October 30, 2024

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Indonesia - Biofuels, annual report

October 29, 2024

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Strategic resistance management moves with Syngenta's Chess insecticide

Spinnaker: New barley launches across Australia (Grain Central)

Chia Tai’s plant protection advances safe, sustainable agriculture (Bangkok Post)

GRDC's new pulse investments aim to boost genetic diversity

October 28, 2024

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ICRISAT and the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) co-develop first cold-tolerant sorghum in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nanotechnology helps wild rice domestication

India - Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Ministry and IRRI announce 13th edition of the National Seed Congress

Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops

Pakistan - Sindh Seed Corporation to increase production, improve processing (The News)

October 25, 2024

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India's seed sector meet to focus on public-private partnership - 13th edition of the National Seed Congress, an annual conclave of researchers, policymakers, farmers, industries and scientists in the sector, will be held in Varanasi from November 28-30 (The Hindu)

East-West Seed founder Simon Groot turns 90 - Celebrating a legacy and looking to the future

Western Australia - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s trials sheds light on electric weed control (Grain Central)

Punjab brings QR code system to combat spurious seeds (The Pioneer)

New resources providing guidance on the malting quality potential of recently accredited malt barley varieties now available on the Grains Australia website

Generational shift supports gene editing

October 24, 2024

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Researchers establish new synthetic apomixis system with rice endogenous genes

Mungbeans back with a bang

Pulse protein research to meet global demand

October 23, 2024

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InterGrain plans $38m headquarters (Business News)

India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released 109 seed varieties in August as part of the government’s 100-day programme - Of these, 20 varieties are suitable for rabi season -  These were notified only on October 8 after sowing season has started (The Hindu BusinessLine)

October 22, 2024

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Assessing how wheat responds to climate change

China's first provincial germplasm resource bank in full operation (China Daily)

Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) releases new barley, wheat varieties (Grain Central)

Syngenta seeks US$3 billion ESG loan, Asia's biggest this year (The Business Times)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to permit the sale and use of food made from a new genetically modified (GM) corn line

China - New and renewed biosafety certificates issued, October 2024

We’ve never seen a result like this - Agronomist Des May, of Delta Ag, in Western Australia, used Syngenta's Simodis insecticide to control a high-pressure thrips infestation in capsicum

Project to unlock know-how for mungbean success

October 21, 2024

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Origin Agritech establishes Biotechnology Service Consortium to accelerate licensing and commercialization of GMO and gene editing technologies