A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests - Their Wonders and the Perils They Face. Information on rainforests, biodiversity, and environmental concerns.

Tropical Freshwater Fish: Information on tropical freshwater fish including species descriptions, tips on aquarium care, and more.

Madagascar: Information on a country rich with culture and biodiversity.

Travel Pictures: Pictures of wildlife and landscapes from around the world.

hybrid seed

This page contains news and, when available, background information, onhybrid seed. Links on this site lead to other sites on the web. If your site is linked from the page and you would like me to remove the link, please contact me.

hybrid seed - 1. Seed produced by crossing genetically dissimilar parents. 2. In plant breeding, used colloquially for seed produced by specific crosses of selected pure lines, such that the F₁ crop is genetically uniform and displays hybrid vigour. As the F₁ plants are heterozygous with respect to many genes, the crop does not breed true and so new seed must be purchased each season. [FAO]

News archive for hybrid seed.

Shandong Zhouyuan Seed and Nursery Co., Ltd. Announces Increased ...  -  21 Aug 2007
CNNMoney.comWe will use new hybrid seed technology in order to realize sufficient supply. Because short of cultivated area, and lack of fertilizer, the gap in wheat

Rick Wood, email  -  Aug 15, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,A: You won't get a high percentage germination but since the seed are so numerous you can plant a hundred and be happy with the dozen that result.

IN THE GARDEN  -  Aug 17, 2007
Connecticut Post,...is introducing gardeners to a disease that has been all but "eradicated" since the development of hybrid seed tomatoes — verticillium and fusarium wilt.

Looking Back  -  Aug 16, 2007
Grit MagazineIn the hybrid sweet corn world, only one row out of five was allowed to keep its tassels, which provided the pollen to produce the hybrid seed.

Land O' Lakes Seed Signs 5-Year Sunflower Contract with Xinjiang Condy  -  Jul 23, 2007
Grainnet,The CROPLAN GENETICS hybrid seed will allow China’s growers to achieve 50-percent more yield on the same number of acres. Seven members of Xinjiang Condy’s

Places to find heirloom seeds  -  Aug 15, 2007
HeraldNet,Seed companies are also relying more on genetically modified and sterile hybrid seed. Plant people concerned about the loss of thousands of varieties of

Indiana co. sub-leases old Circuit City warehouse  -  Jul 26, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,The former Circuit City warehouse in Ankeny has been leased to Indiana-based Remington Hybrid Seed Co., said Morey Knutsen, senior vice president at

ACPFG gets set to deliver  -  Aug 14, 2007
Australian Life Scientist,It has also recently signed a research agreement with Indian crop genetics and hybrid seed company Vibha Agrotech. The ACPFG's general manager,

RiceTec Increases Marketshare  -  Aug 16, 2007
Mid-South Farmer,In 2000, RiceTec entered the hybrid seed market with one variety available with limited quantity. The next two years, RiceTec evaluated varieties and had a

Landec Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
Insurance News Net,...generated a large majority of its revenues and net income during Landec's fourth fiscal quarter when it shipped most of its hybrid seed corn to farmers.

Farmers report cases of Gray Leaf Spot infestation in some ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier,Fungicides are useful when conditions favor diseases, especially if you are producing hybrid seed. Apply during the 14-day period before and after tasseling

Trade,Tourism Investment tour successful  -  Aug 16, 2007
The Swazi Observer,...by a visit to Camson Bio-Technologies Limited, a company that specialises in the manufacture of hybrid seed, bio-fertilisers and bio-pesticides.

The drugs do work?  -  Aug 13, 2007
Workers' Liberty,Because of tighter border controls, and because of the development of hydroponic kits and hybrid seed technology, many individuals started growing weed at

Aklan has enough rice, officials assure  -  Jul 31, 2007
Philippine Information Agency,...can be achieved through the continued implementation of the hybrid seed program, the repair and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities,

Gujarat Govt team visits TNAU  -  Aug 3, 2007
NewKerala.com,...said the Gujarat Government would soon have collaboration in research with TNAU in the field of bio-technology, bio-diesel and hybrid seed production.

4-H auction brings in about $68000  -  Aug 2, 2007
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier,As part of the 50th anniversary recognition, Effingham-Clay Service Company and Fritts Fertilizers/Beck’s Hybrid Seed donated to 4-Ha total of $1400,

Remember the Agricultural Exchanges Between the US and USSR? What ...  -  Jul 29, 2007
History News Network,I became intrigued with how ordinary Americans, led by the Hybrid-Seed corn farmer Roswell Garst of Iowa, and officials on the Soviet side temporarily broke

archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured

XML / RSS / Syndication options

mongabay.com features more than 350 RSS feeds to meet your specific area of interest