandum über Zusammenarbeit und gegenseitiges
Verständnis“
U.S. waxy barley
catches the spotlight in Japan
INCOTEC
flourishing: opening of second facility for INCOTEC Japan
June 09
Hurdles in
approval of new varieties of Bt cotton seed in Pakistan
With two
acquisitions, DuPont adds cotton to its seed product lineup
in India
Pakistan to
establish two world class institutes of research for wheat
and cotton
Pakistan
government in talks to buy BT cotton seed
Pakistan: Punjab
Agricultural Research Board deferres approval of eight BT
cotton varieties
India's
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC):
Decision taken in the
94th Meeting of the GEAC held on 10th June, 2009
Collar rot & leaf
blights on tomato, capsicum and strawberries in Himachal
Pradesh, India
Genetic fingerprinting
makes rice breeding easier
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"
Report on China's seed
and seedlings trade and import & export enterprises
A decade of effort in
developing sweet pepper hybrids bears fruit at AVRDC, The World
Vegetable Center
Bacterial leaf blight
on rice in Central Java, Indonesia
Novel upland rice
variety bred using marker-assisted selection and client-oriented
breeding released in Jharkhand, India
Chinese "space
vegetables" expected to be available in 2012
Rice virus alert in
Vietnam
Filipino farmers
welcome new rice varieties
Spot blotch on wheat
in Punjab and Sindh, Pakistan
India's
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC):
-
2008-09 evaluation
of Bt cotton hybrids in the north zone of India
- 2008-09
evaluation of Bt cotton hybrids in the central zone of India
- 2008-09
evaluation of Bt cotton hybrids in the south zone of India
ICRISAT develops
climate change ready varieties of pearl millet, sorghum,
chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut
Publication on
hereditary basis and molecular mechanism of superhybrid rice
LYP9 and its parents
Arysta LifeScience
Corporation adds novel, plant-oil based insecticide to its
product portfolio
Arysta incorpora a su cartera de productos un novedoso
insecticida a base de aceite vegetal
Arysta ajoute un nouvel insecticide à base d’huile de
plantes à sa gamme de produits
Arysta fügt seiner Produktlinie neuartiges
Pflanzenöl-basiertes Insektizid hinzu
Arysta acrescenta inseticida inovador à base de óleo vegetal
a sua carteira de produtos
Arysta brengt nieuwe insecticide op basis van plantaardige
olie op de markt
Las primeras
variedades de 'arroz dorado' se podrían sembrar en Asia en
2011, según el IRRI
AGRA and JICA
cement new partnership to double Africa’s rice production
May 09
Decisions taken at the
93nd Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) held on 13 May 2009
Indonesian scientists
develop insect resistant soybean
Fungal diseases on
cereal crops in China, Ireland
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Annual tomatoes and
products report, China
DA-PhilRice beefs up
for rice self-sufficiency
First Jatropha genome
completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for
Genome Technology
DNA LandMarks announces
strategic collaboration with Malaysia Biotech
New species of
begomovirus causing tomato leaf curl identified in India
Devgen and Leads Agri
sign agreement for distribution of Devgen's hybrid rice seed
products in the Philippines
Hybrid BT cotton
technology should be acquired from China, says Pakistan
Agricultural Research Council
Bt cotton will be grown
on 800 acres in Punjab and Sindh, says Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Rijk Zwaan offers prospects for
convenience sector
Rijk Zwaan biedt
perspectief aan convenience sector
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln plant breeder P. Stephen Baenziger chosen for
the board of the International Rice Research Institute
Reduction or removal of
rice and corn planting seed subsidy in The Philippines
New tomato virus
pathogens in India and USA
Chinese Academy of
Sciences scientists cultivate new salt-tolerant wheat
variety
Dr William D Dar,
ICRISAT Director General, appointed for a third five-year
term in office
Rice farmers urged
to use certified seeds despite reduced subsidies
Pakistani farmers
asked to adopt hybrid cotton
Rijk Zwaan shows
range at Chinese vegetable trade fair
Rijk Zwaan toont assortiment op Chinese groentebeurs
April 09
Problem formulation: a
critical step in risk assessment of GM crops
Novel upland rice
variety bred using marker-assisted selection and client-oriented
breeding released in Jharkhand, India
Embrapa e
o Japan
International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (Jircas)
aprovam projeto de 6 milhões para soja tolerante à seca
Tungro disease on
rice in the Philippines
Advanta and Arcadia
BioSciences to develop salt-tolerant sorghum
2008-09 evaluation of
Bt cotton hybrids in the north zone of India
At least three
banned varieties of cotton and an unapproved variety of rice
paddy under widespread cultivation in Pakistan
Memorandum of
understanding signed for cultivation of Jatropha seeds in
Pakistan
Rust diseases on
wheat in the United Kingdom and Pakistan
DNA LandMarks and
Advanta India announce strategic partnership in molecular
breeding for vegetable and row crops
A groundbreaking
pigeonpea hybrid developed in India and embraced by farmers
there promises to revolutionize pigeonpea production in China
Pakistan's Central
Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) fails to produce virus-free
cotton variety
Bt brinjal may be
released commercially in India by year-end
China breeds rapeseed
varieties with record high oil content
New public-private
partnership for hybrid rice in India
Bayer CropScience
achieves partial success in enforcing its patent rights in a
Chinese court of law
Bayer CropScience erzielt vor einem chinesischen Gericht
einen Teilerfolg in einem Patentstreit
FuturaGene’s wholly
owned subsidiary, CBD Technologies, Ltd. announces the granting
of plant cell wall modification patent in Japan
IFPRI issue brief:
Local markets, local
varieties: rising food prices and small farmers' access to seed
"Scuba rice" that can
survive more than two weeks under water makes a splash in India
and Bangladesh
AVRDC’s Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) strategies spread throughout India
Arcadia Biosciences
and Advanta to develop salt tolerant sorghum
Late blight on potato
in the UK and Bangladesh
India cements rising
star status in world cotton production
Monsanto Company and
Hunan University enter into research collaboration to source
novel genes for crop improvement
Bayer
CropScience's LibertyLink soybeans approved for import into
Korea
American Soybean
Association celebrates South Korean regulatory approval of
LibertyLink soybeans, declares an historic milestone in the
advancement of biotech soybeans
March 09
Supreme Seed Company
launches first hybrid cotton seed in Bangladesh
Devgen NV and
Sumitomo Chemical Company renew their agrochemical compound
discovery agreement
New strain of stripe
rust on wheat in India
China's "Green super
rice for the resource poor of Asia and Africa" project receives
financial support from the Gates Foundation
Aluminum toxicity
tolerance breeding in Indonesian soybeans
Critical gene for
enhancing China's super rice yield identified
DuPont and the
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences collaborate to advance
crop insect control, increase yield
Climate change
adaptation innovations bring hope to dryland farmers
Pakistan to benefit
from Chinese hybrid rice technology
DuPont Crop
Protection partners with GVK Biosciences and Syngene
International to boost product pipeline
Thailand's National
Biotechnology Policy Framework aims to boost the number of
biotech patents
Leading virologist Dr. V.
