New, higher-yielding rice plant could ease threat of hunger for poor - Global consortium of scientists developing rice that would boost yields by up to 50% for smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia

Kansas State University researchers to use $1 million USDA grant to study the wheat blast fungus that could threathen crops across the state

Globale Sicherung der Welternährung nur im partnerschaftlichen Miteinander möglich

El arroz Bt es un buen vecino

On-line registration opens for UPOV distance learning course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention"

Brasil e Noruega discutem cooperação técnica na área de biossegurança

Crop inputs will continue to pressure margins in 2009, according to new Rabobank report

North Dakota State University offers tool to assist in crop selection

Texas AgriLife rice researchers simmering new ideas after pondering past

Arcadia Biosciences and Advanta to develop nitrogen use efficient sorghum

DuPont and Athenix collaborate to advance insect control in corn, soybeans

ISTA extends registration deadline for its Seed Vigour Workshop

Rijk Zwaan in direct contact with convenience sector
Rijk Zwaan in direct contact met convenience-sector

Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), a major agricultural initiative, will benefit millions of South Asian farmers and help ensure regional food security

More sustainability in fruit and vegetable retailing with BASF
Mehr Nachhaltigkeit im Obst- und Gemüsehandel mit Hilfe der BASF Ökoeffizienz-Analyse

USDA continues efforts to keep invasive species out of the United States, plans new methods development laboratory

Abertas inscrições para Congresso Brasileiro de Soja

Monsanto board approves 10 percent dividend increase - Dividend has increased more than 340 percent over past 6.5 years

Monsanto shareowners reelect board members at company's annual meeting

Assemblée de l'Association suisse des sélectionneurs à Yverdon

AVICTA from Syngenta Seed Care is first seed treatment nematicide to receive U.S. registration for use on corn

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Trial update

New digital map of Africa's depleted soils to offer insights critical for boosting food production

Embrapa Hortaliças mostra opções para cultivo de inverno no Show Rural

Perú: reglamento sobre transgénicos listo en febrero

Bancos de semillas para conservar la biodiversidad vegetal europea

United Kingdom launches new Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera)

Global Crop Diversity Trust reaches important milestones in 2008

Agenda for the 91st meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to be held on January 14, 2009

Audit report: United States Department of Agriculture controls over importation of transgenic plants and animals

USDA/FAS GAIN report: China, planting seeds annual

Ducks Unlimited Canada and Bayer CropScience team up to increase winter wheat in North America - Project aims to benefit wildlife habitat and take action on sustainable agriculture

Ohio firm pays $1,050 to settle seed case

Nations that sow food crops for biofuels may reap less than previously thought

BASF Canada announces new CLEARFIELD wheat variety for 2009: CDC Abound offers an additional opportunity for growers to produce the cleanest wheat possible

Results from over 200 Western Canadian grower trials show the beneficial effects of BASF's HEADLINE fungicide for field pea, lentil and wheat crops

VIPER, a new herbicide solution for Canadian field pea growers in 2009 - Latest herbicide from BASF delivers a new mode of action for weed control in field peas

BASF Canada announces new CLEARFIELD lentil varieties for 2009 - Lentil growers will now have access to herbicide-tolerant lentil varieties across every lentil market class

Ray McVicar named BASF Pulse Promoter of the Year - Community leader praised for growing the Canadian pulse industry

Saskatchewan grower wins C$35,000 in BASF Yield Challenge

Syngenta Seeds Canada launches new regional team model

BASF Plant Science signs up two American Seeds LLC brands to market corn hybrids with NutriDense

ISB News Report
- Alternative approach to the genetic modification of alfalfa
- Sensory analysis of calcium-fortified lettuce
- Syngenta seeks nonregulated status for microbial enzyme-producing corn

Verenium regains compliance with Nasdaq continued listing requirement

Dick Taverne, el poder de hablar sin temores

OECD list of varieties eligible for certification - January 2009

OECD Seed Schemes 2009: Rules and Directions

European Parliament's majority supports pesticide legislation - Industry looks forward to more science and less fiction during implementation

Combating infection of crops by nematodes is soon to improve

NIAB recommends that British farmers should have their farm-saved seed potatoes checked for virus

Aklan State University researcher finds an easy way to germinate sago palm seeds

China gets in line on patent standards

USDA reports that U.S. corn growers delivered second-highest yield in 2008

Missouri firm pays $1,050 to settle seed case

Diverse group releases first-of-its-kind report measuring agriculture sustainability - Findings show promising trends in reducing environmental footprint of crop production

