HM.CLAUSE Celebrates 50 Years of Seed Research in France
Today, Sept. 14, leaders from HM.CLAUSE, Groupe Limagrain and the local government gathered at the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence research center in France to celebrate 50 years of seed research and plant breeding. […]
Germination Strategy Session Webinar and Podcast: Seed Treatments for Soybeans
The future and where we are today with a special focus on biologicals. Special guests include Shawn Brenneman of Syngenta and Marcus Meadows-Smith of BioConsortia._x000D_ _x000D_
Ontario Restricts Neonicotinoids
Ontario is the first jurisdiction in North America to enact new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed by 80 per cent by […]
CSTA Celebrates A Milestone Year
At the Canadian Seed Trade Association’s 92nd Annual Meeting, industry leaders recognized achievements of the past year, discussed important issues and outlined a path forward for the year ahead. _x000D_ […]
Dow May Challenge Court Decision to Cancel EPA Approval of Insecticide
Dow AgroSciences may challenge a San Francisco court decision made last week to cancel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of products containing the neonicotinoid insecticide sulfoxaflor. In a statement, the company says it […]
Plants Trick Bacterium with a Decoy
Two research groups led by Chinese and French scientists show how a plant uses a unique mechanism to turn a virulent bacterium into a non-virulent one. They previously showed that Xanthomonas campestris, a […]
A Look at Informal but Functional Seed Systems
Seed systems throughout much of sub-Sahara Africa are quite informal and lack the structure we’ve come to know in North America. Those systems are challenged to function under, or in […]
Scientists Develop Way of Predicting Plant Size
Belgian scientists develop a new method allowing them to predict the final size of a plant while it is still a seedling. Thanks to this method, which is based on the […]
Incotec Plays Major Role in Indian Seed Valley
Incotec builds on a Dutch business model to position the Indian seed sector for future growth. With assistance from the Netherlands Business Support Office and in collaboration with the Gujarat […]
Ceres Improves Outlook for Improved Forage Sorghum Hybrids
Ceres Inc. revises the number of acres planted with its improved forage sorghum hybrids. The company, which closed its fiscal year on Aug. 31, indicates that higher-than-expected demand from growers and […]
Vitamin Bee Teams Up with Bayer Bee Care Program
Vitamin Bee LLC collaborates with the Bayer Bee Care Program through its “Vitamin Bee” character to help promote the Feed a Bee initiative, bee advocacy and healthy nutrition awareness for children. Created by veteran […]
Rare Gene Enhances Grain Yield in Rice
An important gene called GS2, which could significantly boost the yield of super-rice is successfully separated and cloned from the local rice variety Baodali in Zhejiang province, China, according to a […]
Adopting a Joined Approach
As secretary general of the International Seed Federation, I’ve travelled extensively to meet with members and better understand their needs to align the organization of the secretariat and the work […]
Study Uncovers New Approaches for Sorghum Breeders
A study on a sorghum population at Kansas State University helps researchers better understand why a crop hybrid often performs better than either of its parent lines, a phenomenon known […]
Management Changes at Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seeds
Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seeds announces changes to its management team. Frank Claessens will replace Vicente Navarro as the new managing director operations. Claessens began his career with Vegetable Seeds in […]
TA Seeds Adds Zone Support Manager
TA Seeds adds Randy Ringler to its sales team. As zone support manager, Randy will be responsible for sales and service to TA Seeds dealers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, eastern Maryland, New Jersey […]
C & L Seed Production Group Inc. Opens Modular Seed Processing Facility
C & L Seed Production Group Inc. opens a new processing facility in Blenheim, Ontario, ready in time to receive the 2015 seed corn harvest. The facility is the first […]
TechAccel Helping Advance Transformative Science
Kansas City’s Technology Acceleration Partners (TechAccel) announces two deals to advance scientific discoveries in the agriculture sector. TechAccel is a private capital development company created in August 2014 to invest in, acquire […]
Potential for Application of Growth-Promoting Bacterial Endophytes in Turfgrasses
Qiang Chen, Marshall Bergen and James F. White, Jr. Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 About The Author Qiang […]
What Was Happening in 1960?
A MOMENT IN TIME: This cover features a helicopter, operated by Whirl-Wide Helicopters of Fresno, Calif., spraying fields near Atascadero to help control broadleaf weeds on Oct. 14, 1960. The […]
Caterpillar Deceives Corn Plant into Lowering its Defenses
In a deception that likely has evolved over thousands of years, a caterpillar that feeds on corn leaves induces the plant to turn off its defenses against insect predators, allowing […]
Prevent Insect Infestations when Storing Grain
As harvest has begun for Canadian grain producers, the Canadian Grain Commission reminds producers that insects could be present in any grain stored over the summer, or in areas around […]
More Growers Straight Cutting Canola
According to a recent poll conducted by FarmShift on behalf of BASF Canada, the number of growers straight cutting canola in Western Canada rose by 50 per cent from 2013 […]
Help Needed from Canadian Producers for Wheat Research
A new research project based out of the University of Manitoba needs help to investigate the quality and gluten strength of CWRS wheat._x000D_ _x000D_ The project researchers, Harry Sapirstein and […]
NAPB Positions Plant Breeders for the Future
At its annual meeting, the National Association of Plant Breeders unveiled a new strategic plan, voted on a position statement and announced continuing education opportunities. The association covered a great […]
Bayer CropScience Accepting Applications for Plant Health Scholarship
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, and the Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic arm of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, are accepting applications for the third annual Healthy Turf, […]
Arysta LifeScience Announces New Roles, Business Changes
Arysta LifeScience North America announces several new roles and business changes within the North Carolina-based company. Arysta names Brian Anniss as its new regional sales manager for the Midwest region. Anniss […]
New Barley Varieties Appeal to Brewers, Bakers and Bovines
Versatile new barley varieties just released by Oregon State University could lend subtle malt flavors to craft beer, give consumers more choice in fiber-rich barley foods, and provide high-quality forage production in areas […]
Influential Seedsman Receives Prestigious Business Award
Dutch seedsman Simon Groot receives the prestigious Mansholt Business Award for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in recognition of his contribution to the vegetable farming sector in the tropics over the last three […]
Incotec Opens Second Facility in China
Seed enhancement company Incotec opens a second facility in China. The new facility is in Tianjin City and will concentrate on the production of film coatings for vegetable and field […]
ASTA Names New Communications Director
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) names Bethany Shively as its new director of communications. Shively comes to ASTA from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) where she led […]
Bayer CropScience Supports Iowa Soybean Research Center
Bayer CropScience becomes an industry partner of the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University. “We’re grateful to Bayer CropScience for pledging its financial support to the work of the […]
South Dakota University Plays Crucial Role in Fighting Wheat Diseases in Kazakhstan
Techniques learned at South Dakota State University are allowing a research scientist from the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology in Kazakhstan to breed wheat varieties resistant to two common fungal […]
Purdue Invests to Make Data Collection Easy
Purdue University’s new automated plant phenotyping facility promises to benefit researchers by quickly generating more information about plants in the field. It’s an area of plant science that is relatively […]
Biotech Gets a Regulatory Review
After more than 20 years since the last update, the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology undergoes a formal review and update. During the first week of July, the […]
New Discovery Could Lead to Future Generations of Salt Tolerant Crops
German researchers identify a protein family that helps plants to grow in salt, and outlined a mechanism for how these proteins aid the plants to produce their biomass under salt stress […]