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Vineland researchers develop new propagation trays
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) is revolutionizing propagation systems for the nursery sector through a tray design supporting superior tree root growth. There is an increasing demand for container tree seedling production – plug trays – in North America and a greater focus on higher quality root architecture. Many current propagation tray designs lead to ...
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Lifeasible Released Rare Plant Tissue Culture Service to for Research Use
Lifeasible, an expert in the field of plant tissue culture that provides high-quality plant tissue culture services to worldwide researchers, recently released rare plant tissue culture service that can help protect germplasm, enrich plant biodiversity, and alleviate the tension of endangered plant resources. The term "rare plants" usually refers to species that are in danger of going extinct ...
By Lifeasible
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Investancia Group and BioEnergy Plantations Australia Pty Ltd extend world-leading pongamia tree genetics partnership
Leading agro-research companies BioEnergy Plantations Australia Pty Ltd (BPA) and Investancia Group have agreed to extend their world-leading pongamia tree genetics partnership. Based on new propagation protocols and the exclusive access to the world’s best pongamia genetics – Investancia and BPA will further cooperate in developing volume-based reforestation and commercial planting ...
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Pedro Torres and Horticultorres Introduces New FibreDust Products in Mexico
In the summer of 2015, Pedro Torres Plaza founded Horticultorres S. de R.L. de C.V., a new company active in the field providing horticultural supplies and consulting to the Mexican greenhouse industry. Before the start of Horticultorres, Torres, an entrepreneur, realized early on that horticulture was his passion. After graduating from ITESM, campus Queretaro as an Agronomist, he gained ...
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Segra Awarded Nursery License from Health Canada for its Flagship Cannabis Tissue Culture Nursery
Segra International Corp., an agriculture technology company, is pleased to announce that it has received a Cannabis Nursery License from Health Canada for the company’s flagship cannabis tissue culture nursery located in New Westminster, BC. This new facility, to be known as the ‘New Westminster Plant Factory’ represents a true industry first. Segra’s high tech plant ...
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Participate in Pennsylvania Game Commission Pheasant Chick and Egg Programs
Sportsmen's organizations with approved propagation facilities can augment local ring-necked pheasant stockings and increase localized hunting opportunities by raising day‑old pheasant chicks supplied free-of-charge by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Information and applications to participate can be downloaded from the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), by putting your cursor over ...
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Global interpretation of how New Breeding Techniques would benefit horticulture
AIPH is the World’s Champion for the Power of Plants. Through our Novelty Protection Group, we advocate a strong and effective plant breeders’ rights (PBR) system, encouraging innovation through breeding and rewarding quality of the propagating material, so that new varieties will be produced and will be available for growers. Opening the meeting and introducing our keynote speaker ...
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Scrapie could breach the species barrier
INRA scientists have shown for the first time that the pathogens responsible for scrapie in small ruminants (prions) have the potential to convert the human prion protein from a healthy state to a pathological state. In mice models reproducing the human species barrier, this prion induces a disease similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. These primary results published in Nature Communications on ...
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Canadian AgroTech mission to India
Dr. Sikander Gill & Dr. Rajwant Gill from Lumex Instruments Canada participated in the Canadian Technology for Agriculture & Supply Chains Mission in Mumbai and Bangalore. On February 3-7, our experts, as part of the Canadian delegation, visited Indian companies to discuss R&D collaboration opportunities and market exploration. B2B meetings were organized within the framework of the ...
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Reinforced Ultra-Clima greenhouse can cope with snowfall in the north of Russia
Russia aims to have more control of its food supply. This is coming under more and more pressure because of the ongoing boycott of Western vegetables and fruit. KUBO has now realised some 200 hectares of modern greenhouses. The most recent project is in Sosnogorsk, a city in the north of the country. The production greenhouse will be eleven hectares, including a nursery section. The Russian ...
By Kubo Group
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Scientists find new home for threatened orchids
Scientists at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (CPBR) have been researching the natural history of three rare and endangered orchids on Alum Mountain, Bulahdelah NSW, as part of a relocation project funded by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). The plants are being relocated to allow construction of a road bypass. Native orchids, known for their beauty and exuberance, are quite ...
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Segra International Partners with Supreme Cannabis to Support Expansion Efforts Leading into Legalization
Segra International Corp. (“Segra” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with The Supreme Cannabis Company (“Supreme Cannabis”) (TSXV:FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) to provide cannabis micropropagation services at Supreme Cannabis’ wholly owned 7ACRES facility in Kincardine, Ontario. Plant micropropagation, also ...
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Cultivation of high quality cuttings using near to full-spectrum LED
Seoul Semiconductor develops and commercializes LEDs for horticulture, general illumination, automotive, specialty lighting, and backlighting markets. As the second-largest LED manufacturer globally excluding the captive market, Seoul Semiconductor holds more than 10,000 patents, offers a wide range of technologies, and mass produces innovative LED products such as SunLike, WICOP, NanoDriver and ...
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Agdia Releases New Molecular Test for Avocado Sunblotch Viroid
Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) has commercialized a Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assay for Avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd). ASBVd is found in avocado growing regions worldwide. Trees that are infected with ASBVd can result in a loss of yield and / or production of unmarketable fruit. However, symptoms are not always present making pro-active testing a critical disease control measure. Agdia's ...
By Agdia, Inc.
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Renewed cooperation between CIHEAM and FAO
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) based in Paris and FAO will strengthen their cooperation under an agreement signed at FAO's Rome headquarters this week. The Agreement of Cooperation was signed by Bertrand Hervieu, Secretary General of CIHEAM and Hervé Lejeune, FAO Assistant Director-General and Directeur de Cabinet. In it, both organizations agreed ...
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State of progress of the IOC project to increase the economic yield of the genetic olive resources through the creation of pilot demonstration nurseries
In the framework of its programme of activities for the first semester of 2016, at a project mid-term evaluation meeting with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the project implementing agency (Tunisian Olive Tree Institute) and the collaborating centres (the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Morocco (INRA), the Technical Institute for Fruit Tree and Vine Growing of Algeria ...
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Lifeasible Released Medicinal Plant Tissue Culture Service for Research Use
Lifeasible, an expert in the field of plant tissue culture that provides high quality plant tissue culture services including virus-free breeding, tissue culture solutions and a diverse range of products, recently released medicinal plant tissue culture service for scientists in the field of medicinal botany. Herbal medicine is now universally recognized around the world, especially in the ...
By Lifeasible
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SG Biofuels Develops Jatropha Hybrid Seed Production Technology
SAN DIEGO - SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company developing and producing elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has established a proprietary technology for large-scale Jatropha hybrid seed production. Hybrid seeds result in greater yield, uniformity and vigor while significantly reducing handling and deployment costs for plantation developers. The company made the announcement at ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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Three new ornamental dogwoods introduced
In the nursery and landscape industries, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa), and their hybrids are the most popular and economically significant members of the genus Cornus. The deciduous trees are highly valued for their spring display of pink, red, or white bracts, brilliant red fall foliage, and exfoliating bark. In the United States alone, retail and wholesale ...
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SG Biofuels Signs Customers for 250,000 Acres of Hybrid Jatropha Seed
SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has signed customers for the deployment of 250,000 acres of Jatropha using its JMax™ hybrid seeds. Jatropha is a non-edible energy crop that produces large volumes of sustainable plant oil used for biodiesel, bio jet fuel and specialty chemicals. The JMax™ hybrid ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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