breeding program News
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Starts a breeding program for lumpfish
Namdal Rensefisk and AquaGen has today signed an agreement for the establishment and running of a breeding program for lumpfish. AquaGen is responsible for developing a genetically improved breeding material, and Namdal Rensefisk will produce offspring with features that are better adapted to the farming conditions and their function as a delouser of salmon. The results so far show great ...
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Dr. Maria Nayfa has recently joined Benchmark’s Genetics team
Maria joins us after having worked in the aquaculture industry in both Singapore and Australia. Her experience revolves around the use of genetics in aquaculture selective breeding programs to improve global food security and aquaculture production. In particular, she has experience in applied aquaculture genetics, quantitative genetics, population genetics, and the use of molecular data to ...
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Benchmark Genetics expands genetic support services to the global aquaculture
The updated portfolio includes high-density arrays and genotyping services for a wide range of farmed aquaculture species and medium-density solutions for others at an affordable price. The offering capitalizes on Benchmark’s large-scale genotyping within its salmon and shrimp breeding programs, with their services including high-density array genotyping – tissue sample to data ...
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Benchmark Genetics` official launch of new software BreedControl
Today we have the formal launch of new production system BreedControl. This software gives us more faster and more precise information on eggs production and ova sales then we have had before. The software will be used across Benchmark Genetics division and will manage the following: Stripping of all broodstock The veterinarian sampling of the broodstock, screening requests and results ...
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New App Involves Farmers in Investment Decisions in Rice Breeding
Investment Game Application (IGA), a new tablet app, helps farmers in South and Southeast Asia participate in an “investment market” for public rice breeding. By playing IGA, farmers reveal their preferences for the rice breeding products they most urgently need in order to improve their livelihoods. The app also helps them prioritize the traits they want in their rice varieties while ...
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ABS Production: New Software
ABS Production is software for small seed (production) companies. With ABS Production you manage your productions easily. Keep the overview of your crops in progress and after harvest. Do your field inspections on- or off-line and create crop reports for your customers. ABS Production will have the "look and feel" of our ABS Breeding program. This brings advantages like: Web based software, ...
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Participatory breeding program assists organic tomato growers
Organic tomato production is growing rapidly in Midwestern states in the US, as evidenced by a USDA study that found certified organic tomato production increased more than 277% in the region from 2007-2011. The authors of a report in the September 2015 issue of HortScience say that to keep up with high consumer demand, organic tomato growers need to identify cultivars that are well-adapted to ...
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Phenome Networks and Benson Hill Biosystems Establish Strategic Collaboration to Further Accelerate Plant Breeding
Phenome Networks, a premier plant breeding software company, and Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company providing predictive plant breeding analytics, today announced a strategic collaboration to offer a combined system to further accelerate plant breeding. Robust data management and advanced genomics-based analytics can significantly accelerate the progress of breeding ...
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Technology Network : Driving Innovation in Insect Farming
Insect farming is garnering increasing interest in the agri-food sector as the world looks to meet the growing demands for protein in a more sustainable manner. Just like with plant and livestock farming, insect breeding programs can significantly enhance yield and quality, helping the industry to scale. What benefits can insect protein offer? How are regulatory frameworks impacting innovation ...
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Wild Tomato Species Focus of Antioxidant Study
Tomatoes are known to be rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C, lycopene, β-carotene, and phenolics. Antioxidants, substances capable of delaying or inhibiting oxidation processes caused by free radicals, are of interest to consumers for their health-related contributions, and to plant breeders for their ability to provide plants with natural resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. While ...
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Neogen partners with IGS to enhance Igenity Beef Profile
Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with International Genetic Solutions (IGS). The effort is focused on heightening genomic impact in the IGS platform, the only major multibreed beef genetic evaluation available, and at the same time greatly enhancing the research and development necessary to continue to improve Neogen’s Igenity Beef ...
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A genome may reduce your carbon footprint
With the costs of genome sequencing rapidly decreasing, and with the infrastructure now developed for almost anyone with access to a computer to cheaply store, access, and analyze sequence information, emphasis is increasingly being placed on ways to apply genome data to real world problems, including reducing dependency on fossil fuel. For the efficient production of bioenergy, this may be ...
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44 New Rice Varieties in Asia and Africa
In 2013, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners released 44 new and improved rice varieties, continuing the decades-long mission of using rice science to reduce hunger. Around half of the current global population—or about 3.5 billion people—relies on rice as a source of sustenance and livelihood. Resilience to climate change is a big thrust of IRRI’s ...
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The gene for sexual maturation in salmon is found
The discovery of the gene that controls sexual maturation in female and male salmon provides new effective methods of controlling sexual maturation in farmed salmon. The new knowledge will also be of great importance in the management of wild salmon stocks. Maturation in salmon reduces growth, fillet quality and activity of the immune system. This leads to poor fish welfare and downgrading of ...
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Breeding more uniform Nile Tilapia
For fish farmers, uniformity of growth and body size is one of the key traits to be improved in future breeding programs. In domestic Nile Tilapia size differences among individuals are very large but the genetic background of this variability is almost entirely unknown. In a new study, published by Genetics Selection Evolution, researchers of Wageningen UR found that variability of harvest ...
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Syngenta acquires leading Italian durum wheat seed company
Syngenta announced today that it has acquired Società Produttori Sementi (PSB), one of Italy's oldest seed companies and a leader in durum wheat breeding and production for pasta. PSB was established in the province of Bologna in 1911, and its durum wheat varieties are grown on more than 330,000 hectares. In addition to its headquarters and a 430-hectare farm, PSB has breeding programs in ...
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Syngenta to acquire Lantmännen’s winter wheat and winter oilseed rape businesses in Germany and Poland
Syngenta announced today an agreement to acquire the German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations of Lantmännen, the Swedish food, energy and agriculture group. Syngenta will gain access to high-quality germplasm, a seeds pipeline and commercial varieties which complement the company's portfolio in two of Europe's most important crops. ...
By Syngenta
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Boost for high rainfall zone wheat research
Research into developing more productive wheat varieties in Australia has been given a major boost following an equity investment in HRZ Wheats Pty Ltd by one of the nation's leading agricultural disease and pest control companies, Dow AgroSciences Australia Ltd. Established in 2003 specifically to develop hardy, high-rainfall-zone (HRZ) wheat varieties, HRZ Wheats’ other equity partners ...
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Syngenta to acquire African corn seed business
Combined portfolios offer new integrated crop solution opportunities Comprehensive and diverse white corn germplasm portfolio secured Supports commitment to build a $1 billion business in Africa Syngenta announced today that it will acquire MRI Seed Zambia Ltd and MRI Agro Ltd (“MRI”), a leading developer, producer and distributor of white corn seed in Zambia. The white corn ...
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ARS scientists develop self-pollinating almond trees
Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful harvest without insect pollination are being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is good news for almond growers who face rising costs for insect pollination because of nationwide shortages of honey bees due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other factors. ARS geneticist Craig Ledbetter, at the agency’s ...
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