Muniyappa joins United Genetics Seeds Company
DuPont partners with
Indonesian Center for Rice Research to advance hybrid rice
Identification of a
new begomovirus associated with yellow leaf curl diseases of
tomato and pepper in Sulawesi, Indonesia
50 years of rice
research helps feed the world
Bitter gourd: high
value, high input
Wheat rusts in Kenya,
India, Australia
Late blight on potato
in India and Bangladesh: update
Deutsch-chinesische
Forschergruppe erhält 1,35 Millionen Euro - Kooperation von
Freier Universität und „China Agricultural University“ in Peking
zur Optimierung der Stickstoffnutzung von Reis
German-Chinese research group to receive € 1.35 million -
Freie Universität Berlin and China Agricultural University
cooperate on research project to optimise nitrogen efficiency in
rice
Magic pea leads a new
Green Revolution in the drylands: Pushkal, a new variety of
pigeonpea, is the first commercially available hybrid legume in
the world
Rust diseases on
wheat and mustard in India
DuPont and the
International Rice Research Institute partner to boost rice
yields
India's GEAC:
New procedure for
commercial release of Bt cotton hybrids expressing approved
events
1,300 farmers
attend Nunhems' Mega Field Day in Bangalore, India
February 09
Another three biotech
crops to hit the Philippines market in 2012
Maharashtra Hybrid
Seed Company gets ready to go commercial with Bt varieties of
staple crops such as rice, wheat and some vegetables
American Soybean
Association welcomes South Korean regulatory approvals for new
soybean traits
India releases new
procedure for commercial release of Bt cotton hybrids expressing
approved events
National
University of Singapore partners with International Rice
Research Institute
Molecular markers
pinpoint genes for disease resistance in tomato
Decisions taken
at the 92nd Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 12 February 2009
Professor Kadambot
Siddique, whose work pioneered the Australian chickpea industry,
honored by the Indian Society of Pulse Research and Development
Dow AgroSciences
and China National Rice Research Institute announce
collaboration on rice research - Dow AgroSciences traits to
combine with CNRRI’s rice germplasm
SEED INFO - Official newsletter of the WANA Seed Network
-
Afghanistan establishes National Seed Association
Agenda for the 92st meeting
of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to
be held on February 11, 2009
Decisions taken at
the 91st Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 14 January 2009
Rise in global
temperatures takes toll on tomato farmers and wholesale dealers
in India
Cornell University Chronicle:
Bt eggplant will
soon be unveiled in India
Syngenta enters
into research collaboration with Anhui Academy, China
Syngenta conclut un accord de collaboration avec l’Académie
d’Anhui, Chine
Syngenta vereinbart Forschungskooperation mit der Anhui Academy
in China
ICRISAT and
Government of India plan platform for translational research on
transgenic crops
Stripe rust on
wheat in China
ISAAA Brief 38 on
"The Development and Regulation on Bt Brinjal in India
(Eggplant/Aubergine)"
Transgenic
chickpea plants resistant to sap-sucking insects
Indian scientists
develop transgenic chickpea resistant to cowpea aphids
Undiagnosed
diseases, multicrop, in Bhutan and India
January 09
Sakata Seed
Corporation acquires Reed’s Seeds cabbage genetics
Pakistani farmers
to grow Bt cotton with government agreement
AgBioForum
Bulletin Volume 11 Number 2
- How external political-economic forces affect firms' attitudes
toward the industrial use of genetically modified organisms: an
analysis in the South Korean context
- Does biotech labeling affect consumers' purchasing decisions?
A case study of vegetable oils in Nanjing, China
Government of The
Philippines releases high-lysine OP variety of white corn
Malaysian
Agricultural Research and Development Institute developing new
varieties of rice that are resistant to flood, drought, and high
temperatures
New agreement
between ICAR and IRRI opens avenues for strengthening Indian
rice research
India launches
'agricultural Wikipedia', online repository of agricultural
information in the country
Leaf blight on
potato in Bangladesh
The development and
regulation of Bt brinjal in India
Bt brinjal, coming
soon to India?
New,
higher-yielding rice plant could ease threat of hunger for poor
- Global consortium of scientists developing rice that would
boost yields by up to 50% for smallholder farmers in Africa and
Asia
Arcadia Biosciences
and Advanta to develop nitrogen use efficient sorghum
Agenda for the 91st
meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
to be held on January 14, 2009
Late blight on
potato in Nepal
Cereal Systems Initiative
for South Asia (CSISA), a major agricultural initiative, will benefit
millions of South Asian farmers and help ensure regional food security
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
China, planting seeds
annual
Aklan State University
researcher finds an easy way to germinate sago palm seeds
China gets in line on
patent standards
CIMMYT e-newsletter vol
5 no 12
- December 2008
- Report from the field:
Wheat stem rust resistance screening at Njoro, Kenya
Indian Council
of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Seed Project triggers
quantum jump in quality seed production
Danforth Center
scientists identify technology to reduce the spread of rice
tungro bacilliform virus (RTVB) - Discovery may lead
to increased rice crop yields
December 08
Blackstone Group to
invest in the NSL Group's Nuziveedu Seeds
Fungal blight on
onion in Maharashtra, India
Late blight on
potato in Punjab, India
Origin Agritech
Limited announces change in Board of Directors and co-Chief
Executive Officer status
Blast rice disease
on rice in Haryana, India
FAO reports bleak
forecast for agriculture in Afghanistan
India: Annual
planting seed report
Cost and benefits
of Bt cotton technology in Pakistan
ICRISAT’s
Agri-Business Incubator awarded as best in Asia-Pacific
Dr B.R.