CropLife supports report that demonstrates improvements in agriculture’s impact on the environment

USDA reports send crop prices lower

Warren Libby joins AgriCapital’s Advisory Board

Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State University holds 2nd Aphid Research Symposium

SemBioSys announces senior management changes

KeyGene and Amplicon Express announce Whole Genome Profiling, a method that enables fast and efficient Whole Genome Sequencing of plant and animal genomes - 450 Mbp melon genome sequenced

Fusarium head blight detected in small number of wheat and barley samples in Western Australia

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. announces new Nova Pod packaging

Lançada nova versão do livro "O Agronegócio do Algodão no Brasil"

Seed World’s video series, Giant Views of the Industry On-line, features Bill Latham, President of Latham Seed Company

Germination’s video series, Giant Views of the Industry, features Wayne Gale, President of Stokes Seeds

Mendel Biotechnology's yield trait reaches phase III for Monsanto soybean products

American Soybean Association calls the formation of the U.S. Soybean Federation radical and illogical

State farmer leaders announce the formation of the new U.S. Soybean Federation

Late blight on potato and tomato in Florida and Ireland

Wheat market factors to watch in 2009

CIMMYT e-newsletter vol 5 no 12 - December 2008
- Report from the field: Wheat stem rust resistance screening at Njoro, Kenya

Roche NimbleGen partners with Biogemma on the development of sequence capture technology for targeted high-throughput sequencing of crop genomes

INCOTEC expands Board of Directors

Sorghum 2008: Im Süden Deutschlands gute Leistungen

Colombian datura virus, an emergent virus, may present a risk to solanaceous crops

USDA/CSREES awards more than $3.4 million to train graduate students in food and agricultural sciences

Ensuring access to latest developments in plant science technology, Nunhems moves U.S. research facilities to Davis, California

Pioneer Hi-Bred releases 96 new hybrids for 2009 planting - New genetics, localized testing improve corn product lineup

International Seed Testing Association offers Seed Analyst Training Workshop/Seminar and Seminar on Purity Testing in conjunction with its Annual Meeting 2009

Canola Breeders Western Australia Pty. Ltd. supports new technology for canola

Australian OGTR: DIR 089 - Limited and controlled release of white clover genetically modified to resist infection by Alfalfa mosaic virus

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Seed Project triggers quantum jump in quality seed production

Massachusetts firm pays $4,225 to settle seed case

Iowa Crop Improvement Association's Native Species Directory lists native seeds for restoration and conversation

Danforth Center scientists identify technology to reduce the spread of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTVB)  - Discovery may lead to increased rice crop yields

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center receives grant from the Gates Foundation to establish new program to ensure the safety of nutritionally enhanced crops

US Ag Secretary Schafer recommends Inspector General audit and investigation of National Soybean Checkoff

Iowa Soybean Association responds to request for audit and investigation of National Checkoff Program

SeCan commits C$45,000 to the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre Grains Innovation Lab

Scientists aim to spike biochemical punch bowl of soybean cyst nematode
Científicos usan el sabotaje bioquímico contra el nematodo del quiste de la soya

Arcadia Biosciences licenses herbicide-tolerant wheat technology and plant material to Targeted Growth, Inc. - Companies to use advanced genetic screening and breeding techniques to develop herbicide-tolerant wheat varieties

Monsanto increases full-year ongoing earnings-per-share guidance after reporting 117% earnings growth in first quarter of fiscal 2009

Monsanto takes major step toward launch of world's first drought-tolerant corn product - Higher-yielding soybeans, SmartStax corn, and Dicamba- and Glufosinate- tolerant cotton also move forward in company's research & development pipeline

Monsanto comercializará en 2010 un maíz transgénico resistente a la sequía

First-ever drought-tolerant corn now one step closer to farmers
Weltweit erster trockentoleranter Mais rückt der Markteinführung einen Schritt näher

Enza Zaden nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award for Sweetgreen, world’s first sweet pepper with a high vitamin C content
Enza Zaden is met Sweetgreen genomineerd voor de Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2009

Molecular marker development and analysis company TraitGenetics launches new website

Blackleg on canola in Southern Australia

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Adapting to climate change

Flaxleaf fleabane emerges as a weed of broadacre crops on Western Australia’s south coast

DuPont insect protection product Optimum AcreMax 1 reaches regulatory milestone

Brasil: Algodão e girassol têm potencial para biodiesel no Meio-Norte

Monsanto announces yield gains with Deltapine Class of 09 - Combination of elite cotton genetics and second generation traits outyield market standards

