Certain rice breeding lines exhibit tolerance to drought and stress, which might lead to the development of new rice varieties. (Image source: Zuki/Flickr)
Philippines Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is currently analysing a heat-tolerant rice variety, in a bid to address climate-change ready technologies in the countrys predominant rice growing areas
Agriculturists believe wheat production will be hampered in India due to hailstorms and unseasonal rains. (Image source: Pixabay)
India’s wheat procurement figure has risen nearly two per cent to 26.7mn tonnes (MT) in the marketing year 2015-16
China’s imports of rapeseed meal are seen at 150,000 tonne during 2015-16, down 25 per cent from a year earlier, according to reports. (Image source: Tante Tati/Pixabay)
India has announced that it will resume rapeseed meal exports to China, after Beijing agreed in principle to lift a ban that it had imposed last year citing traces of a hazardous chemical, an industry source said
Formerly the world’s top rice exporter, Myanmar aims to regain the title in the next few years. (Image source: Steve Barringer/Flickr)
Myanmar has launched a strategic plan for developing rice production in a bid to boost agricultural sector
Tobacco remains an important cash crop in many countries throughout the world. (Image source: Terry Mabbett)
Tobacco plants are attacked by a wide range of fungal pathogens from seedling stage in the nursery bed to mature plants in the field and copper fungicides can help fight the plant pathogenic bacteria