Barwale releases his autobiography “My Journey with Seeds
and the Development of Indian Seed Industry"
New USDA/ARS
soybean variety sets sights on Japanese soyfoods market
Nueva variedad de soya para el mercado japonés de
alimentos a base de soya
Socioeconomic
and environmental impacts of GM crops to be discussed at
international conference in April 2009
Research and
Markets releases 'A Survey of Gene Modified (GM) Crops in
China'
Improved maize
varieties and partnerships welcomed in Bhutan
Asian
grasslands may hold global promise
Praderas asiáticas podrían rendir información útil para
todo el mundo
Arcadia
Biosciences receives $3.6 million USAID grant to develop
improved crops in India - Nitrogen use efficient,
salt-tolerant and water use efficient crops can improve food
security, farm income and the environment in India
Decisions taken
in the 90th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 12 November 2008
November 08
The Philippines
BPI authorizes import of Bt cotton seeds from India
Chinese scientists
call for enhancing studies on chromosome engineering in plants
Pakistan signs
agreement with China on BT cotton technology
New
flood-tolerant rice varieties pass field tests in Bangladesh
and India
Bayer
CropScience successful in preventing counterfeiting in China
Bayer CropScience erfolgreich im Kampf gegen chinesische
Produktfälschung
Vietnam to
test GM crops in 2009-10 and launch commercial plantings in
2011
American
Society of Agronomy honors ICRISAT scientist
Bayer
CropScience CEO opens new rice development center in
Thailand
Bayer CropScience-Vorstandschef eröffnet neues
Reis-Entwicklungszentrum in Thailand
Downey mildew
on maize in Tamil Nadu, India
Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) 2007/08 reports (PDF):
-
Bt cotton hybrids evaluation report - North zone
-
Bt cotton hybrids evaluation report - Central zone
-
Bt cotton hybrids evaluation report - South zone
Republic of
the Philippines leads in development of GM crops in
Southeast Asia
Bayer
CropScience and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
sign memorandum of understanding, initiate joint projects in
seeds and traits business development
Bayer CropScience und die Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences unterzeichnen Vereinbarung Strategische
Partnerschaft zum Ausbau des Saatgut- und Traitsgeschäfts
October 08
Hanoi, Vietnam to
host 3rd International Rice Congress in 2010
Southeast Asian
nations endorse rice action plan
Late blight on
potato in Papua New Guinea
Rationalizing and
Harmonizing Plant Biotechnology Regulations in Southeast Asia
Surveys show
continued strong support for agricultural biotechnology
Message from the
President of the newly formed Afghanistan National Seed
Association (ANSA)
Rockefeller
Foundation to provide funding to IRRI to shepherd Golden Rice
through national, regulatory approval processes in Bangladesh,
India, Indonesia, and the Philippines
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Republic of Korea -
Planting seeds annual
Government of
Pakistan and Monsanto likely to finalise Bt cotton accord in
November
Decisions taken in
the 89th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 8 October 2008
Commercialization
of PhilRice's 3-in-1 rice anticipated to yield lots of benefits
Philippines
Department of Agriculture pushes to develop Central Luzon as ag
biotech hub
First meeting of
the Afghanistan National Seed Association (ANSA)
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
India - Planting
seeds annual
Ragged stunt and
yellow stunt threaten rice fields across Vietnam
Copyrights for
seeds is only way to achieve cotton target in Pakistan
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
China's new oilseed
industrial policy
Rice diseases in
Bangladesh and Pakistan
Origin Agritech Ltd
doubles market penetration efforts to 1,000 demonstration lots,
sees seed prices increasing
Vietnam to
plant genetically modified corn in 2009
Seedsmen
Association of Andhra Pradesh, India elects Mr. G.V.Bhaskar
Rao, as President of the Association for a second term
September 08
Punjab Seed
Corporation (PSC) starts sale of virus-free potato seed
Bt cotton acreage
rises 20% in India
Foot rot and
false smut on rice in the Punjab, India
Vietnamese
government grants VND 500 billion for top agricultural
research
Pakistan's Ayub
Agricultural Research Institute develops UG99 resistant wheat
variety
U.S. Grains
Council: Feed demand growing in China, acreage maxed
Hot topic:
Multi-disease resistant chili lines for higher yields and income
Bacterial leaf
blight on rice in the Punjab, India
Canada's Centre
for Systems Integration offers direct access to Japan’s organic
market
DuPont opens
facility for corn research in Bangalore, India
SEED INFO - Official newsletter of the WANA Seed Network
-
First
seed storage facility for village-based seed enterprises in
Afghanistan
-
Pakistan launches vegetables seed production program
- and more
First report of
powdery mildew caused by Oidium neolycopersici on tomato
in China
Chinese hybrid rice introduced to
more than 40 countries and regions
Plus de 40 pays et
régions introduisent le riz hybride chinois
India fully
geared to tackle wheat stem rust threat posed by Ug99
China to launch
$3.5 billion research project on GM crops
Monsanto's
Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans receive regulatory approval in
China
Vietnam to build
ag biotechnology research center
Decisions taken
in the 88th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) held on 13 August 2008
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Thailand to
require phytosanitary certificates for waiver commodities
Pakistan launches
national biosafety body
Tungro virus
on rice in South Cotabato, The Philippines
August 08
Indian Council of
Agricultural Research develops first hybrid of Indian mustard
Philippines to
develop corn varieties resistant to downy mildew using
marker-assisted selection
Philippine Rice Research
Institute develops 3-in-1 rice variety
Pigeonpea varieties
developed by ICRISAT becoming popular in the hill of Uttarakhand, North
India
Origin Agritech Limited
reports third quarter FY08 results
Spread of Rice stripe virus
in Zhejiang Province, China
Monsanto and China National
Seed Group Corporation increase investments in existing corn seed joint
venture in China
Philippine Rice Research
Institute issues warning against Bacterial leaf streak
Vibha Seed Group
inaugurates new corporate office in Hyderabad, India
Late blight on
potato in Karnataka, Indian and several states in Canada (alert)
The Philippines:
Seed subsidy program
get more funds from PGMA’s ‘Katas ng vat” in line with
farm-friendly SONA commitments
ICRISAT and India's
Department of Biotechnology to establish new facility for
agribiotechnology research
Cotton import may
cost Pakistan US$1 billion in fiscal year 2009
Late blight on
potato in Bhutan
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
India, biotechnology
annual report
Launch of the
Philippine Biosafety Clearing House
July 08
Initiatives for GM
crop sales in Pakistan
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to
invest in high-yield plants for export
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Thailand - Annual
biotechnology report 2008
ICRISAT now a top
ranking global research institution
Indian seed company
Krishidhan and Dutch biotech company Proteios International
sign agreement for the development and application of molecular
markers and DNA detection technologies on cotton
New regional seed
association comprises Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan
Nouvelle association regroupe les
semenciers du Caucase et d'Asie Centrale
Origin Agritech
Limited announces notes repurchase agreement
Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences and Bayer Group discuss cooperation
strategy on crop research
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Vietnam biotechnology
report
AgBioForum
Bulletin Volume 11 Number 1
- Can information about GM corn and its oil have significant
effects on Japanese consumers' risk perception and their
valuation?