Monsanto’s Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex cotton delivers positive results in 2008

Bayer CropScience adds CSI Safener 500FS to its line of sorghum seed treatments

The Weather Channel Interactive and Monsanto Company announce new agriculture news and forecast website

Balance Flexx corn herbicide from Bayer CropScience knocks out tough weeds with the power of Recharge - New herbicide provides broad-spectrum control, application flexibility and crop safety

Becker Underwood names industry veteran Justin Miller as its new Western Territory Manager for inoculants with a focus on the pea and lentil business

Becker Underwood names Charles Robbins as Territory Manager for its inoculant business in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri

Embrapa desenvolve nova metodologia de transformação genética do feijão caupi - Pesquisa vai incrementar o desenvolvimento de variedades com resistência a doenças

Bacterial leaf spot on capsicum in New Mexico, USA

Iowa State University's Office of Biotechnology celebrates 25th anniversary in 2009

Olga Sánchez presenta el libro "La protección de las obtenciones vegetales. El privilegio del agricultor"

BASF Plant Science takes intellectual property licenses on disease resistance genes from KeyGene

EnviroLogix and Ionian Technologies enter into exclusive DNA license and technology transfer agreement

Huge decline in world cotton mill use forecast in 2008/09

U.S. soybean farmers find more per-acre profit potential in food-grade soybeans

HAPit BV acquires EuroSystems AgroServices BV, developer of the Q-Seed ERP software system

Monsanto Mobile Technology Unit to showcase agricultural innovation at the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences

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Blackstone Group to invest in the NSL Group's Nuziveedu Seeds

Raps mit geringerer Überdauerungsneigung – eine Strategie zur Kontrolle des Gentransfers über Durchwuchsraps

INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No. 82:
- ADN-Fingerprint (Huella digital de ADN): Nueva herramienta de apoyo al comercio legal de semilla de papa
- Technología Clearfield en trigo
- Riego por goteo en cultivo de melón

With $1.1 million grant from the United Soybean Board, University of Missouri researchers will construct comprehensive database of all proteins and metabolites in soybeans - Database will help breeders engineer better performing plants

New winter wheat ready for prime time in the U.S. Northern Plains region
Nuevo trigo de invierno listo para producción

Fungal blight on onion in Maharashtra, India

Late blight on potato in Punjab, India

Origin Agritech Limited announces change in Board of Directors and co-Chief Executive Officer status

Chemtura executes amendment and waiver of its senior credit facility, intends to enter into new U.S. accounts receivable securitization agreement

Western Grains Research Foundation to receive payments from the two major Canadian rail companies

Syngenta share repurchases: end-year report
Rachat d’actions de Syngenta: compte rendu de fin d’année
Syngenta Aktienrückkäufe: Endjahresbericht

Belgium's Council of State suspends refusal of VIB's GM poplar field trial

Across the Americas, squash and gourd bees are superb pollinators
Por todas las Américas, las abejas de la calabaza son polinizadores estupendas

Bayer CropScience hosts 40 industry leaders to discuss sustainable agriculture

Alternative to hand-transplanting Vidalia onions proven effective: direct seeding can save money for onion producers

World-record soybean producer extends 100-plus per bushel production to commercial fields - Pioneer brand 94B73 yields 117 bushels per acre in Cullers' contest plot

DuPont acquires ag data management business to enhance information solutions for growers

Vilmorin : De nouvelles asperges se pointent !

Vilmorin, une première mondiale : Des betteraves potagères résistantes à la rhizomanie

Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis recognizes new University Research Partners

Vegetable diseases in the United Kingdom

USDA/ERS breefing: U.S. agricultural research and productivity

Blast rice disease on rice in Haryana, India

Brasil:
- Minimilho e novas cultivares serão apresentadas durante o Show Rural Coopavel 2009
- Nova cultivar de cevada irrigada

Brown University chemist finds gene that enables gray mold to kill plant cells

FAO reports bleak forecast for agriculture in Afghanistan

U.S. food prices show no sign of declining any time soon, says University of Kentucky economist

U.S. land devoted to organic cotton production increases

Western Australia approves limited commercial-size trials for GM canola

Western Australian government’s decision to allow GM canola in 2009 provides growers with the opportunity to assess new plant varieties which deliver sustainability benefits

Brasil: Aumenta o número de focos de ferrugem da soja

Brasil: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico aprova projetos de pesquisadores da Embrapa Hortaliças

Lançada nova versão de livro sobre o mercado do algodão no Brasil

Bayer CropScience unveils 2009 Growing Strong Rewards Program - Participating U.S. growers can redeem rewards for cash or merchandise

