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USDA clears Nexgen Plants’ gene-edited, virus-resistant tomatoes

Nexgen Plants has received approval from USDA to conduct field trials of six gene-edited, virus-resistant tomato lines. Gene-edited tomatoes that are resistant to common viruses...

Sowing of illegal GM seed lifts cotton area in parts of Maharashtra

Even as scanty rainfall has affected the overall kharif sowing in Maharashtra, cotton seems to be an outlier. The acreage under cotton is almost at...

India’s Seed Biz Story

‘How Syngenta has made me succeed as a farmer’

Noah Kadima, a respected ‘agri-preneur’ shares the story of his progress under The Good Growth Plan. About 13 years ago, Noah Kadima was trying to...

Gene identified that will help develop plants to fight climate change

Salk team’s finding will advance initiative to reduce atmospheric carbon through plantsHidden underground networks of plant roots snake through the earth foraging for nutrients and...

Bangladeshi scientists develop heat tolerant wheat variety

Bangladeshi scientists develop heat tolerant wheat variety at a time when wheat output is dwindling largely due to shorter winters, higher temperatures With the gradual...

Dr. K. Keshavulu, Director, Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority and Managing Director, Telangana State Seeds Development Corporation, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad has been elected as Vice-President of ISTA for the first time from Asian continent.

Dr. K. Keshavulu, Director, Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority and Managing Director, Telangana State Seeds Development Corporation, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government...

Structural changes in the seed industry

Background The seed industry creates added value by releasing new varieties. Each new variety involves a total spend of around USD 136m, and, depending on...

NON-BASMATI SCENTED RICE

Developing Non-Basmati scented rice : A non-basmati scented rice mutant has been developed through radiation breeding by the R&D of Sun Crop Sciences Pvt.Ltd by...