India joins OECD Seed
Certification Schemes program
World's first
cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) based pigeonpea hybrid
commercialized
India:
Decisions taken in the
87th meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) held on 9 July 2008
Chinese Ministry of
Agriculture announces program of the September 2008 China
International Seed Industry Summit
China approves
transgenic species development program
Punjab University Seed
Centre produces hybrid seed through tissue culture
Decision of the 86th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 25 June 2008 (PDF)
Chinese Academy of
Sciences research sheds new light on Asian rice
domestication
Barenbrug supplier
of grass in Beijing Olympics Stadium
June 08
Vietnamese scientist sells rights to high yielding hybrid-rice variety
to Cuong Tan Company Ltd
India:
Sowing of kharif pulses and
bajra jumps by a big margin compared to last year
Sichuan earthquake causes $6 billion damage to agriculture - Over 30
million people in rural areas affected; rehabilitation of agriculture
could take 3 to 5 years
Kharif sowing progressing well
in India: major food crops see increase in area planted over last year
India adopts new set of guidelines for GE plants and foods
Agenda for the 86th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) to be held on 25.6.2008
Decisions taken in the 85th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 28 May 2008 (PDF)
- Mahyco receives seed
production approval for Bt Brinjal
Mahyco receives seed production approval for Bt Brinjal
First report of the A2
mating type of Phytophthora infestans on tomato crops in
Taiwan
Bayer CropScience
opens rice research laboratory in Singapore
Bayer CropScience eröffnet Reis-Forschungslabor in Singapur
Origin Agritech
releases three new corn hybrids and one new GM cotton variety in
China
The Asia & Pacific
Seed Association welcomes Dr. Zenaida Nisperos Ganga as its new
Deputy Director
Project to evolve
hybrid Bt cotton variety launched in Pakistan
Tomato zonate spot
virus (TZSV; proposed): a significant new tospovirus of
vegetable crops in Yunnan, China
Sakata to acquire
gerbera breeding program from Varinova B.V.
Origin Agritech
Ltd. reports second quarter fiscal 2008 results
May 08
CIMMYT e-newsletter vol
5 no 5
- May 2008
- Asian maize network
tackles drought
Limited release of GM
cotton in Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
and Monsanto sign letter of intent for the development of GM
cotton
BASF Plant Science and
Academia Sinica (Taipei) to cooperate on gene discovery
BASF Plant Science und Academia Sinica (Taipei) vereinbaren
Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Genentdeckung
Undiagnosed virus on
muskmelon in Punjab, India
Limagrain unveils new
structure for its vegetable seed operations - Harris Moran (USA)
to link with Clause (France) and Marco Polo (Thailand)
Pakistan on UG99 wheat
stem rust high alert
Científicos
descubren el gen 'clave' del arroz
Taiwan implements
registration for stacked traits
Chinese scientists find
'yield-improving rice gene'
Origin Agritech Limited
provides updates to its Chengdu operations from recent
earthquake
First hybrid rice variety
worldwide resistant to bacterial leaf blight: Bayer CropScience
launches new high-yielding rice variety in India
Weltweit erster
gegen Bakterienbrand resistenter Hybridreis: Bayer CropScience
führt neue Hochertrags-Reissorte in Indien ein
The Philippines and the
International Rice Research Institute join forces to attain rice
self sufficiency by 2010
Economic Coordination
Committee approves letter of intent for hiring Monsanto Company
to introduce Bt cotton varieties in Pakistan
New rice varieties
from the International Rice Research Institute can survive
flooding, salinity and drought
The Philippines
stand fast on science-based biosafety regulations: U.S. rice
shipment is safe
India: Certified
seed production of pulses to be doubled in four years
Government of
India: import of quality seeds and planting materials with a
view to improve productivity
Pakistan's Ministry
of Agriculture proposes Bt cotton introduction
Pakistan's Ministry
of Agriculture seeks approval from ECC on Bt cotton
Nepalese farmers to
benefit from Crop & Food Research's oat varieties that can
be grown in the Himalayan regions during winter
Undiagnosed disease
on wheat in Uttar Pradesh, India - Request for information
Researchers from
China's Oil Crops Research Institute develop transgenic
oilseed rape lines resistant to Sclerotinia
Agenda for the 84th
meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) to be held on 2.5.2008
April 08
Biotechnology in
Pakistan - A overview
Official opening of
new De Ruiter Seeds site in China
DuPont partners with
China to increase farm productivity
Conservation of
genetic diversity must for sustainable agriculture, says India's
Agriculture Minister
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
bi-weekly bulletin:
China
Plant Genetic
Resources for Agriculture, Plant Breeding, and Biotechnology -
Experiences from Cameroon, Kenya, the Philippines, and Venezuela
DuPont Knowledge
Center in Hyderabad, India, inaugurates its Biotechnology
Research Center
First field tests of
Golden Rice in the Philippines
India's Central
Institute for Cotton Research developing new variety of short
staple BT cotton
Maize hybrids being
popularized in India
Major new partnership
in rice research launched at IRRI headquarters
International Seed
Testing Association announces Workshop on Seed sampling,
Moisture, Germination, Purity and Quality Management
Syngenta to build major global
biotech research center in Beijing, China
Syngenta errichtet
globales Biotech-Forschungszentrum in Peking
Syngenta va construire