FiberMax calls for One Ton Club entries - Bayer CropScience will honor the 2008 class of growers

Workshop on the role of marker assisted selection in breeding varieties for organic agriculture

Newsletter on organic seeds and plant breeding, Issue IV / 2008

"The Economics of American Agriculture: Evolution and Global Development" provides a glimpse into the future of American agriculture

Iowa Soybean Association honors Iowa State University spybean scientist Dr. Walt Fehr with a Lifetime Achievement Award

Jacklin Seed hires Dr. Christian Baldwin as Turfgrass Scientist

Syngenta issues the 12th edition of Syngenta Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

Beck’s Hybrids hosts annual agronomic meetings for farmers from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois

India: Annual planting seed report

New Oregon State University turf expert isn't letting grass grow under his feet

‘Sideways prices’ predicted for cotton in 2009

Fontanelle Hybrids hires Wade Blakeley as District Sales Manager for Southeast Colorado and Southwest Kansas

Vegetable seed business is newest feature of Syngenta Argentina’s website
El Negocio de Vegetales se incorpora a la Web de Syngenta

U.S. Food and Drug Administration completes consultation process on Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera trait - Broad-spectrum lepidopteran corn trait passes another milestone

Caribbean, Rijk Zwaan's orange-fleshed melon concept, is a worldwide success

Sixth updates on CGIAR change management

US Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to three grade standards of carrots

U.S. corn growers see rewards for managing glyphosate resistance - Herbicide rotation and early-season weed control pay off with higher yields

ISAAA publication "Trust in the Seed" highlights the significance of the seed and new crop technologies

UPOV schedules two 2009 sessions of its distance learning course: Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention

Issue No. 102 of the UPOV Gazette and Newsletter has been posted on the UPOV website

Rabobank releases annual North American Food & Agribusiness Outlook - Consumer response, global markets and commodity volatility are key issues in 2009

New simulation model projects potential bioenergy sorghum production

U.S. National Corn Growers Association announces 2008 Corn Yield Contest winners

Growers planting Pioneer brand hybrids win 70 percent of national titles in 2008 U.S. National Corn Growers Association Corn Yield contest

Desarrolla Cuba cultivos genéticamente modificados

Europaweit einmalige Stiftungsprofessur von KWS SAAT AG und Universität Hohenheim zeichnet Evolution nach, um verloren geglaubte Pflanzeneigenschaften zu retten

KWS Saat AG continues to grow
KWS Saat AG setzt Wachstumskurs fort

Biotechnology is helping the fight against climate change, according to Australian BRS report

Defra's GM Inspectorate detects unapproved GM in conventional oilseed rape trial in Somerset

Brasil: Consórcio Antiferrugem confirma três focos de ferrugem asiática na safra 2008/09

University of Nebraska-Lincoln to begin nation's second plant health doctorate program

Undiagnosed pink mould on barley in Western Australia

Australian cereal rust report: Stripe rust survey 2008

Australian canola, sunflower and soybean crop report

Tight supply of quality milling wheat

Continued advancements in agricultural biotechnology in 2008

Soybeans maintain top row crop spot in Mississippi

Crop Production Guide 2009 available from North Dakota State University

British Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) publishes Barley Disease Management Guide 2009

2008 Iowa Seed Directory offers quality seed options

Persist orchardgrass shows three specific new traits: adaptation to heat stress, high hay production, and competitive alternative to tall fescue for steer production

International Grains Council discusses latest global market developments

New FAO report highlights crop prospects and food situation

Chemtura appoints new distributors for seed treatments and Vitaflo 280 in Canada

Pete Leiferman joins Renze Seeds as District Sales Manager

American Seed Trade Association launches Beyond the Seed Program to communicate a shared message on the benefits of intellectual property rights to customers and policy makers

Experimental soybeans sabotage soybean cyst nematode with its own gene
Semillas de soya experimentales sabotean un nematodo con su propio gen

Groupe Limagrain announces an increase in sales of 12%
Le Groupe Limagrain annonce un chiffre d’affaires en progression de 12%

European Parliament’s approval of the Climate and Energy Package provides the European biotech industry with a predictable business environment to develop advanced biofuels

Canada's Eastern Standards Committee recommends standard samples for eastern grain for 2008-09
Le Comité de normalisation de l’Est recommande les échantillons-types pour les grains de l’Est en 2008-2009

France: Le Ministre de l’Agriculture renouvelle l'autorisation pour 2009 de la préparation Cruiser, insecticide utilisé en traitement des semences de maïs pour lutter contre le taupin

