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`Pratik Cotton Seed` increases cotton yield for farmers

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Krishidhan Seeds ``Pratik``, a superior quality hybrid cotton seed, known for yielding massive increase in cotton production; has yet again set a record production across Southern and Central India. Pratik is one of the leading BT cotton seed brands which provided great results to farmers in last season and is expected to cover larger areas i...

`Pratik Cotton Seed` increases cotton yield for farmers

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Blossom end rot plummets in Purdue-developed transgenic tomato

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unknowingly had the answer to significantly lowering occurrences of the disease sitting on a shelf for 20 years.

Expert Meeting Discusses Testing of Oxitec Transgenic Mosquitoes in Panama

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

PANAMA CITY, Panama - International scientific and government experts held a forum on 16 May 2012 to discuss the potential use of Oxitec's genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a tool to combat Dengue Fever in Panama. The independent forum was co-organised by the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

MP says GE should be food safety issue

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The biggest flaw with the government's proposed Food Bill is that it does not include reference to genetically engineered food, a member of the primary production select committee told a collection of concerned area residents last week. Green MP Steffan Browning says there was a lot of confusion around the Food Bill when it was presented, but ...

Seeds explored on Living Land

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Genetically modified seed will be the topic of SABC2 agriculture programme Living Land on 2 June at 11:30am. The show will explore the life-giving miracle locked up inside a seed and how new technologies like genetic modification can improve crop yields. Living Land travels around South Africa to learn about the agricultural se...

BGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail millet genome

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Shenzhen, China - BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, in cooperation with Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Science, has completed the genome sequence and analysis of foxtail millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely planted species of millet. This study provides an invaluable resource for the study and genetic improvemen...

Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A curious twist in a family of plant proteins called chalcone-isomerase recently was discovered by Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University led by Eve Wurtele. Pursuing basic scientific discovery, they found three similar proteins that could soon translate into positive results for bio...

Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A new innovation can completely reshape an industry - inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural community with the potential for higher crop yields and better nutritional content, along with the reduction of ...

Scientist asks SC to junk kalikasan writ plea against GMO eggplant

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A SCIENTIST assessing Bacillus thuringiensis eggplant’s applicability here has urged the Supreme Court to junk the arguments of those seeking the issuance of a writ of kalikasan against the biotech crop. Dr. Emiliana Bernardo, a member of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Department ...

Specialty crop group petitions EPA on herbicide-resistant crops

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A coalition within the U.S. specialty crop industry has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to conduct an environmental impact statement (EIS) for dicamba- and 2,4-D-tolerant crops, saying more study of the technologies is needed.

New Research Reveals Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barcoding Insects as a Way to Track and Control Them

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barcodes may bring to mind the sales tags and scanners found in supermarkets and other stores. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using "DNA barcodes" to monitor insects that damage crops as diverse as wheat, barley and potatoes, and to make pest management decisions. In DNA barcoding, scientists...

Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer’s book in the land of the midnight sun

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barley grown in Scandinavian countries is adapted in a similar way to reindeer to cope with the extremes of day length at high latitudes new research from the John Innes Centre and the Max Planck Institute has found. Researchers have found a genetic mutation in some Scandinavian barley varieties that di...

Genes underlying the key domestication process in sorghum and other cereals

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering - the process by which grasses disseminate their seeds - were under parallel selection during sorghum, rice and maize domestication.

GM crops need of the hour, say experts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Genetically Modified seeds are the need of the hour to bolster farm production in the face of rising demand, and a way to match productivity of countries such as China and Vietnam, according to food scientists and experts here. With GM crops seen with suspicion by most, the scientists said there is an inherent lack of awareness about its adva...

Antarctic Octopus Study Shows West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Have Collapsed 200,000 Years Ago

Monday, May 14, 2012

Scientists at the University have found that genetic information on the Antarctic octopus supports studies indicating that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could have collapsed during its history, possibly as recently as 200,000 years ago. Genes from more than 450 Turq...

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»`Pratik Cotton Seed` increases cotton yield f...

May 23

»Blossom end rot plummets in Purdue-developed ...

May 23

»Expert Meeting Discusses Testing of Oxitec Tr...

May 23

»MP says GE should be food safety issue

May 23

»Seeds explored on Living Land

May 16

»BGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail...