June 08
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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