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New wheat variety Shangmai 1619 enters the national germplasm resource bank
At the 47th variety approval meeting of the Shaanxi Province Crop Variety Approval Committee, the new wheat variety Shangmai 1619 successfully passed approval. This is the only wheat variety in the southern Shaanxi region to pass approval, and it has been listed in the national wheat germplasm resource bank. Shangmai 1619 was developed in Shang
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Ministry of Agriculture Suspends Import of a Foreign Genetically Modified Soybean Citing Public Opinion
A certain genetically modified soybean undergoing import approval has had its approval suspended by the Ministry of Agriculture, due to low public acceptance of genetically modified foods. Foreign media previously reported that China's Ministry of Agriculture recently rejected the approval of an imported genetically modified soybean citing public opinion. On October 17, the Ministry of Agriculture
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The key to the success of a new variety is creating value for the industry chain
Following Zhengdan 958 and Xianyu 335, two major varieties that performed outstandingly in China's main corn markets, a series of new varieties with good performance have successively appeared on the Chinese market, but a new variety does not necessarily translate effectively into productivity, nor does it necessarily translate into corporate
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How can breeding technology make seed production simpler?
The core competitiveness of a corn variety is mainly reflected in 3 aspects. The first is ease of seed production, that is, the seed production technology is simple and easy to operate, and the seed production yield is high, making it easy to ensure all quality parameters; the second is field performance, with high yield, stable yield, multiple resistance, and wide adaptability; the third is grain
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Hybrid rice seed industry sentiment rebounds, pace of superior variety renewal accelerates
In 2014, the domestic hybrid rice seed production area was 1.4 million mu, a decrease of about 230,000 mu from the previous year, down 14.11% year on year; the country's newly produced seed was about 230 million kg, with total output down 42 million kg from last year, a year-on-year decrease of 15.55%. In 2015, the total supply of hybrid rice seed was 355 million
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Turning Potatoes into a Staple Grain: Variety Selection Comes First
To make the potato a staple grain, whether it is turned into steamed buns and noodles on the dining table, or into reserve grain and emergency grain in the national grain depots, the potato must first be "transformed" into potato flour. So, can all potatoes be processed into potato flour? What kind of po
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Potato variety breeding accelerated to support staple food product and industry development
On March 2, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong visited the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to investigate the breeding of varieties for potato staple food products and industry development, and held a symposium to hear about research progress. Yu Xinrong stressed that confidence in the development of potato as a staple food must be firm
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Cracking Down on Seed Label Switching and Infringement: The Crime of Infringing New Plant Variety Rights Should Be Criminalized
●Add a provision to Chapter III, Section 7 of the Criminal Law: Without the permission of the variety rights holder, producing or selling a protected variety, where the circumstances are serious, shall be punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or control, and concurrently or alternatively by a fine; where the circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three
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Forage maize varieties are world-leading, so why are they hard to promote?
This year's Central Document No. 1 pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the development of the grass-livestock industry, support the planting of forage crops such as silage maize and alfalfa, carry out pilot projects for converting grain to feed and combining planting with breeding, and promote the coordinated development of the three-way planting structure of grain, cash crops and forage. Silage maize,
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Assessment of Super Rice Variety Adaptability Urgently Needs Strengthening
Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 14th that the requirements for super rice are high yield, high quality, high efficiency, and also resistance. However, some super rice varieties are suitable for specific regions, and when they are introduced to other regions, their shortcomings become apparent. Regarding the recent
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