April 17, 2014

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China rejections of GMO U.S. corn cost up to $2.9 billion: group (Reuters)

Blast disease on rice in the South Goa district of India

Septoria blotch on wheat in New Zealand: new strains, strobilurin resistance

Marrone Bio Innovations submits Grandevo bioinsecticide for Mexican registration

BayWa erweitert ihr Sortiment bei Wintergetreide

Platform Specialty Products Corporation announces agreement to acquire agrochemicals business from Chemtura for approximately $1 billion

Climate-smart rice for Africa

Research-for-development project chalks up significant progress to save maize from Striga weed

Australia - Growers warned to check winter seed management

Australia - Anti-Dumping Commission makes a stand against dumped Italian tomatoes

Australian grains industry firing up in fight against frost

April 16, 2014

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Augmenter la longévité des semences végétales ? C'est possible !

French parliament bans cultivation of GM maize (Reuters)

EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. earnings: will its transformation bring growth? (The Motley Fool)

Monsanto sets its sights on Canadian corn belt (St. Louis Business Journal)

Trait by trait, plant scientists swiftly weed out bad seeds through marker-assisted breeding (The Washington Post)

Screening genes for better breeding (The Washington Post)

Canadian farmers divided over plant breeders' rights proposals (CBC News)

Syngenta awards $70,000 to local groups in Minnesota, North Carolina through its annual Community Grant program

New research identifies environmentally-friendly pest management tactics

Controversial iverhaul of EU organic regulation raises red flags

European Parliament leaves completion of Official Controls of the food chain to next term

An innovative approach for pest control towards next generation insect resistant plants

Neiker-Tecnalia establishes the presence for the first time in Alava of the two A1 and A2 mating types of the fungus that causes potato blight
Neiker-Tecnaliak lehendabizikoz egiaztatu du patataren mildiua eragiten duen onddoa ugaltzeko A1 eta A2 tipoak daudela Araban
Neiker-Tecnalia constata por primera vez la presencia en Álava de los dos tipos de reproducción A1 y A2 del hongo causante del mildiu de la patat

Australian OGTR - DIR 128 - Invitation to comment on genetically modified wheat and barley field trial - Limited and controlled release of wheat and barley genetically modified for abiotic stress tolerance or micronutrient uptake - The University of Adelaide

Milheto BRS 1501 da Embrapa uma opção para a rotação de culturas

Dia de campo discute potencial de mercado para o arroz com tipo de grão especial

Bayer CropScience cresce 41% nas vendas no Brasil

Canadian government invests to grow international sales of Canadian flowers

Syngenta sponsors Oxford University symposium