un grand centre mondial de recherche biotechnologique à Pékin
Bacterial leaf blight
on rice in Bangladesh
Bayer CropScience to enforce its
Mefenpyr patent
Bayer CropScience
will Mefenpyr-Patent durchsetzen
U.S. National Corn
Growers Association hails Japan’s growing acceptance of biotech
corn for food
Arcadia Biosciences
and MAHYCO announce multi-crop, multi-technology licensing
agreement
Downy mildew
disease hits muskmelon crop in the Punjab, India
Philippine Rice
Research Institute pushes high-yielding rice varieties to
raise production
The Philippines
urged to expand rice hectarage, use biotech rice
Wheat stripe
rust, oilseed rape sclerotinia in China
India develops
PCR-based rapid diagnostic kits for five GM crops
83rd meeting of
India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
New maize and new
friendships to beat Thai drought
March 08
Improving GMO
regulation in Indonesia
Scientists develop
transgenic tomatoes with increased resistance to the common
cutworm
China to launch large
research programme on GM crops
Useful sources of
resistance to white rust disease, caused by Albugo candida,
identified in Brassica juncea germplasm from Australia,
China and India
Outbreak of sharp
eyespot disease in China threatens 4.83 million hectares of
wheat
Bayer CropScience
signs letter of intent regarding cooperation in hybrid rice with
Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture
ICRISAT launches
Center of Excellence in Genomics and Bio-Food Knowledge Center
Origin Agritech Ltd
reports first quarter fiscal 2008 results
Origin Agritech
updates its GM pipeline to set forth the next generation of corn
product into China
Update on virus
diseases on rice in Vietnam
Origin Agritech adds
six new rice hybrid varieties to its product line for
distribution during the next sales season in 5 provinces
throughout the southwest regions of China
South Asian nations
team up for food security
PhilRice
breeders working on heat tolerant rice varieties
PhilRice develops
flood-tolerant rice variety
Rising demand for
flowers in India
Puslit Bioteknologi LIPI merakit
padi transgenik tahan kekeringan
Indonesia develops a
genetically engineered rainfed lowland rice cultivar with
drought tolerance
First report of Beet
mosaic virus infecting lettuce (China)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Bi-weekly Bulletin:
Japan
Measures taken to
support organic farming in India
Origin Agritech announces
nationwide corn seed approvals and additional provincial
approval
New report
indicate large GM potential for South Asia
Rice R&D confab
to highlight poverty and malnutrition
First report of
Yellow leaf curl disease of pumpkin in Thailand associated
with Squash leaf curl China virus
Cornell partners
with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University of India to offer
innovative degree in food science
Innovative active
ingredient protects against fungal diseases: Fluopicolide
from Bayer CropScience receives registrations in Japan and
the United States - Launch of Reliable, Stellar and Presidio
planned for 2008
Innovativer Wirkstoff schützt vor pilzlichen Krankheiten:
Fluopicolide von Bayer CropScience erhält Zulassung in Japan
und in den USA - Markteinführung von Reliable, Stellar und
Presidio in 2008 geplant
Advanta acquires
Garrison & Townsend of Hereford, Texas
Five new corn
hybrids from Origin Agritech approved in central and west
China
Commercial
production of GM eggplant in The Philippines within two
years
Scientists meet
to launch a multi-million dollar project to step up
rice production in Africa and Asia
February 08
South Korea buys
697,000 MT of biotech corn for food use
AVRDC, The World
Vegetable Center, appoints new Director General
Government of
the Philippines to test GM rice rich in pro-Vitamin A
Takii acquires
a 100% share in Danish flower seed company Global Flowers
A/S
Origin
Agritech announces world's first genetically modified
phytase corn
Economic and
environmental benefits and costs of transgenic crops in
India and Bangladesh
Revision of
Plant Variety Protection Regulations in China
Thai Cabinet
to allow biotech field trials with restrictive measures
India:
Planting seeds
2006-07
The
Philippines cited as top GM corn producer
Development of
new plant breeding methods for more yield in food crops
Biotech and
GMO use on the rise in The Philippines
Southeast
Asian biotechnology regulators and researchers to discuss
rationalization and harmonization
Reports of
brassica diseases in Turkey and Nepal
New basmati
variety can resist bacteria
Agricultural
Council of Agricultural Research solicits views on seed
standards for germination and dormancy treatments for
indigenous medicinal and aromatic plants
Engineering
fungal resistance in rice
Backgrounders from the Ministry of the Environment of India
- Safety
concerns regarding transgenic crops
- Applications of
genetically modified crops
Submergence-tolerant rice line now in the pipeline
India's Cotton
Advisory Board estimates an all-time record cotton
production in 2007-08
Potato
diseases in West Bengal, India
Kiwa Bio-Tech
Products Group discusses cooperative research on plant
growth promoting rhizobacteria with the University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Decision taken
at the 82st meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) held on January 11, 2008
China
establishes four new national standards that set quality
requirements for legume, cereal, fiber crop, and oilseed
seeds
Monsanto
receives final regulatory approval in Japan, the Philippines
and Taiwan for its second-generation soybean technology,
Roundup Ready 2 Yield (MON 89788)
Virus and
blast diseases on rice in the Mekong delta of Vietnam
January 08
Advanta acquires the
vegetable seed business of Unicorn Seeds Ltd.
