A team of researchers and breeders from Rijk Zwaan in the Netherlands, Spain and Italy have developed a number of high-yielding squash varieties with particularly good fruit quality and the…
Nutritional profiling of 300 selected rice varieties has been done for market linkage and better price to the farmers. Indigenous varieties of rice are being promoted through varieties programmes.…
California university trials of Pima cottonseed shows yield increase up to 15 per cent PhytoGen® cottonseed, the U.S. cottonseed brand of Corteva Agriscience, announced an addition to its Pima…
Origin’s Biotechnology Centre of Beijing Origin Seed, Ltd is currently evaluating the commercial value of these new traits in corn seed production. Headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in…
It aims to develop seeds specifically designed for use in vertical indoor farm environments as well as other controlled environment agriculture (CEA) farming methods. Kalera , one of the…
Gro Alliance partnership accelerates adoption of ZeaKal’s flagship plant trait, PhotoSeed™. ZeaKal has announced steps to create a ’NewType’ of agriculture based on higher value and supply chain harmonization with…
It aims to transfer NRGene’s India-based 8-year-old crop breeding program of maize, rice and chili-pepper to Foragen Seeds. Israel based Genomics AI Company,NRGene has signed an agreement to transfer its…
In total, five genebanks sent almost 6 500 accessions for the February deposit at Svalbard Global Seed Vault FAO’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables is being recognized all…
GM technology in India was caught in a difficult situation as there has not been a fresh approval to GM crops since 2005. The current regulatory stalemate has resulted due…
The National Seed Research and Testing Centre has received and analysed 697 court referred seed samples The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is implementing farmer’s welfare scheme ‘Sub-Mission on…
Syngenta increased genetic trialing by more than 30%, offers a deeper, more extensive understanding of how hybrids perform in different environments and soil types. For many growers, elite corn…
Bayer CropScience earned revenue from operations of ₹9,182 million, as compared to ₹8,540 million in the corresponding period of FY 2019-20 Bayer CropScience Limited has announced its unaudited results for…
Information about real seeds will be available through the mobile app and farmers will be able to avoid fraud. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and…
Investments in Research in agriculture are not addressed, especially, since research & innovation is one of the 6 pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat and there is a need to scale…