The global commercial seeds market will be expected to touch US$53.32bn in 2018 growing from US$34.50bn in 2011, registering a CAGR growth of 6.5 per cent from the period between 2012 and 2018
Crops
Japan stresses on biofuels

Corn serves as an important source of biofuel but with a growing rise in food prices, Japan is facing the dilemma of whether to use crops as a source of biofuel. (Image source: Dodo-Bird/Flickr)
The government of Japan has plans to introduce 500,000 kilo litres of oil-based biofuels by 2017 reaching up to 1.8mn kilo litres by 2020 in an attemp to supplement the countrys energy source
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Choosing the right fungicide for citrus crops

Citrus growers, who are faced with a wide range of plant diseases, need a ‘one fits all’ fungicide to make spray application programmes as cost effective as possible. (Image source: RFKatzenberger/Flickr)
Choosing the right fungicide for citrus crop is an essential decision that cultivators have to make for ensuring a healthy harvest