Agri-biotech
sector grows at 30% in India
Transgenic rice
seeds still await the go-ahead in China
India's Department
of Biotechnology posts new guidelines for GM crops
With rice
production facing unprecedented pressure, new Gates funding to
help poor rice farmers succeed amid climate change and other
challenges
BASF Plant Science
and National Institute of Biological Sciences (China) enter
cooperation and license agreement
BASF Plant Science und das National Institute of Biological
Sciences (China) beschließen Zusammenarbeit und
Lizenzvereinbarung
India may turn into
a big producer of GM rice and vegetables by 2010
Indian scientists develop a variety of corn with extra protein
through marker-assisted breeding
Vietnam: draft
regulations for field trials of genetically modified crops
Web
on Wednesday:
Cotton leaf curl study tour in Pakistan
Papua New Guinea's
potato industry expected to bounce back from potato late blight
disease
Philippines
Department of Agriculture and University of the Philippines Los
Baños Foundation ink agreement on to distribution of
high-quality OP white corn seeds
Virus diseases on
rice in Vietnam
Melon necrotic spot
virus newly reported in China
Government of
Pakistan launches vegetable seed and seedling production
program, calls for cooperators and suppliers
Pakistan to
introduce genetically modified cottonseed in 2009
Devgen strengthens
management team by appointing Mr. Bipin Solanki as CEO of Devgen
Seeds and Crop Technology in India
Industrialization
of sweet sorghum derivatives fruitful
Fungal diseases
on potato in Bangladesh
India's DRDO
develops transgenic tomato tolerant to cold temperatures and
water stress
National Seed
Association of India elects members of its 2008 Governing
Council
December 07
Seed Processing Holland
BV, appoints sales manager for China
荷兰种子加工设备有限公司指定负责中国市场的业务经理
Verdict Systems and Astec
Global sign agreement to sell Verdict data loggers in Asia and Africa
through Astec Global
Late blight on patato in
Punjab and West Bengal, India
E-newsletter vol 4 no
12
- December 2007
- Quality and quantity: China-CIMMYT wheats take prize
University of
Western Australia collaborates with Zhejiang University and
Huazhong Agricultural University on a project on breeding
super brassicas for increased oil seed and/or vegetable
production
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
-
Taiwan grants
approval to Agrisure MIR604 Corn and renewal approvals to
RRS40-3-2 soybean and Mon810 corn
-
The
Philippines approve Syngenta's MIR604 corn
Praj Industries
joins ICRISAT's sweet sorghum ethanol consortium
India:
Wheat acreage goes
up to 206 Lakh per hectare; Rabi sowing progressing well
Texas A&M
University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering signs agreement with Chinese cctton ginning
machinery manufacturer
Mahyco Monsanto
Biotech (India) Limited claims 61% rise in Bt cotton area in
India
CGIAR News -
December 2007 issue
- Report on AGM07: A Changing CGIAR
for a Changing World
- China and the CGIAR: Strengthening
the Partnership
- more...
Decision taken in
the 81st Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) held on November 22, 2007
Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences and CIMMYT team up to confront climate
change and new subspecies of wheat stem rust
International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations
supports biofuels research-for-development project led by
ICRISAT
USDA/ARS GAIN report:
China - Planting
seeds, annual
Monsanto to invest
US$5 million in Indonesian seed industry
DuPont joint
venture with Chinese biotech firm strengthens gene discovery
research efforts
First report
of phyllody disease on chickpea in Pakistan
China's new
high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat boosting domestic
production as world prices soar
November 07
India's rice
production is rising
India:
Sowing progressing well in the present rabi season
China changes
agriculture investment restrictions
First report of of
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in the Netherlands and of Tomato
yellow leaf curl Thailand virus in Taiwan
India: Bt cotton
grown in nine cotton-growing states
Monsanto expands
its sponsorship of the Peking-Yale Joint Agrobiotechnology
Center
Tata Chemicals
joins ICRISAT's sweet sorghum ethanol consortium
Third-generation
of Chinese super hybrid rice
Haut rendement par mu du super-riz
hybride chinois
India releases new
biotechnology strategy
Developing
aromatic jasmine rice that is resistant to some pests and
diseases
Certified area
under organic farming has reached 3.12 lakh hectares in India
Chinese scientists
develop a plant-mediated RNA interference technique to control
the gene expression of the cotton bollworm
ICARDA researchers
develop low-cost technology to increase crop yield in
magnesium-rich soil
Late blight on
potato in Punjab, India
Sweet sorghum
cited as source of bioethanol in The Philippines
Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University and Rasi Seeds to cooperate on GM
cassava with resistance to cassava mosaic virus
China’s cotton
supply and demand: issues and impact on the world market
Decisions
taken in the 80th Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering
Approval Committee (GEAC), held on october 1, 2007
DuPont
supports Indonesia's rice and corn industry
New
public-private hybrid rice group aims to raise rice yields
in the tropics
A low-cost
technology boosts farm income in Kazakhstan
October 07
Origin Agritech
Limited to open new hybrid seed production facility in Southwest
China
Devgen completes
acquisition of seed assets from Monsanto subsidiaries in India
and Monsanto Company subscribes to Devgen shares
GM crops — Asian
farmers have their say
India's National
Seed Corporation to market Monsanto hybrid corn seed
Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University and Monsanto ink deal to develop GM
papaya seed
Malaysia to embark
on large-scale corn planting in Sulawesi island, Indonesia
China updates plant
variety testing procedures
Rice-producing
nations call for increased focus on production
Philippines
Department of Agriculture won't impose ban on GM organisms
in Negros Occidental
Legumes step
into the limelight in the tropics
Indian and
Australian scientists collaborate for better wheat
Bacterial leaf
blight on rice in Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan
BASF Plant
Science and Crop Functional Genomics Center sign R&D
agreement in South Korea
BASF Plant Science und südkoreanisches Forschungszentrum
starten Pflanzenbiotechnologie-Kooperation
ACM Genetics
introduces new, drought-resistant corn in The Philippines
September 07
Origin Agritech
Limited's affiliate Biocentury Transgene (China) Co. receives
commercial approval for three varieties of its insect-resistant
genetically modified ("GM") hybrid cotton seed in India
Origin Agritech
Limited reports unaudited fiscal 2007 third quarter financial
results
Philippines
government experts to conduct greenhouse trial on Bt cotton
before year end
Nine new wheat
varieties released in India
Takii & Co., Ltd.
acquires a 100% share in Dutch flower seed company K. SAHIN,
Zaden B.V.
