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Chinese Seed Law Revisions Spark Innovation
2018-07-31
Photo: P. Ananth KannappanThe American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and China National Seed Association (CNSA) signed a memorandum of understanding in 2012 and renewed their partnership in 2015. Through this partnership the two associations have cohosted over a dozen activities ...
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Price & Supply: Production shutdown due to hot weather in China, stocks being cleared gradually
2018-07-30
Chinese chemical production and domestic supply have recently fallen into a low season, with more factories shutting down production and carrying out maintenance. Lower production rate has caused continued reduction of stocks. The stocks of the demand side are gradually cleared o...
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Rice with fewer stomata requires less water and is better suited for climate change
2018-07-27
Rice plants engineered to have fewer stomata—tiny openings used for gas exchange—are more tolerant to drought and resilient to future climate change, a new study has revealed.Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered that engineering a high-yielding rice cultiva...
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Diquat registrations report big increase over last 2 years in China; 36 new registrations granted in...
2018-07-26
Following the worldwide prohibition or reduction of the use of paraquat, the equivalent, pyridine derivative diquat, is rapidly rising as one of the best substitutes with great potential for growth.Compared with?glyphosate?and glufosinate, which have similar business potential, d...
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Smartphones emerging as main farming tools in China
2018-07-12
With 96 per cent of China's villages connected to the Internet and each rural household having on an average three mobile phones, the sickle and hoe have been replaced by the smarphones and apps as the country's emblematic farming tools.In east China's Jiangxi province, smart gre...
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Biotech crop adoption leads to greater sustainability and socioeconomic opportunities for global far...
2018-06-26
Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and PG Economics, Ltd. released new studies highlighting the continued social, environmental and economic benefits of the global adoption of biotechnology in agriculture.The complementary st...
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Warmer climate will dramatically increase the volatility of global corn crops
2018-06-21
Corn, or maize, is the most widely grown crop in the world. Used in food, cooking oil, industrialized foods, livestock feed and even automobile fuel, the crop is one that both rich and poor people rely upon.Research led by the University of Washington looks at what climate change...
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Deficit drip irrigation techniques help to improve cotton production in Xinjiang, China: study
2018-06-21
Chinese Xinjiang has the leading prestige among cotton producing regions in China and around the world due to its well-suited climate for cotton along with unique light and heat conditions. The total production of this region can be further enhanced by allocating more cultivable ...
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Weeds are winning in the war against herbicide resistance
2018-06-21
For farmers, protecting fields from pests and plagues is a constant battle fought on multiple fronts. Many insects have a taste for the same plants humans do, and pathogenic microbes infect leaves, shoots and roots. Then there are the weeds that compete with crops for soil and su...
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New Technology of Fertilizer in China
2018-06-06
China has developed into the world's largest manufacturer and consumer of fertilisers. After all, the Middle Kingdom uses more than a third of the world's fertilisers available, which is equivalent to the combined consumption of the USA and India. China is in heavy need of fertil...
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