Co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in Australia

U.S. food industry eagerly awaits new high-oleic soybean trait being developed by the Bunge DuPont Biotech Alliance - Healthy soybean oil trait set for limited introduction in 2009

Corn hybrids developed by Wyffels Hybrids deliver top yields in third-party trials

Purdue University researchers find nature's shut-off switch for cellulose production

$6.8 million grant to speed development of new wheat varieties at UC Davis

Cost and benefits of Bt cotton technology in Pakistan

Australian OGTR: DIR 093 - Limited and controlled release of wheat and barley genetically modified for altered grain starch composition

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 18 new plant varieties

Patataren Berrikuntza Sare Nazionala
Red Nacional de Innovación en Patata
National Network for Innovation in the Potato

James Merrill named CFO of Cal/West Seeds

AWB Limited ceases merger discussions with ABB Grain Limited

Extreme weather boosts antioxidant levels in soybean seeds
Tiempo extremo aumenta los niveles de antioxidantes en las semillas de soya

U.S. Association of Official Seed Analysts search committee hires new Executive Assistant

Dow AgroSciences completes acquisition of Südwestsaat GbR, announces agreement with Saaten-Union GmbH

Kenya's Parliament votes overwhelmingly to embrace agricultural biotechnology

Growing Roundup Ready canola in Australia's eastern states

Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis recognizes new University Research Partners

Golden Acres Genetics hires Max Crittenden as its new Director of Sales

Undiagnosed diseases on pepper in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
- "List of Approved Garden Varieties" of Directive D-98-04 " Seed Potato Program - Certification of Garden Potato Varieties in Canada" has been revised
- "Liste des variétés potagères agréés" de la directive D-98-04 "Programme des pommes de terre de semence - Certification des variétés de pommes de terre potagères au Canada" a été révisée

Soybean genome is anything but simple, says Purdue University researcher

Devgen completes the final closure of its pharma division

Costa Rica accedes to the UPOV Convention
Le Costa Rica adhère à la Convention UPOV
Costa Rica tritt dem UPOV-Übereinkommen bei
Costa Rica se adhiere al Convenio de la UPOV

U.S. weekly corn and soybean outlook: Corn prices

Purdue University study suggests warmer temperatures could lead to a boom in corn pests

Context Network launches Context Seed Services Group (SSG)

Milestone in the expansion of Bayer’s global trait activities: Bayer CropScience launches herbicide-tolerance technology for soybeans in the United States in 2009
Meilenstein im Ausbau der weltweiten Trait-Aktivitäten: Bayer CropScience: Markteinführung der Herbizidtoleranz-Technologie in Sojabohnen in den USA in 2009
- Bayer CropScience launches new LibertyLink soybeans for 2009

Plant Health Care and Monsanto sign final agreement for the commercialisation of harpin-based technology as a seed treatment in Monsanto’s major row crops and vegetables

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard: “la modificación genética puede aportar muchas más soluciones inteligentes”

USDA/ARS grants exclusive license to produce and market an insect sex pheromone that can help control the pink hibiscus mealybug
USDA/ARS concede una licencia para una feromona de la cochinilla rosada del hibisco

South Dakota State University soybean research and Extension entomologist tests biocontrol option for soybean aphid

Indonesia looks to Western Australia’s seed potatoes

2009 University of Illinois Corn and Soybean Classics address essential issues for growers

U.S. Growers planting Pioneer brand sorghum hybrids win nearly all national categories in National Sorghum Producers' Yield and Management Contest

Stanford researchers predict heat waves and crop losses in California

Cisgenic potato resists phytophthora

A cultura de tecidos e o melhoramento genético vegetal

Nanotechnology may be used for food safety
La nanotecnología podría ser usada para aumentar la seguridad alimentaria

New research from the University of Bristol could lead to improved crop yields

Effects of Plant Health Care's N-Hibit seed treatment on soybean yields – 2008 Iowa research

Quebec farmers admit to patent violation for growing Monsanto's Roundup Ready technology without a license

Expansion of world potato production is vital to food security, but economic crisis threatens current potato boom in the developing world

Western Australian lupin growers encouraged to have seed tested for manganese levels before next season

U.S. seed companies provide descriptions of new sunflower hybrids available for 2009 planting

Canada: Grains and oilseeds outlook + Pulses and special crops outlook

USDA/APHIS seeks public comment on deregulation of Pioneer Hi-Bred's corn line 98140, genetically engineered for tolerance to glyphosate herbicides and acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides