Archive for October, 2010

Drought Resistant Corn

Oct 18, 2010 No Comments

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Top specialists in Kenya and Uganda have laid the groundwork for confined field trials to commence later this year for new varieties of maize genetically modified to survive recurrent droughts that threaten over 300 million Africans for whom maize is life.
Daniel Mataruka, executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), who noted [...]

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Precision Farming

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Imagine you are a farmer riding along in your 50,000-acre wheat field early in the growing season. You push a button on your tractor to turn on its Global Positioning System (GPS) monitor, which pinpoints your exact location to within one meter. Touching another button, you display a series of Geographical [...]

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Hybrid Rice Production Technology

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Three hybrid rice varieties have been developed, namely: PSB Rc26H (Magat), PSB Rc72H (Mestizo), and PSB Rc76H (Panay). However, only Mestizo is curre
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Rice Production Overview

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Rice cultivation is the principal activity and source of income for millions of households around the globe, and several countries of Asia and Africa are highly dependent on rice as a [...]

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Rice Diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of rice (Oryza sativa).

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1 Bacterial diseases
2 Fungal diseases
3 Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial blight
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae = X. campestris pv. oryzae

Bacterial leaf streak
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola

Foot rot
Erwinia chrysanthemi

Grain rot
Burkholderia glumae

Pecky rice (kernel spotting)
Damage [...]

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Philippines Issues Typhoon Alert

Oct 18, 2010 No Comments

The government of Philippines has issued a typhoon warning along coastal and landslide-prone provinces in the north of its main island of Luzon as Typhoon Megi intensified and moved towards rice and corn production areas. According to media reports, Megi, a category 2 typhoon with winds of 105kph (65mph), …

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Vietnam To Hike Export Floor Price

Oct 18, 2010 No Comments

Local media reports in Vietnam have quoted the Vietnam Food Association as saying that the country is likely to raise the export floor price for 25 percent broken rice to $445 PMT from the existing levels of $435 from Tuesday as supply tightens ahead of possible demand from the Philippines …

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Vietnam Rues Early Export Contracts

Oct 18, 2010 No Comments

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has expressed disappointment over the timing of rice exports from Vietnam as the country sold most of the rice before, when the price was low loosing out approximately $420 million USD in the process. Vietnam Food Association, VFA's, statistics showed that in the period …

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CBOT Rice Review: Rough Rice Futures Unchanged Friday

Oct 18, 2010 No Comments

Rough rice futures at the Chicago Board Of Trade, CBOT, settled near unchanged Friday after surging to an eight-month high. CBOT Nov rice reaches $13.87 per cwt above Thursday's high of $13.60. Weekly US rice export sales of 57,300 tons, issued Fri, were up 11% from previous week …

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Price To Remain Firm In 2011 Says IRRI

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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has said in its recent report that rice prices are expected stay relatively firm in 2011 because of limited supply and erratic weather that may curb production in big producing countries. But Thailan
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d's benchmark 100 percent B grade white rice was unlikely to …

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