New rice variety
from International Rice Research Institute proves to be
flood-resistant in Bangladesh trials
Philippine Rice
Research Institute uses DNA marker-assisted selection to develop
flood-tolerant rice
India:
Area under major
kharif crops exceeds last year's coverage
Court halts
introduction of GM rice in the Philippines
ICRISAT
scientists breed crop varieties and hybrids that are more
drought, pest and disease tolerant
Cornell
University helps develop pest-resistant eggplant, the first
genetically modified food crop in South Asia
Asian customers
learn about Canada’s food grade soybean industry
Origin Agritech
Limited signs letter of intent to acquire Guang Xi Fortuneland
Agricultural Corporation Ltd.
Devgen to acquire
rice, sunflower, sorghum and pearl millet businesses in India
and other Asian countries from Monsanto
Chinese
scientists develop GM corn that could help improve the
nutritional value of livestock feed and reduce pollution
"Green" super
rice is one goal of newly formed collaboration between
University of Arizona and Huazhong Agricultural University in
Wuhan, China
Government of the
Philippines intensifies R&D on several agricultural crops
Regional
consultation on biotechnology and biosafety for agriculture and
environment in the West Asia and North Africa sub-region
India offers
large scope for growth in floriculture
Estimating the
adoption of Bt eggplant in India: Who benefits from
public–private partnership?
Study shows
farmers, consumers go for Pinoy GM rice in the Philippines
Philippines
court stops approval of Bayer's GM rice LL62
Planting
seeds in Japan - Annual report
The
Kyrgyzstan Seed Industry - An ICARDA report
Definition of
basmati rice to be expanded
Mungbean
yellow mosaic virus in pulses - Punjab, India
New insecticidal active
ingredient flubendiamide granted regulatory approval in
major Asian markets - Product launch strengthens Bayer
CropScience’s portfolio in the region
Neuer
insektizider Wirkstoff Flubendiamide in wichtigen
asiatischen Märkten zugelassen Produkteinführung stärkt
Portfolio von Bayer CropScience in der Region
Record cotton
production and mill use in Asia projected
Apex Seeds
appoints Ray Osburn as Asian Sales Manager based in
Shanghai, China
August 07
India's Central
Potato Research Institute releases two new potato varieties
Thrust on enhancing
production of pulses in 14 major pulses producing Indian states
Large-scale trials
of domestic Bt cotton stalled in India
Andhra University
study: Economics of Bt cotton vs. traditional cotton varieties
JK Agrigenetics' new
Bt cotton version likely by 2010
The Philippines to
learn much from Indian experience with Bt cotton development
Syngenta introduces
tropical sugar beet for food and biofuels
Syngenta führt neue tropische Zuckerrüben für Nahrungsmittel
und Biotreibstoffe ein
Syngenta lance la betterave à sucre tropicale pour
l’alimentation et les biocarburants
China establishes
national soybean engineering research center
Bacterial leaf
blight on rice in Punjab, India
India's Central
Potato Research Institute releases two new potato varieties
Syngenta's Agrisure
corn rootworm biotech trait approved in Japan
ICRISAT and partners
initiate biopesticide production in villages of India and Nepal
Decisions taken at
the 79th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC), held on August 8, 2007
Monsanto Philippines
asks Ag Department to extend permit to propagate its Bt corn
variant MON 810
India approves large
scale field trials for Bt brinjal
Indian government’s
hesitation to allow genetically modified cash crops other than
cotton hurts the seed industry
Malaysian investor
to fund massive sorghum planting in The Philippines
National Seed Center
to be set up in northern Malaysia
'Seeds of Life’
program: improving food security in East Timor
Cereals production
doubles in Afghanistan - Afghanis near cereals self-sufficiency
2nd International
Seed Trade Conference in CWANA Region to be held in Cairo, Egypt
Shandong Zhouyuan
Seed and Nursery Co. signs agreement with Qingdao Seed
Distribution Company to strengthen local sales capacity
July 07
Mayores ingresos para
los agricultores hindúes que siembran algodón biotecnológico -
La producción de este cultivo aumenta un 50% en 2006
Shandong Zhouyuan Seed
and Nursery Co. upgrades seed processing equipment and expands
seed processing facilities and warehouses to increase capacity
Rice grassy stunt
virus in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam
KeyGene
establishes a Joint Lab for Plant Molecular Breeding with
the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Latest
developments and opportunities in the cotton industry of
Tajikistan
Bayer CropScience’
Nunhems acquires Korean vegetable seed company SeedEx
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems übernimmt koreanisches
Gemüsesaatgutunternehmen SeedEx
Vilmorin initiates
the process to purchase a minority stake in the Chinese
company Yuanlongping High-Tech Agriculture
Vilmorin engage un processus de prise de participation
minoritaire dans la société chinoise Yuanlongping High-Tech
Agriculture
June 07
SL Agritech Corp.
revives plan to develop hybrid rice resistant to bacterial
leaf blight
The Philippines
has so far approved 41 GM varieties
Andhra Pradesh
government hints at GM Seed Act to control Bt cotton seed
activity
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Agricultural GMO
implementation measures in China (updated)
Australian and
Chinese researchers join forces to improve climate
adaptation strategies and pass on the subsequent benefits to
growers
Syngenta agrees
agriculture biotechnology research collaboration in China
Syngenta vereinbart Biotech-Forschungskooperation in
China
Syngenta conclut un accord de collaboration en matière de
recherche en biotechnologie agricole en Chine
Concentration of
cotton in Asia continuing
Collaboration with
Chinese and Indian scientists could benefit Australia's
canola oilseed industry
New rice course in
The Philippines attracts host of Cornell University students
and is co-taught by Professor Susan McCouch
Indonesia turns to
hybrid varieties for self-sufficiency in rice production
Virus disease on
rice - Vietnam
Vibha Agrotech
Ltd. launches its first Bt-cotton hybrid series
Looking for
solutions to the rice virus problem in the Mekong Delta
May 07
Avesthagen and Groupe
Limagrain announce co-acquisition of majority stake in two
Indian seed companies
Transgenic potato
varieties developed by the University of Wisconsin are resistant
to natural infestation of the Indonesian race of Phytophthora
infestans
National Seed Industry
Council of the Philippines releases Tubigan 7, a new rice
variety developed by marker-aided selection and resistant to
bacterial leaf blight
Vibha Agrotech Ltd.
