Turning to foreign seeds to boost yields
KLANG: In a bid to increase their yields, some rice farmers have resorted to buying hybrid seeds from China online despite ...
Plant biologists show how two genes work together to trigger embryo formation in rice
Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world's population, but most farmers don't grow high-yielding varieties because the seeds are too expensive. Researchers from the University of ...
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USDA Approval Clears Path for NAPIGEN’s Gene-Edited Rice
NAPIGEN, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in advanced gene-editing technologies, has received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirming that its gene-edited rice ...
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Get It Growing: Seed choice: Open-pollinated, heirloom and hybrid seeds
Heirloom seeds, unlike hybrid seeds, are always open-pollinated, meaning they reproduce true to type, allowing gardeners to ...
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Hybrid rice technology highlighted in Cagayan farmers day
SOLANA, Cagayan (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Southern Cagayan Research Center, promoted hybrid rice technologies to improve rice production during a Farmers’ Field Day in ...
World Insights: How Chinese agricultural technology becomes "code for good harvest" in Africa
Local farmers harvest rice at a high-yield hybrid rice demonstration field in Mahitsy, Madagascar, on May 8, 2024. To help ...
The rise, fall, and reinvention of Kaveri Seeds
After a decade of stagnant stock performance, Kaveri Seeds has staged a strong comeback. The company, once heavily reliant on ...
(Hello Africa) Chinese rice planting technology boosts agricultural development in The Gambia
Local farmers work for the China-Gambia agricultural technology cooperation project in Central River Division, Gambia, on ...