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• ‘Sexy plants’ on track to replace harmful pesticides to protect cropsJun. 8, 2018

  “Sexy plants” are on the way to replacing many harmful pesticides, scientists say, by producing the sex pheromones of insects which then frustrate pests’ attempts to m...

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• Simbiose expands in biologicals market in BoliviaJun. 8, 2018

  The Bolivian agricultural market has vast potential and is receptive to the efficient biological and profitable technologies available for the farmer. Gustavo Valicente, ...

• Building work completes on Europe’s most advanced flow-through mesocosmJun. 8, 2018

  Translational science and research organisation, Fera Science Ltd has announced that building work has completed on a new testing facility in Sand Hutton, near York. The ...

• Concentric Ag Corporation hired Mark Trostle as vice president of global regulatory affairsJun. 8, 2018

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• FMC Corporation and Chr. Hansen extend collaboration on natural crop protectionJun. 8, 2018

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• India Punjab Agri Dept to hold Pest Monitoring ProgrammeJun. 8, 2018

  It is the second annual year that the Department of Agriculture, Punjab, is organising Pest Monitoring Program in Punjab in collaboration with Guru Kashi University (GKU)...

• Beck’s introduces Nemasect nematicide and insecticide in their Escalate seed treatmentJun. 7, 2018

  Beck’s introduces NEMASECT™, a revolutionary nematicide and insecticide that will come standard as part of their Escalate™ seed treatment on corn and soybeans at no ad...

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• Ethiopia approves environmental release of Bt cotton and grants special permit for GM maizeJun. 7, 2018

  The Government of Ethiopia is the latest African country to authorize cultivation of biotech crops by granting two landmark approvals for environmental release of Bt cott...

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• Nanotechnology for plant nutritionJun. 7, 2018

• Belchim's Tough™ 5EC Herbicide (Pyridate) Granted for Emergency Use in MintJun. 7, 2018

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• FMC Corporation Issues Annual Sustainability ReportJun. 7, 2018

• Breeding better Brazilian riceJun. 7, 2018

  Outside Asia, no country produces as much rice as does Brazil. It is the ninth largest rice producer in the world. Average annual yields are close to 15 million tons.

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• U.S. approval for Nufarm's Sure Power™ Selective HerbicideJun. 7, 2018

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• Gene discovery may yield lettuce that will sprout in hot weatherJun. 7, 2018

  A team of researchers, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, has identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination duri...

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• EU Member States urged to improve NAP to address the shortcomings identified in review of implementation of the Pesticides DirectiveJun. 7, 2018

• EC’s Scientific Advice Mechanism made recommendations on the EU system for agrochemical approvalJun. 7, 2018

• Mexico sets conditions for Bayer-Monsanto mergerJun. 7, 2018

• Indian company NACL in pact with ATGC BiotechJun. 7, 2018

  NACL Industries Limited, formerly known as Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with ATGC Biotech Private Limited for a joint ventur...

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• Hailir launches new product Daoju in cooperation with Dow AgroSciencesJun. 7, 2018

  On May 28, Hailir’s wholly-owned subsidiary Qingdao Xiannong Resistant Weed Control Ltd released its new product Daoju (penoxsulam +cyhalofop-butyl) in the market.

• Huifeng Bio Agriculture to inject 308 million yuan into wholly-owned petrochemical subsidiaryJun. 7, 2018

  Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture has planned a capital increase of 308 million yuan for its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu Huifeng Petrochemicals Ltd. The capital increas...

• China’s sole paraquat soluble gel registration to expire in September, existing product still marketable, usable until 2020Jun. 7, 2018

• Representatives of world project to rescue wild varieties visit Embrapa Temperate AgricultureJun. 7, 2018

• Atticus launches new, diversified miticide products Zara™ WSB and Eschaton™ 5 WDGJun. 6, 2018

  Atticus announces the addition of two new etoxazole based miticides to market, Zara™ WSB and Eschaton™ 5 WDG, to meet the rotational needs of its customers.

• Ministry of Agriculture of Sultanate of Oman collaborates with Crop IQ Tech and F.I.R.S.T. to evaluate ELECTRAP® to control Red Palm WeevilJun. 6, 2018

• Concentric adds Global Regulatory Affairs Veteran to Executive TeamJun. 6, 2018

• A clearer understanding of the impact of extreme climate events on wheat yieldsJun. 6, 2018

  France, the major bread-basket for Western Europe, experienced catastrophic yield losses in 2016. Scientists from INRA, CNRS and CEA* have shown that in 2016, and in othe...

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• New Technology of Fertilizer in ChinaJun. 6, 2018

• Indonesia continues to buy more Russian wheat, Australian producers concernedJun. 6, 2018

  Australia’s largest wheat market, Indonesia, continues its newly formed love affair with Russian wheat, purchasing a whopping 1.14 million tonnes from Russia from July l...

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• Water quality improvements to result from new research partnership between Monsanto and Iowa State UniversityJun. 6, 2018

• Chinese scientists successfully grow rice in Dubai desertJun. 6, 2018

  Chinese scientists have successfully grown and harvested rice in the deserts of Dubai, achieving a top yield of 500 kilogrammes per mu, or 666 square metres.

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