signs a research agreement with Australian Centre for Plant
Functional Genomics
Australia, China and
India collaborate in canola breeding, pathology and agronomy
East West Seeds Company
expands its R&D activities in The Philippines
Decisions taken in the
76th Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) held on 11 May 2007
53 new Bt cotton
hybrids commercially approved in India
Indian Supreme Court
ruling on GMOs restarts seed supply
Philippines Ag
Department extends seed subsidy to farmers planting hybrid rice
and certified seeds
Elsevier partners with
Rice Science
Deutsches
Kartoffelpflanzgut auf dem Weg in die Mongolei
Syngenta to take stake
in Sanbei, Chinese seeds company
Syngenta erwirbt Beteiligung an chinesischem Saatgutanbieter
Sanbei
Prise de participation de Syngenta dans Sanbei, producteur
chinois de semences
Indonesia develops new
rice varieties to fight bacterial blight
Supreme Court of India
lifts temporary ban on field trials of GM crops
Trial shipment of
Western Australian seed potato to help boost market interest in
Thailand
National Seed Industry
Council of The Philippines releases new hybrid rice variety
USDA/FAS GAIN Report:
Options for protecting
plant varieties in the Peoples Republic of China
Late blight on potato -
India, United Kingdom
India's biotechnology
sector expected to reach US$ 5bn. mark by 2009-10
New knowledge improves
rice quality, could help poor farmers boost income
Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University researchers develop new
high-yielding, drought resistant rice variety
Arcadia Biosciences
and Chinese province agree to establish methods for carbon
credit trading based on nitrogen use efficient rice -
U.S./China collaboration to develop new model for lowering
greenhouse gas emissions by reducing nitrogen fertilizer use
Climate change a
threat to Indonesian agriculture, study says
Chinese cotton
imports projected to rise in 2007/08
April 07
Indian Council of
Agricultural Research identifies five new rice varieties
Vietnam tackles GM
biosafety regulations
Seed regime in
Indonesia
Stem-rot disease hits
paddy crop in East Godavari, India
Unveiling rice's DNA
under Intellectual Property Rights regime
Nepali farmers gain
more from improved local rice varieties
Avesthagen advances
in its salt tolerance program to develop novel rice lines
ProMED-mail:
Wheat stripe rust
on wheat - China
University of the
Philippines Los Baños ready to market biotechnologies and
improved varieties
Chinese
scientists succeed in cloning a gene underlying quantitative
trait locus (QTL), a region of DNA that controls grain
weight and yield in rice
La India tiene
una oportunidad única para ejercer su liderazgo en
biotecnología, facilitando la aprobación de fibras, piensos,
alimentos y combustibles MG
Assuming GM rice
is approved as expected, China has potential to become
world's largest market for GM crops in the not so distant
future
New research
agreement to boost rice production in Indonesia
BIONet Congress
supports wider cultivation, marketing of ag-biotechnology
products in the Philippines
March 07
Bureau of Plant
Industry says questioned GMO corn passed stringent tests
ICRISAT hybrid
pigeonpea to trigger pulse revolution
Bayer CropScience
aims to grow in China
Encouragements and
new directions from the board of the World Vegetable Center
Indian Council of
Agricultural Research reconfirms higher yield of Bt cotton
Regional Training
Programme on Plant Genetic Resources and Seeds: Policies,
Conservation and Use to be held in Ethiopia
Iran to spearhead
agricultural biotech research in the Middle East and Central
Asia
New Bt cotton
cultivation approval unlikely this summer in India
Embrapa e China
afinam parceria
Statement by India's
Agriculture Minister on genetically modified crops
DuPont plans plant
biotech research center in India
New agreement helps
permanently protect the world's thousands of rice varieties -
the planet's most important food source
New technologies
coming too fast for Indian farmers in key cotton-growing area -
Farmers relying on word of mouth to choose cottonseed in place
of experimental testing
Indian Agricultural
Research Institute releases new wheat, chickpea varieties
Seven promising rice
lines ready for release in the Philippines as commercial
varieties
Four improved lentil
varieties recently released in South Asia demonstrate the
regions's dedications to improving this ancient crop and the
productivity its research partnerships
China launches
biosafety research centre
ICRISAT reintroduces
pigeonpea in China
Philippine
scientists eye rice variety resistant to bacterial blight
February 07
Pakistan
approves GM rules to protect farmers
BASF expands
innovative agricultural products to Asian growth markets
BASF erschließt Wachstumsmärkte in Asien mit innovativen
Pflanzenschutzprodukten
Riset
transgenik tetap dilakukan
Philippine
Bureau of Plant Industry approves 3 additional stacked trait
products
India's Genetic Engineering
Approval Committee:
-
Status of pending projects as on February 5, 2007 (PDF)
The new Apple
of the Eyes: high-beta carotene tomato renews Asia’s vision
ICRISAT
pigeonpea spreads roots in China, finds multiple uses
Commercialization of Bt cotton expected in The Philippines
in three years
Jiangxi
Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Philippine Rice
Research Institute sign memorandum of agreement to improve
and boost hybrid rice seed production and commercialization
Small seed
with a big footprint: Western Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nepal
ICRISAT
pigeonpea spreads roots in China, finds multiple uses
January 07
Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice) institutionalizes patenting
functions
Viet Nam joins
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of
Plants (UPOV)
Agricultural
Deskilling and the Spread of Genetically Modified Cotton in the
Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, India
First GM eggplant
soon to be commercially grown in the Philippines
Rice research hub
for Greater Mekong subregion opens in Laos: cooperation is key
in Southeast Asia’s most important rice bowl
APEC forum
discusses agricultural biotechnology
Philippines approves 12th stacked
trait product:
Pioneer Hi-Bred's Corn DAS
59122 x Corn NK 603 for direct use as food and/or feed
Adoption of Bt
cotton in Pakistan
China to invest in
The Philippines: one million hectares of hybrid corn, rice and
sorghum production to be used by China for ethanol production
Canada and India to
collaborate on agriculture and agricultural biotechnology
information exchange
Le Canada et l'Inde
collaboreront à l'échange d'information en agriculture et en
biotechnologie agricole
India issues
new regulations to protect plant varieties and farmers'
rights
Pakistan to
release insect-resistant cotton variety
Seedsmen
Association of Andhra Pradesh, India elects new President
for the biennium 2006-08
Crops mutated
in outer space
JK
Agri-Genetics develops 19 new BT cotton varieties
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